August Boy Group Brand Reputation Rankings Announced
The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for male idol groups!
The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community indexes of various boy groups, using big data collected from July 8 to August 8.
BTS held onto their spot at the top of the list with a brand reputation index of 10,830,235, marking a 26.13 percent increase in their score since July. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “ARIRANG,” “ARMY,” and “The City – New York,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “captivate,” “perform,” and “collaborate.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 93.61 percent positive reactions.
ATEEZ shot to second place after seeing a 104.27 percent increase in their brand reputation index since last month, bringing their total score to 2,678,598 for August.
CORTIS took third place with a brand reputation index of 2,512,983, while SEVENTEEN ranked fourth with a score of 2,129,485.
Finally, 2PM jumped to fifth place after seeing a 167.28 percent rise in their brand reputation index since July, bringing their total score to 2,052,934.
Check out the top 30 for this month below!
BTS
ATEEZ
CORTIS
SEVENTEEN
2PM
BIGBANG
Stray Kids
EXO
TWS
ENHYPEN
SHINee
NCT
INFINITE
BOYNEXTDOOR
TVXQ
Super Junior
BTOB
Wanna One
MONSTA X
B1A4
ZEROBASEONE
VIXX
RIIZE
ALPHA DRIVE ONE
TXT
IDID
HIGHLIGHT
XLOV
Block B
KickFlip
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SEVENTEEN, BOYNEXTDOOR, NEXZ, And PLAVE Earn RIAJ Million And Gold Certifications In Japan
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has announced its latest batch of official certifications!
This month, SEVENTEEN earned an official RIAJ million certification for their 2023 Korean mini album “SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN,” which has had over 1 million units shipped in Japan.
According to the RIAJ’s certification thresholds, albums are certified gold at 100,000 units shipped, platinum at 250,000, and million at 1,000,000.
Meanwhile, BOYNEXTDOOR’s latest Korean album “HOME,” NEXZ’s latest Japanese EP “Hellmate,” and PLAVE’s latest Korean mini album “Caligo Pt.2” were all certified gold for over 100,000 units shipped in Japan each.
Congratulations to all of the artists!
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BOYNEXTDOOR Announces Comeback Dates For Repackaged Album And New Japanese Single
Mark your calendars: BOYNEXTDOOR has big plans for the months ahead!
On August 2, BOYNEXTDOOR held the third and final night of their “KNOCK ON Vol.2” concert in Busan. At the end of the show, BOYNEXTDOOR surprised fans by announcing their plans to return with new Japanese and Korean releases over the next two months.
First, BOYNEXTDOOR will drop their second Japanese digital single on August 18.
A month later, the group will make a comeback with a repackaged version of their first studio album “HOME” on September 28.
Stay tuned for more updates on BOYNEXTDOOR’s return!
ATEEZ, CORTIS, Yeonjun, LE SSERAFIM, BTS, BOYNEXTDOOR, aespa, Stray Kids, And More Sweep Top Spots On Billboard World Albums Chart
Billboard has published its World Albums chart for the week ending on August 1!
ATEEZ’s latest mini album “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” returned to No. 1 this week, marking its third non-consecutive week at the top of the chart. The EP also spent a fourth week on the Billboard 200 at No. 121.
CORTIS’s latest EP “GREENGREEN” climbed back up to No. 2 in its 12th week on the World Albums chart, in addition to rising to No. 126 on the Billboard 200. CORTIS’s debut EP “COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES” also jumped to No. 12 in its 46th week on the World Albums chart.
TXT’s Yeonjun’s new solo mini album “NO LABELS: PART 02” took No. 3 in its second week on the chart, with LE SSERAFIM’s “PUREFLOW” holding steady at No. 4 in its ninth week.
BTS’s 2022 anthology album “Proof” maintained its position at No. 5 in its 215th week on the chart, while their 2020 Japanese album “Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~” rose to No. 15 in its 38th week.
BOYNEXTDOOR’s “HOME” climbed back up to No. 6 in its sixth week on the chart, followed by aespa’s “LEMONADE” at No. 7 in its eighth week.
Stray Kids’ “KARMA” ranked No. 9 in its 48th week on the chart, while their special album “DO IT” took No. 18 in its 35th week.
ILLIT’s “MAMIHLAPINATAPAI” held onto its spot at No. 10 in its 12th week on the chart, with NewJeans’ “Get Up” jumping to No. 14 in its 150th week.
ENHYPEN’s “THE SIN : VANISH” rose to No. 17 in its 27th week, while their 2024 album “ROMANCE : UNTOLD” re-entered the chart at No. 25 (marking its 100th overall week on the chart).
Finally, SEVENTEEN’s V8’s unit debut mini album “V8” spent its third week on the chart at No. 23.
