September Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

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 August 26 to September 26.

RESCENE continued their reign at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 9,587,604, marking an 11.78 percent increase in their score since August.

Lim Young Woong rose to second place with a brand reputation index of 6,089,571, marking a 14.96 percent increase in his score since last month.

Meanwhile, BTS took third place with a brand reputation index of 5,387,142 for September.

ATEEZ climbed to fourth place with a brand reputation index of 4,183,730, marking a 19.87 percent rise in their score since last month.

Finally, CORTIS rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 3,962,039, marking a 13.52 percent increase in their score since August.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. RESCENE
  2. Lim Young Woong
  3. BTS
  4. ATEEZ
  5. CORTIS
  6. BIGBANG
  7. BLACKPINK
  8. Seongri
  9. Park Ji Hyeon
  10. Jang Han Byul
  11. ILLIT
  12. Hearts2Hearts
  13. i-dle
  14. SEVENTEEN
  15. Kim Yong Bin
  16. aespa
  17. Lee Chan Won
  18. LE SSERAFIM
  19. TWICE
  20. IVE
  21. BIBI
  22. izna
  23. Jang Yoon Jung
  24. PSY
  25. Epik High
  26. Stray Kids
  27. BTOB’s Changsub
  28. December’s DK
  29. HANRORO
  30. IU

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Winners Of 2026 SPOTV K-Pop Awards

The 2026 SPOTV K-Pop Awards was a star-studded event!

On September 6, the 2026 SPOTV K-Pop Awards took place at KINTEX in Ilsan. The SPOTV K-Pop Awards aims to carry on the legacy of the Circle Chart Music Awards by combining objective evaluations based on Circle Chart data with global voting by fans all around the world.

This year’s Best Song of the Year went to KiiiKiii, while the Best Artist of the Year went to AKMU, and the Best Album of the Year went to BTS. AND2BLE snagged two group awards with Best New Artist and Artist of the Year (Bonsang) as well as three individual awards.

Check out the full list of winners below:

Next Generation: CLOSE YOUR EYES, IDID

Global New Wave: cosmosy, POW, xikers

Global Connect: RESCENE, MODYSSEY, 82MAJOR

Best New Artist: ALPHA DRIVE ONE, AND2BLE

Best Genre – Rock/Indie Artist: Hanroro

Best Genre – Trot Female Artist: Jeon Yu Jin

Best Genre – Trot Male Artist: Seongri

BIGC X coogoong GLOBAL FAN CHOICE K-POP: Nana (UNIS)
BIGC X coogoong GLOBAL FAN CHOICE TROT: Lee Chan Won
BIGC X coogoong GLOBAL FAN CHOICE BAND: DAY6
BIGC X coogoong GLOBAL FAN CHOICE OST: Zhang Hao (AND2BLE)
BIGC X coogoong GLOBAL FAN CHOICE iCONIC: Zhang Hao (AND2BLE)
BIGC X coogoong GLOBAL FAN CHOICE Best Spotlight: Ricky (AND2BLE)

Best Female Group: KISS OF LIFE

Best Male Group: KickFlip

Artist of the Year (Bonsang): AKMU, BTS, NCT WISH, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, AND2BLE, KiiiKiii, KISS OF LIFE

SPOTV Ground Performance: KickFlip

SPOTV Ambassador: RESCENE

Best Creative Producer: YH Entertainment’s Jung Hae Chang

Daum Best Male Solo Artist: Doh Kyung Soo (D.O.)

Daum Best Female Solo Artist: Yena

Casanello Best Performer: Billlie

Best Song of the Year: KiiiKiii

Best Artist of the Year: AKMU

Best Album of the Year: BTS

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!

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August Rising Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for rising singers!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of various rising singers’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from July 26 to August 26.

RESCENE continued their reign at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 6,955,486, marking an 18.71 percent increase in their score since July.

ATEEZ shot to second place with a brand reputation index of 4,053,749 for August, while CORTIS ranked third with a score of 3,360,052.

Stray Kids jumped to third place with a brand reputation index of 2,987,268, marking a 63.84 percent rise in their score since last month.

