October Advertisement Model Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

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

The rankings were determined through an analysis of consumer behavior, using big data collected from September 5 to October 5. The Korean Business Research Institute evaluated the participation, communication, media, and social values of popular advertisement models in order to calculate each star’s total brand reputation index for the month.

BTS held onto their spot at the top of the list with a brand reputation index of 4,009,253, marking a 1.96 percent increase in their score since September. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “ARMY,” “ARIRANG,” and “ambassador,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “power of influence,” “fan loyalty,” and “highly influential.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 93.85 percent positive reactions.

RESCENE maintained their position at second place with a brand reputation index of 3,716,679, marking an 8.42 percent rise in their score since last month.

Meanwhile, Lim Young Woong remained third with a brand reputation index of 1,519,748 for October.

IVE rose to fourth place with a brand reputation index of 1,246,560, while Kim Do Yeong rounded out the top five with a score of 1,082,144.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. BTS
  2. RESCENE
  3. Lim Young Woong
  4. IVE
  5. Kim Do Yeong
  6. Go Youn Jung
  7. BLACKPINK
  8. Shin Min Ah
  9. Son Heung Min
  10. Heo Nam Jun
  11. Yu Jae Seok
  12. Gong Yoo
  13. Lee Jung Jae
  14. Park Ji Hoon
  15. Seo Kang Jun
  16. Lee Byung Hun
  17. Faker
  18. Kim Hye Yoon
  19. Seongri
  20. Kim Hye Soo
  21. Kim Woo Bin
  22. Yoon Kyung Ho
  23. Ryu Hyun Jin
  24. Jun Ji Hyun
  25. Girls’ Generation’s Lim Yoona
  26. Park Bo Gum
  27. Byeon Woo Seok
  28. Park Ji Hyeon
  29. Jang Han Byul
  30. Kim You Jung

Watch BTS’s docu-series “BREAK THE SILENCE” on Viki below:

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September Rising Star Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

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

The rankings were determined through an analysis of various rising stars’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from August 30 to September 30.

Lee Sung Min topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 3,487,456 for September.

Song Kang took second place with a brand reputation index of 3,141,673, while Seo Kang Jun ranked third with a score of 2,854,055.

Seongri came in at a close fourth with a brand reputation index of 2,733,772, and Park Ji Hyeon rounded out the top five with a score of 2,447,216.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. Lee Sung Min
  2. Song Kang
  3. Seo Kang Jun
  4. Seongri
  5. Park Ji Hyeon
  6. ATEEZ
  7. Jang Han Byul
  8. December’s DK
  9. Stray Kids
  10. WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)
  11. Lee Jun Young
  12. Shin Min Ah
  13. Park Ji Hoon
  14. Lee Jong Suk
  15. Kong Hyo Jin
  16. Han Hye Jin
  17. Kim Go Eun
  18. RIIZE
  19. Kim Jae Won
  20. Yoo Young Woo
  21. John Park
  22. DAY6
  23. Ji Chang Wook
  24. Go Youn Jung
  25. KiiiKiii
  26. Woody
  27. Lee Jun Hyuk
  28. Kwak Beom
  29. Yena
  30. I.O.I

Watch Lee Sung Min in his film “Boss” on Viki below:

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And check out Seo Kang Jun’s drama “Undercover High School” below!

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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

Watch BTS’s docu-series “BREAK THE SILENCE” with subtitles on Viki below:

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September 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 August 25 to September 25.

RESCENE held onto their spot at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 8,160,727, marking a 17.33 percent increase in their score since August.

ATEEZ also maintained their position at second place with a brand reputation index of 3,437,673 for September.

Seongri jumped to third place after seeing a 99.28 percent rise in his brand reputation index since last month, bringing his total score to 3,241,649.

Jang Han Byul took fourth place with a brand reputation index of 2,983,286, marking a 78.21 percent increase in his score since August.

Finally, CORTIS came in at a close fifth with a brand reputation index of 2,933,342 for September.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. RESCENE
  2. ATEEZ
  3. Seongri
  4. Jang Han Byul
  5. CORTIS
  6. Stray Kids
  7. Kim Yong Bin
  8. NCT
  9. DK
  10. I.O.I
  11. Park Ji Hyeon
  12. 10CM
  13. WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)
  14. i-dle
  15. DAY6
  16. Woody
  17. aespa
  18. Yena
  19. NMIXX
  20. Rowoon
  21. ENHYPEN
  22. BIBI
  23. KyoungSeo
  24. MAMAMOO’s Hwasa
  25. KiiiKiii
  26. Ahn Sung Hoon
  27. EXO’s Doh Kyung Soo (D.O.)
  28. BABYMONSTER
  29. QWER
  30. Car, the garden

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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 Star Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

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

The rankings were determined through an analysis of various rising stars’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from July 30 to August 30.

Go Youn Jung soared to the top of this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 3,927,947, marking a 138.66 percent increase in her score since July.