RESCENE, CORTIS, idntt, TXT’s Yeonjun, ILLIT, And More Top Circle Weekly Charts
Circle Chart has revealed its chart rankings for the week of July 12 to 18!
Album Chart
idntt topped this week’s physical album chart with their new EP “itsnotover,” which debuted at No. 1.
Meanwhile, SUPER JUNIOR-83z’s unit debut mini album “Promise” entered the chart at No. 2.
TXT’s Yeonjun’s “NO LABELS: PART 02” stayed strong at No. 3, while CORTIS’s “GREENGREEN” climbed back up to No. 4.
Finally, BOYNEXTDOOR’s “HOME” jumped 36 ranks to take No. 5 for the week.
Overall Digital Chart
Two years after its release, RESCENE’s 2024 track “LOVE ATTACK” rose to No. 1 on this week’s overall digital chart.
CORTIS’s “REDRED” took No. 2 for the week, followed by I.O.I’s “Suddenly” at No. 3, aespa’s “LEMONADE” at No. 4, and ILLIT’s “It’s Me” at No. 5.
Streaming Chart
The top five songs on this week’s streaming chart were almost exactly the same as the overall digital chart, except CORTIS’s “REDRED” and RESCENE’s “LOVE ATTACK” swapped places to take No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.
Download Chart
Yeonjun topped the digital download chart for the second week in a row with his solo title track “Ice Cream,” which remained No. 1.
SEVENTEEN’s Wonwoo’s solo song “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter” debuted at No. 2 on this week’s chart, while Park Ji Hyeon’s “Sad Monologue” entered the chart at No. 3.
RESCENE swept the next two spots on the chart, with “LOVE ATTACK” and “Pretty Girl” ranking No. 4 and No. 5 respectively.
Global K-Pop Chart
HUNTR/X’s “Golden” (from the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack) held onto its spot at No. 1 on the global K-pop chart this week, while BTS’s “SWIM” maintained its position at No. 2.
ATEEZ’s latest title track “BAD” jumped to No. 3 for the week, trailed by LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, and KATSEYE’s collab single “ICONIC BY MISTAKE” at No. 4 and CORTIS’s “REDRED” at No. 5.
Social Chart 3.0
ILLIT continued their reign at No. 1 on this week’s social chart, with BTS and aespa holding steady at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively.
Yena rose to No. 4 on this week’s chart, and BABYMONSTER rounded out the top five.
Congratulations to all of the artists who made this week’s charts!
Yeonjun, ATEEZ, i-dle, CORTIS, LE SSERAFIM, BTS, aespa, BOYNEXTDOOR, Stray Kids, And More Sweep Top Spots On Billboard World Albums Chart
Billboard has published its World Albums chart for the week ending on July 25!
TXT’s Yeonjun’s new solo mini album “NO LABELS: PART 02” debuted at No. 1 on the World Albums chart this week, in addition to becoming his second solo entry on the Billboard 200.
After two weeks at No. 1, ATEEZ’s latest mini album “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” fell to No. 2 in its third week on the World Albums chart. The EP also spent a third week on the Billboard 200 at No. 54.
CORTIS’s latest EP “GREENGREEN” ranked No. 3 in its 11th week on the World Albums chart, in addition to spending a 10th week on the Billboard 200 at No. 132. Meanwhile, CORTIS’s debut EP “COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES” remained on the World Albums chart for a 45th week at No. 15.
LE SSERAFIM’s “PUREFLOW” held steady at No. 4 in its eighth week on the World Albums chart.
BTS’s 2022 anthology album “Proof” climbed back up to No. 5 in its 214th week on the chart, while their 2020 Japanese album “Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~” maintained its position at No. 18 in its 37th week.
aespa’s “LEMONADE” rose to No. 6 in its seventh week on the chart, followed by BOYNEXTDOOR’s “HOME” at No. 7 in its fifth week.
Stray Kids’ “KARMA” took No. 8 in its 47th week on the chart, while their special album “DO IT” came in at No. 16 in its 34th week.
ILLIT’s “MAMIHLAPINATAPAI” ranked No. 10 in its 11th week on the chart, trailed by SEVENTEEN’s V8’s self-titled mini album at No. 11 (now in its second week).
Meanwhile, i-dle’s new EP “We made” debuted at No. 12 on this week’s chart.
NewJeans’ 2023 mini album “Get Up” stayed strong at No. 19 in its 149th week on the chart, while ENHYPEN’s “THE SIN : VANISH” held onto its spot at No. 22 in its 26th week.
The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for singers!
The rankings were determined through an analysis of singers’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from June 25 to July 25.
BTS topped the list once again this month with a brand reputation index of 7,838,966, marking a 12.88 percent increase in their score since June.