Finally, ENHYPEN came in at a close fifth with a brand reputation index of 2,923,190, marking a 61.55 percent increase in their score since July.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. RESCENE
  2. ATEEZ
  3. CORTIS
  4. Stray Kids
  5. ENHYPEN
  6. KiiiKiii
  7. HANRORO
  8. Park Ji Hyeon
  9. NCT
  10. WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)
  11. I.O.I
  12. Woody
  13. Jang Han Byul
  14. DK
  15. Seongri
  16. Kim Yong Bin
  17. Yena
  18. NMIXX
  19. MAMAMOO’s Hwasa
  20. BIBI
  21. RIIZE
  22. 10CM
  23. BABYMONSTER
  24. HYNN
  25. Hearts2Hearts
  26. QWER
  27. Roy Kim
  28. Eclipse
  29. Car, the garden
  30. Park Seo Jin

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August Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

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 July 22 to August 22.

RESCENE topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 8,577,564, marking a 28.26 percent increase in their score since July.

BTS took second place with a brand reputation index of 6,627,924, while Lim Young Woong ranked third with a score of 5,297,180.

CORTIS rose to fourth place with a brand reputation index of 4,142,587, marking a 0.45 percent increase in their score since last month.

Finally, ATEEZ shot to fifth place for August with a brand reputation index of 3,490,310.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. RESCENE
  2. BTS
  3. Lim Young Woong
  4. CORTIS
  5. ATEEZ
  6. Park Ji Hyeon
  7. BIGBANG
  8. PSY
  9. BLACKPINK
  10. Lee Chan Won
  11. IVE
  12. Jang Han Byul
  13. Seongri
  14. HANRORO
  15. aespa
  16. Kim Yong Bin
  17. MAMAMOO’s Hwasa
  18. Hearts2Hearts
  19. Car, the garden
  20. Yena
  21. Stray Kids
  22. WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)
  23. John Park
  24. AKMU
  25. ILLIT
  26. I.O.I
  27. KiiiKiii
  28. SEVENTEEN
  29. TWICE
  30. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon

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July Rising Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for rising singers!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of various rising singers’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from June 29 to July 29.

RESCENE held onto their spot at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 5,859,126 for July.

CORTIS rose to second place with a brand reputation index of 4,305,815, marking an 11.86 percent increase in their score since June.

Meanwhile, I.O.I took third place for July with a brand reputation index of 2,655,810.

Kim Yong Bin came in at a close fourth with a brand reputation index of 2,521,850, while Park Ji Hyeon rounded out the top five with a score of 2,222,831.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. RESCENE
  2. CORTIS
  3. I.O.I
  4. Kim Yong Bin
  5. Park Ji Hyeon
  6. WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)
  7. Seongri
  8. HANRORO
  9. Stray Kids
  10. ENHYPEN
  11. Jang Han Byul
  12. KiiiKiii
  13. RIIZE
  14. Hearts2Hearts
  15. MAMAMOO’s Hwasa
  16. BIBI
  17. DAY6
  18. NCT
  19. EXO’s Doh Kyung Soo (D.O.)
  20. NMIXX
  21. BABYMONSTER
  22. AKMU
  23. Yena
  24. Roy Kim
  25. Park Seo Jin
  26. Rowoon
  27. Eclipse
  28. 10CM
  29. Woody
  30. BTOB’s Changsub

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July Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

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!

  1. BTS
  2. Lim Young Woong
  3. RESCENE
  4. PSY
  5. CORTIS
  6. BLACKPINK
  7. Kim Yong Bin
  8. I.O.I
  9. Park Ji Hyeon
  10. Seongri
  11. Jang Han Byul
  12. aespa
  13. BIGBANG
  14. ILLIT
  15. SEVENTEEN
  16. Hearts2Hearts
  17. Lee Chan Won
  18. BOYNEXTDOOR
  19. IVE
  20. Sung Si Kyung
  21. HANRORO
  22. Red Velvet
  23. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
  24. EXO
  25. Jang Yoon Jung
  26. NCT
  27. TWICE
  28. Park Seo Jin
  29. BIBI
  30. Car, the garden

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Circle Chart Reveals Midyear Album And Digital Charts For 1st Half Of 2026

Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has published its midyear charts for the first half of 2026!

As the midyear chart results are based on accumulated weekly data since the beginning of January 2026, albums and songs released earlier in the year have more weekly points included in their scores.

Album Chart

BTS topped the midyear physical album chart with their latest album “ARIRANG,” followed by ENHYPEN’s “THE SIN : VANISH” at No. 2, CORTIS’s “GREENGREEN” at No. 3, BLACKPINK’s “DEADLINE” at No. 4, and TXT’s “7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns” at No. 5.