Meanwhile, ATEEZ shot to second place with a brand reputation index of 3,349,626 for August.

Lee Sung Min took third place with a brand reputation index of 2,640,367, while CORTIS came in at a close fourth with a score of 2,541,850 and Seongri rounded out the top five with a score of 2,541,850.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. Go Youn Jung
  2. ATEEZ
  3. Lee Sung Min
  4. CORTIS
  5. Seongri
  6. Jung Jun Won
  7. Yoon Kyung Ho
  8. Stray Kids
  9. Jang Han Byul
  10. Nam Joo Hyuk
  11. So Ji Sub
  12. WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)
  13. Roh Yoon Seo
  14. Kim Go Eun
  15. ENHYPEN
  16. Jung Woo
  17. Kim Jae Won
  18. RIIZE
  19. Han Hye Jin
  20. BIBI
  21. I.O.I
  22. Byeon Woo Seok
  23. Lee Je Hoon
  24. Yena
  25. Park Ji Hyeon
  26. Heo Nam Jun
  27. Kim Hye Jun
  28. KiiiKiii
  29. Park Jeong Min
  30. Park Seo Joon

Watch Go Youn Jung in her drama “He Is Psychometric” on Viki below:

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August Star Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has published its brand reputation rankings for all stars during the month of August!

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

RESCENE topped this month’s list after seeing a 27.65 percent increase in their brand reputation index since July, bringing their total score to 10,180,185 for August.

BTS took second place with a brand reputation index of 9,495,066, marking a 16.77 percent rise in their score since last month.

Lim Young Woong came in third place with a brand reputation index of 7,240,530, marking a 24.53 percent increase in his score since July.

Meanwhile, Yu Jae Seok ranked fourth for August with a brand reputation index of 4,632,959.

Finally, ATEEZ rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 3,979,279.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. RESCENE
  2. BTS
  3. Lim Young Woong
  4. Yu Jae Seok
  5. ATEEZ
  6. Go Youn Jung
  7. PSY
  8. IVE
  9. SEVENTEEN
  10. CORTIS
  11. BIGBANG
  12. BLACKPINK
  13. aespa
  14. Stray Kids
  15. John Park
  16. Lee Byung Hun
  17. Nam Joo Hyuk
  18. Kim Do Yeong
  19. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
  20. Gong Yoo
  21. Park Ji Hyeon
  22. Lee Sung Min
  23. Jung Ho Yeon
  24. Seongri
  25. Lee Chan Won
  26. DAY6
  27. NCT
  28. Yoon Kyung Ho
  29. Lee Dong Wook
  30. Park Ji Sung

Watch BTS’s docu-series “BREAK THE SILENCE” with subtitles on Viki below:

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And watch Yu Jae Seok on “Running Man” below!

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Winners Of 2026 K-World Dream Awards

The K-World Dream Awards, which first kicked off in 2017 as the Soribada Best K-Music Awards, has returned for its 10th year!

Hosted by Jun Hyun Moo and Jang Do Yeon, the ceremony for the 2026 K-World Dream Awards was held on August 27 at KINTEX.

ATEEZ took home four awards including the Best Artist Award and the fan-voted Popularity Award. LE SSERAFIM won three awards including the Best Artist Award, and BTS also won three including Artist of the Year. RIIZE was additionally awarded three trophies for the night.

Check out the full list of winners:

Global Next Leadership: AMPERS&ONE, NOWZ, XLOV

Global Spotlight Award: xikers, IDID, AHOF

Best Performance Award: RIIZE, 82MAJOR, MEOVV

Best Band Artist Award: Hi-Fi Un!corn, QWER

Trot Artist Award: Seongri, Park Ji Hyeon

Best Producer Award: Jung Hae Jang (YH Entertainment)

Best All-Rounder Musician Award: JAY B, EVAN

Best Fandom Award: RESCENE, AHOF

Best Digital Music Award: AKMU, Hwasa, I.O.I, IVE, aespa, Yena

Best Album Award: BTS, ENHYPEN, NCT WISH, TXT, BLACKPINK

Best Stage Award: ATEEZ, P1Harmony, ILLIT

Listeners’ Choice Award: SEEYA

Solo Popularity Award: Park Ji Hyeon, Carmen (Hearts2Hearts)

Group Popularity Award: ATEEZ, ILLIT

Super Rookie Award: CORTIS, AND2BLE, ALPHA DRIVE ONE

Best Visual Content Award: KiiiKiii, RESCENE, LE SSERAFIM

Global Music Award: &TEAM, KickFlip, Hearts2Hearts

Journalist Pick Artist Award: RIIZE

Artist Award: AND2BLE, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, CORTIS, KiiiKiii, Hearts2Hearts, KickFlip, ILLIT, RIIZE, &TEAM, LE SSERAFIM, P1Harmony, ATEEZ, Stray Kids, BTS

Artist of the Year: BTS

Best Artist Award: LE SSERAFIM, ATEEZ

Congratulations to all of the 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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