Lim Young Woong came in at a close second with a brand reputation index of 7,767,457, marking a 39.83 percent rise in his score since last month.
RESCENE took third place with a brand reputation index of 6,687,715, marking a 5.88 percent increase in their score since June.
PSY shot to fourth place after seeing a staggering 193.11 percent increase in his brand reputation index, bringing his total score to 4,243,378 for the month.
Finally, CORTIS rounded out the top five for July with a brand reputation index of 4,123,922.
Check out the top 30 for this month below!
BTS
Lim Young Woong
RESCENE
PSY
CORTIS
BLACKPINK
Kim Yong Bin
I.O.I
Park Ji Hyeon
Seongri
Jang Han Byul
aespa
BIGBANG
ILLIT
SEVENTEEN
Hearts2Hearts
Lee Chan Won
BOYNEXTDOOR
IVE
Sung Si Kyung
HANRORO
Red Velvet
Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
EXO
Jang Yoon Jung
NCT
TWICE
Park Seo Jin
BIBI
Car, the garden
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ATEEZ, CORTIS, V8, LE SSERAFIM, BOYNEXTDOOR, Stray Kids, BTS, aespa, And More Sweep Top Spots On Billboard World Albums Chart
Billboard has published its World Albums chart for the week ending on July 18!
ATEEZ’s latest mini album “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” remained No. 1 on the World Albums chart for the second week in a row, in addition to spending a second week in the top 20 of the Billboard 200 at No. 19.
CORTIS’s latest EP “GREENGREEN” held steady at No. 2 in its 10th week on the World Albums chart, and it also climbed back up to No. 82 in its ninth week on the Billboard 200. Meanwhile, CORTIS’s debut EP “COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES” rose to No. 13 in its 44th week on the World Albums chart.
SEVENTEEN’s new unit V8 debuted at No. 3 on the World Albums chart with their self-titled mini album, which also became their first entry on the Billboard 200.
LE SSERAFIM’s latest album “PUREFLOW” maintained its position at No. 4 in its seventh week on the World Albums chart.
Meanwhile, BOYNEXTDOOR’s first studio album “HOME” climbed back up to No. 5 in its fourth week on the chart.
Stray Kids’ “KARMA” rose to No. 6 in its 46th week on the chart, while their more recent EP “DO IT” followed at No. 12 in its 33rd week.
BTS’s 2022 anthology album “Proof” stayed strong at No. 7 in its 213th week on the chart, with their 2020 Japanese album “Map of the Soul: 7 ~The Journey~” climbing to No. 18 in its 36th week.
aespa’s “LEMONADE” held onto its spot at No. 8 in its sixth week on the chart, while ILLIT’s “MAMIHLAPINATAPAI” rounded out its 10th week on the chart at No. 9.
NewJeans’ 2023 EP “Get Up” jumped to No. 16 in its 148th week on the chart, followed by ZEROBASEONE’s “Ascend-“ at No. 17 (in its second week).
Finally, ENHYPEN’s “THE SIN : VANISH” rose to No. 22 in its 25th week on the chart, with TXT’s “7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns” ranking No. 23 in its 13th week.
Congratulations to all of the artists!
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ATEEZ, I.O.I, RIIZE, CORTIS, BTS, SEVENTEEN’s V8, And ILLIT Top Circle Monthly And Weekly Charts
Circle Chart has revealed its latest monthly and weekly chart rankings!
Monthly Album Chart
RIIZE topped the physical album chart for June with their latest mini album “II,” which debuted at No. 1 on the monthly chart.
All of the top five spots on June’s album chart went to new releases: TREASURE’s “NEW WAV” debuted at No. 2, BOYNEXTDOOR’s “HOME” at No. 3, ATEEZ’s “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” at No. 4, and Hearts2Hearts’ “Lemon Tang” at No. 5.
Weekly Album Chart
SEVENTEEN’s new unit V8 claimed two of the top five spots on the weekly album chart with their self-titled debut mini album. The regular version of “V8” entered the chart at No. 1, while the Weverse version charted separately at No. 2.
ATEEZ’s “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5,” which debuted at No. 1 on last week’s chart, fell one spot to No. 2 this week.
StelLive’s “STAR TRAIL” entered the chart at No. 3, with CORTIS’s “GREENGREEN” climbing back up to No. 4 for the week.
Monthly Download Chart
ATEEZ topped the digital download chart for June with their latest title track “BAD,” which debuted at No. 1.
Meanwhile, I.O.I’s long-running hit “Suddenly” climbed back up to No. 2 on the monthly chart.
RIIZE’s latest title track “Do your dance” debuted at No. 3, while aespa’s “LEMONADE” jumped 16 ranks to take No. 4.