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The top 50 albums on the midyear chart (listed with the number of copies recorded) are as follows:

  1. BTS – “ARIRANG” [4,224,016]
  2. ENHYPEN – “THE SIN : VANISH” [2,144,075]
  3. CORTIS – “GREENGREEN” [2,031,256]
  4. BLACKPINK – “DEADLINE” [1,988,245]
  5. TXT – “7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns” [1,700,411]
  6. ALPHA DRIVE ONE – “EUPHORIA” [1,412,973]
  7. NCT WISH – “Ode to Love” [1,398,242]
  8. &TEAM – “We on Fire” [1,283,307]
  9. TWS – “NO TRAGEDY” [1,250,047]
  10. RIIZE – “II” [1,018,651]
  11. TREASURE – “NEW WAV” [1,013,769]
  12. BOYNEXTDOOR – “HOME” [954,734]
  13. aespa – “LEMONADE” [954,328]
  14. ATEEZ – “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” [927,094]
  15. IVE – “REVIVE+” [886,006]
  16. ATEEZ – “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” [865,701]
  17. PLAVE – “Caligo Pt.2” [797,990]
  18. EXO – “REVERXE” [779,592]
  19. CORTIS – “GREENGREEN” (Weverse version) [705,393]
  20. PLAVE – “Caligo Pt.2” (POCA version) [643,139]
  21. SEVENTEEN’s DxS – “Serenade” [614,908]
  22. AND2BLE – “Sequence 01: Curiosity” [612,687]
  23. LE SSERAFIM – “PUREFLOW” pt.1 [603,295]
  24. CORTIS – “COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES” [594,902]
  25. Hearts2Hearts – “Lemon Tang” [560,671]
  26. BABYMONSTER – “CHOOM” [526,303]
  27. NCT WISH – “Ode to Love” (SMC version) [517,288]
  28. ATEEZ – “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” (POCA version) [489,590]
  29. P1Harmony – “UNIQUE” [471,108]
  30. NCT JNJM – “BOTH SIDES” [467,366]
  31. ILLIT – “MAMIHLAPINATAPAI” [465,497]
  32. ZEROBASEONE – “Ascend-“ [460,749]
  33. triples – “LOVE&POP” pt.1 (Cosmo) [431,030]
  34. idntt – “yesweare” (Cosmo) [404,140]
  35. ATEEZ – “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” (POCA version) [387,731]
  36. NEXZ – “Mmchk” [350,038]
  37. BTS – “ARIRANG” (Weverse version) [346,677]
  38. RIIZE – “II” (SMC version) [320,430]
  39. NCT’s Taeyong – “WYLD” [311,970]
  40. BOYNEXTDOOR – “HOME” (Weverse version) [311,911]
  41. MODYSSEY – “1.Got Hooked: An Addictive Symphony” [302,599]
  42. CRAVITY – “ReDeFINE” [285,727]
  43. NMIXX – “Heavy Serenade” [284,134]
  44. BABYMONSTER – “CHOOM” (Nemo version) [282,589]
  45. ENHYPEN – “THE SIN : VANISH” [278,648]
  46. XLOV – “I,God” [256,874]
  47. Park Ji Hyeon – “MASTER VOICE” (MINIRECORD version) [253,873]
  48. ITZY – “Motto” [251,538]
  49. SEVENTEEN’s V8 – “V8” [250,000]
  50. BTS – “ARIRANG” (LP version) [247,334]

Digital Chart

HANRORO swept the top two spots on the midyear digital chart for 2026, where her hits “Landing in Love” and “0+0” took No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.

MAMAMOO’s Hwasa’s “Good Goodbye” ranked No. 3 for the first half of the year, followed by KiiiKiii’s “404 (New Era)” at No. 4 and WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)’s 2023 song “Drowning” at No. 5.

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The top 50 songs on the overall digital chart (listed with their total scores) are as follows:

  1. HANRORO – “Landing in Love” [315,527,555]
  2. HANRORO – “0+0” [280,626,654]
  3. MAMAMOO’s Hwasa – “Good Goodbye” [266,726,968]
  4. KiiiKiii – “404 (New Era)” [266,466,211]
  5. WOODZ – “Drowning” [262,572,567]
  6. Hearts2Hearts – “RUDE!” [237,340,633]
  7. IVE – “BANG BANG” [226,708,529]
  8. Car, the garden – “My whole world” [218,379,938]
  9. Davichi – “Time Capsule” [200,968,462]
  10. AKMU’s Lee Chanhyuk – “Endangered Love” [196,640,116]
  11. AKMU – “Paradise of Rumors” [191,725,991]
  12. NMIXX – “Blue Valentine” [189,486,310]
  13. HUNTR/X – “Golden” [181,988,639]
  14. AKMU – “How can I love the heartbreak, it’s you I love” [169,826,509]
  15. BLACKPINK – “JUMP” [168,061,124]
  16. AKMU – “Joy, Sorrow, A Beautiful Heart” [168,061,124]
  17. Epik High – “Love Love Love” [162,108,727]
  18. CORTIS – “REDRED” [160,220,757]
  19. Woody – “Sadder Than Yesterday” [159,119,810]
  20. BLACKPINK’s Rosé – “toxic till the end” [158,143,249]
  21. 10CM – “To Reach You” [154,457,982]
  22. Hearts2Hearts – “FOCUS” [151,497,045]
  23. aespa – “Whiplash” [151,393,281]
  24. Sung Si Kyung – “Every Moment of You” [148,692,665]
  25. ZO ZAZZ – “Don’t you know” [146,999,775]
  26. LE SSERAFIM – “SPAGHETTI” (featuring BTS’s j-hope) [144,059,056]
  27. ILLIT – “NOT CUTE ANYMORE” [143,810,462]
  28. Yena – “Catch Catch” [140,662,225]
  29. Hearts2Hearts – “STYLE” [139,994,082]
  30. ALLDAY PROJECT – “ONE MORE TIME” [138,231,334]
  31. Nerd Connection – “If I have you only” [135,314,020]
  32. Roy Kim – “If You Ask Me What Love Is” [135,003,659]
  33. ALLDAY PROJECT – “FAMOUS” [133,286,028]
  34. BLACKPINK’s Jennie – “like JENNIE” [132,466,185]
  35. BTS – “SWIM” [129,980,067]
  36. ILLIT – “It’s Me” [129,129,884]
  37. BTOB’s Changsub – “Heavenly Fate” [128,862,874]
  38. DAY6 – “Time of Our Life” [127,340,973]
  39. Lee Mujin – “Coming Of Age Story” [123,773,645]
  40. HAON – “TICK TOCK” (featuring Zico) [123,247,465]
  41. HANRORO – “Let Me Love My Youth” [123,229,620]
  42. DAY6 – “HAPPY” [122,433,936]
  43. ILLIT – “Magnetic” [120,071,760]
  44. EXO’s Doh Kyung Soo (D.O.) – “Popcorn” [119,862,314]
  45. Eclipse – “Sudden Shower” [117,500,341]
  46. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “HOME SWEET HOME” (featuring Taeyang and Daesung) [116,330,989]
  47. BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT.” [114,902,751]
  48. Roy Kim – “No Words Can Say” [114,693,389]
  49. Hwang Karam – “I’m Firefly” [326,414,907]
  50. TWS – “OVERDRIVE” [113,236,860]

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June Rising Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for rising singers!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of various rising singers’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from May 26 to June 26.

RESCENE shot to the top of this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 6,368,697, while I.O.I took second place with a score of 5,910,068.

Kim Yong Bin ranked third with a brand reputation index of 4,559,196, marking a 16.37 percent increase in his score since May.

Park Ji Hyeon jumped to fourth place with a brand reputation index of 3,997,537, marking a 48.38 percent rise in his score since last month.

Finally, CORTIS came in at a close fifth with a brand reputation index of 3,849,187 for June.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. RESCENE
  2. I.O.I
  3. Kim Yong Bin
  4. Park Ji Hyeon
  5. CORTIS
  6. KiiiKiii
  7. NCT
  8. WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)
  9. Stray Kids
  10. AKMU
  11. ALPHA DRIVE ONE
  12. MAMAMOO’s Hwasa
  13. ENHYPEN
  14. HANRORO
  15. RIIZE
  16. 10CM
  17. Hearts2Hearts
  18. DAY6
  19. Rowoon
  20. NMIXX
  21. BABYMONSTER
  22. Woody
  23. BIBI
  24. Yena
  25. Ahn Sung Hoon
  26. Son Tae Jin
  27. EXO’s Doh Kyung Soo (D.O.)
  28. Roy Kim
  29. Eclipse
  30. XLOV

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Winners Of The 35th Seoul Music Awards

On June 20, the 35th Seoul Music Awards (SMA) were held at the INSPIRE Arena in Incheon.

ATEEZ won this year’s Daesang (Grand Prize), in addition to taking home one of this year’s Bonsangs (Main Awards).

