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All-kill (올킬, olkil) — No. 1 on every chart at once
An all-kill is when one song takes No. 1 on the major Korean music charts at the same time. A perfect all-kill covers real-time, daily and weekly charts.
올킬 · olkilPerfect all-kill = real-time + daily + weeklyUpdated Oct 20, 2026
What does it mean?
Soompi’s glossary says an all-kill is when an artist has the No. 1 song or album on all the legal music sites, such as Melon, Dosirak and Soribada, and that a daily all-kill is common for popular groups while weekly and monthly ones are much harder. Urimalsaem lists 차트 올킬 as one song ranking first on several music-site charts.
Perfect all-kill
The Korea Herald (June 8, 2026) describes a perfect all-kill as a song that simultaneously tops all major domestic music charts across real-time, daily and weekly rankings, and says Hwasa’s “Good Goodbye” reached one about six and a half weeks after release.
In a sentence
“The new single got an all-kill within an hour.” (an example sentence, not a real news item)
Similar words
Urimalsaem’s general meaning of 올킬 is sweeping a field or winning every time, so it is also used in games and sports.
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