Finally, EVAN (Heeseung)’s debut track “Ride or Die” entered the chart at No. 5.
Weekly Download Chart
ATEEZ also topped the weekly digital download chart with “BAD,” which remained No. 1 for the second week in a row.
SEVENTEEN’s V8 swept the next two spots on the weekly chart, where their songs “singasong” and “8DM” debuted at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively.
Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon’s “Bansanka” entered the chart at No. 4, while Kyma’s “Little Me” debuted at No. 5.
Monthly Digital Chart
I.O.I topped the overall digital chart for June with their 10th-anniversary reunion hit “Suddenly,” which jumped 26 ranks to No. 1.
CORTIS’s “REDRED” held onto its spot at No. 2 on the monthly chart, followed by aespa’s “LEMONADE” at No. 3, ILLIT’s “It’s Me” at No. 4, and AKMU’s “Paradise of Rumors” at No. 5.
Weekly Digital Chart + Streaming Chart
The top five songs on this week’s overall digital chart and streaming chart were exactly the same: CORTIS’s “REDRED” came in at No. 1, I.O.I’s “Suddenly” at No. 2, aespa’s “LEMONADE” at No. 3, ILLIT’s “It’s Me” at No. 4, and RESCENE’s “LOVE ATTACK” at No. 5.
Monthly Streaming Chart
CORTIS also topped the monthly streaming chart “REDRED,” which rose to No. 1 for June.
I.O.I’s “Suddenly” soared to No. 2 this month, trailed by ILLIT’s “It’s Me” at No. 3, aespa’s “LEMONADE” at No. 4, and AKMU’s “Paradise of Rumors” at No. 5.
Monthly Global K-Pop Chart
BTS’s “SWIM” continued its reign at No. 1 on the monthly global K-pop chart, while HUNTR/X’s “Golden” (from the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack) and CORTIS’s “REDRED” maintained their respective positions at No. 2 and No. 3.
aespa’s “LEMONADE” jumped 98 ranks to No. 4 on the monthly chart, with ILLIT’s “It’s Me” rounding out the top five for June.
Weekly Global K-Pop Chart
HUNTR/X’s “Golden” topped this week’s global K-pop chart, followed by BTS’s “SWIM” at No. 2.
LE SSERAFIM, ILLIT, and KATSEYE’s collab single “ICONIC BY MISTAKE” held steady at No. 3, trailed by CORTIS’s “REDRED” at No. 4 and ILLIT’s “It’s Me” at No. 5.
Monthly Social Chart
ILLIT held onto their spot at No. 1 on the social chart for June, with BTS at No. 2, Yena at No. 3, aespa at No. 4, and BABYMONSTER at No. 5.
Weekly Social Chart
The top four artists on this week’s social chart were exactly the same as last week: ILLIT remained No. 1, with BTS at No. 2, aespa at No. 3, and Yena at No. 4.
Finally, TWICE climbed to No. 5 for the week.
Congratulations to all of the artists!
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Watch: BOYNEXTDOOR, OH MY GIRL, BTOB, And TVXQ’s Leaders Come Together In “Knowing Bros” Preview
Get ready for a fun “K-pop leader” special episode of “Knowing Bros” (“Ask Us Anything”)!
The popular JTBC variety show has released a sneak peek of its next episode, which will feature the leaders of four idol groups as guests: TVXQ’s Yunho, BTOB’s Eunkwang, OH MY GIRL’s Hyojung, and BOYNEXTDOOR’s Jaehyun.
The preview begins with Kang Ho Dong and Eunkwang imitating Yunho’s famous “Happy Birthday, Changmin” meme, along with a repeat performance of the original. Later, Hyojung jokingly explains her leadership style by revealing that she usually winds up having to tearfully tell her group members, “Guys, the company says we can’t.”
When asked to compare his vocals to that of his bandmate Changsub, Eunkwang playfully boasts, “Changsub is really good. But he can’t sing ‘Golden.’” Eunkwang goes on to sing a snippet of HUNTR/X’s “Golden” (from the hit animated film “KPop Demon Hunters”), leading Kim Young Chul to jump in and also give the song’s high note a try.
Jaehyun mentions that he used to do whatever he was asked (on variety shows) in order to promote his group, and he proves his dedication on “Knowing Bros” as well. When Kang Ho Dong asks him to demonstrate how flexible he is, Jaehyun obediently jumps to his feet, prompting Lee Soo Geun to praise him for his attitude. Jaehyun then jokes, “[If I do this,] will I get to be part of Kang [Ho Dong]’s line?”
At the end of the preview, Kang Ho Dong declares, “I can’t bear to say goodbye to today’s [guests].”
Check out the full preview below!
The “K-pop leader” special episode of “Knowing Bros” will air on July 18 at 9 p.m. KST.
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