Meanwhile, BOYNEXTDOOR snagged a total of four awards, including Best Album, World Best Artist, the R&B/Hip Hop Award, and a Bonsang. Lee Chan Won also took home four awards this year, including SMA Best Artist, the Popularity Award, the Trot Award, and a Bonsang.

ZEROBASEONE and LE SSERAFIM both claimed three awards each: ZEROBASEONE won Best Album, Best Group, and a Bonsang, while LE SSERAFIM won Best Song, World Best Artist, and a Bonsang.

Check out the full list of winners below!

Daesang (Grand Prize): ATEEZ

Best Song: LE SSERAFIM

Best Album: BOYNEXTDOOR, ZEROBASEONE

Bonsang (Main Award): ALPHA DRIVE ONE, ATEEZ, BOYNEXTDOOR, Dayoung (WJSN), Hearts2Hearts, KiiiKiii, Kwon Eun Bi, LE SSERAFIM, Lee Chan Won, ZEROBASEONE

World Best Artist: BOYNEXTDOOR, LE SSERAFIM

SMA Best Artist: Lee Chan Won

New Icon: Doh Kyung Soo (EXO’s D.O.)

Golden Revival Award: EXO

Korean Wave Special Award: BTS

Best Group: ZEROBASEONE
Best Solo Artist: Dayoung (WJSN)

R&B/Hip Hop Award: BOYNEXTDOOR
OST Award: Sung Han Bin (ZEROBASEONE)
Trot Award: Lee Chan Won
Rock/Ballad Award: HANRORO
Band Award: Dragon Pony

Best Performance Award: izna, xikers

K-Pop World Choice (Group): Super Junior
K-Pop World Choice (Solo): Yeonjun (TXT)

Rookie of the Year: AHOF, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, CLOSE YOUR EYES, IDID

SMA Global Rookie Award: idntt, MODYSSEY, SAY MY NAME

Popularity Award: Lee Chan Won

SMA Legend Award: Roo’ra

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!

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aespa, CORTIS, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, BTS, And ILLIT Top Circle Weekly Charts

Circle Chart has revealed its chart rankings for the week of May 24 to 30!

Album Chart

aespa topped this week’s physical album chart with their new album “LEMONADE,” which debuted at No. 1.

AND2BLE claimed two spots in this week’s top five with their debut mini album “Sequence 01: Curiosity.” The regular version of the mini album entered the chart at No. 2, and the POCA version charted separately at No. 5.

XLOV’s new mini album “I,God” debuted at No. 3, while the Weverse version of CORTIS’s latest EP “GREENGREEN” re-entered the chart at No. 4.

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Overall Digital Chart

CORTIS maintained their double crown on the Circle charts this week, with their hit song “REDRED” remaining No. 1 on both the overall digital chart and the streaming chart.

Meanwhile, ILLIT’s “It’s Me” also maintained its position at No. 2 on the overall digital chart.

I.O.I’s “Suddenly” shot to No. 3 on this week’s chart, while AKMU’s “Paradise of Rumors” stayed strong at No. 4.

Finally, Yena’s “Catch Catch” climbed back up to No. 5 for the week.

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Streaming Chart

The top three songs on this week’s streaming chart were exactly the same as last week: CORTIS’s “REDRED” came in at No. 1, ILLIT’s “It’s Me” at No. 2, and AKMU’s “Paradise of Rumors” at No. 3.

I.O.I’s “Suddenly” jumped an impressive 75 ranks to take No. 4 for the week, with HANRORO’s “Landing in Love” rounding out the top five.

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Download Chart

ALPHA DRIVE ONE’s new title track “OMG!” debuted at No. 1 on the digital download chart, while AND2BLE’s debut track “Curious” entered the chart at No. 2.

I.O.I’s “Suddenly” held steady at No. 3, followed by IDID’s “FLY!” at No. 4.

Finally, aespa’s new title track “LEMONADE” debuted at No. 5.

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Global K-Pop Chart

The top five songs on this week’s global K-pop chart remained exactly the same as last week. BTS’s “SWIM” held onto its spot at No. 1, trailed by HUNTR/X’s “Golden” (from the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack) at No. 2, CORTIS’s “REDRED” at No. 3, ILLIT’s “It’s Me” at No. 4, and BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” at No. 5.

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Social Chart 3.0

ILLIT rose to No. 1 on this week’s social chart, followed by BTS at No. 2, aespa at No. 3, Yena at No. 4, and LE SSERAFIM at No. 5.

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Congratulations to all of the artists who made this week’s charts!

Watch ALPHA DRIVE ONE’s survival show “BOYS II PLANET” on Viki below:

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