Lee Hi’s hit debut single “1,2,3,4” remains at the top of the charts for two consecutive weeks, the best chart performance for a rookie artist this year.

The 16-year-old breakout artist released her first single on Oct. 28 and has been reigning on the music charts ever since. The retro-pop style track has remained at the No. 1 position on many of the major Korean music charts including Mnet, Melon, Naver and Daum.

“1,2,3,4” also ranked at the top of the K-pop Billboard chart immediately upon its release and recorded nearly 670,000 downloads in just a week.

Lee is well known as the first runner-up of the reality TV competition show “Survival K-pop Star.” The debut performance of her single on Mnet awarded her with her first M! Countdown trophy, making this the first time that a rookie artist has ranked in first place upon debut.

Lee’s first album is expected to be released sometime at the end of this year or the beginning of next year.

By Julie Jackson (juliejackson@heraldcorp.com)