Jang Yoon-jung Is Korea's Favorite Singer

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Jang Yoon-jung was the favorite singer of the year in a Gallup poll conducted Thursday marking its 35th anniversary.

Jang received 7.4 percent of the vote in a survey of 1,704 people over 12 nationwide excluding Jeju island.

The boy band Big Bang came second, followed by Tae Jin-ah, Lee Mi-ja, Girls' Generation, Na Hoon-a, and Cho Yong-pil.

Hyun Chul and Son Dam-bi took eighth place, and Lee Seung-chul and Song Dae-kwan ranked 10th together.

englishnews@chosun.com / Jul. 03, 2009 12:00 KST