BIGBANG’s Taeyang Triples His 1st-Week Sales Record With “QUINTESSENCE”

BIGBANG’s Taeyang is soaring to new heights with his latest album!

Last week, Taeyang made his long-awaited solo comeback with his new album “QUINTESSENCE” and its title track “LIVE FAST DIE SLOW” on May 18. By the end of the day, the album had already sold over 26,000 copies, smashing Taeyang’s previous first-week sales record of 16,427 set by his 2023 EP “Down to Earth” on just its first day of sales alone.

Hanteo Chart has now reported that “QUINTESSENCE” sold a total of 56,985 copies in the first week of its release (May 18 to 24), more than tripling Taeyang’s previous record.

Congratulations to Taeyang on his successful comeback!

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Watch: CORTIS Takes 8th Win For “REDRED” On “Music Core”; Performances By I.O.I, Taeyang, And More

CORTIS has snagged a sixth trophy for their hit song “REDRED”!

On the May 16 episode of MBC’s “Music Core,” the candidates for first place were ILLIT’s “It’s Me,” NMIXX’s “Heavy Serenade,” and CORTIS’s “REDRED.” CORTIS ultimately took the win with a total of 7,055 points.

Congratulations to CORTIS! Watch their performance, win, and full unaired encore below:

Other performers on today’s show included I.O.I, BIGBANG’s Taeyang, ITZY, LE SSERAFIM, NMIXX, ZEROBASEONE, MONSTA X’s Shownu X Hyungwon, NCT’s Taeyong, Jay Park & LNGSHOT, BIBI, ASTRO’s Yoon San Ha, Billlie, xikers, FLARE U, YOUNITE, H//PE Princess, YUHZ, and Park Hyun Kyu.

Check out their performances below!

I.O.I – “Suddenly”

BIGBANG’s Taeyang – “WOULD YOU” (featuring ALLDAY PROJECT’s Tarzzan and Woochan)

ITZY – “Motto”

LE SSERAFIM – “BOOMPALA”

NMIXX – “Heavy Serenade”

ZEROBASEONE – “TOP 5”

MONSTA X’s Shownu X Hyungwon – “Do You Love Me”

NCT’s Taeyong – “WYLD”

Jay Park & LNGSHOT – “RUN IT UP”

BIBI – “BUMPA”

ASTRO’s Yoon San Ha  – “IDK ME”

Billlie – “WORK”

xikers – “OKay”

FLARE U – “WAY 2 U”

YOUNITE – “POSE!”

H//PE Princess – “Stolen” (Korean version)

YUHZ – “Rush Rush”

Park Hyun Kyu – “Aurora”

Watch: CORTIS Takes 8th Win For “REDRED” On “Music Core”; Performances By I.O.I, Taeyang, And More插图

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Watch: NMIXX Takes 1st Win For “Heavy Serenade” On “M Countdown”; Performances By I.O.I, Taeyang, And More

NMIXX has won their first music show trophy for “Heavy Serenade”!

On the May 21 episode of Mnet’s music show “M Countdown,” the candidates for first place were ILLIT’s “It’s Me” and NMIXX’s “Heavy Serenade.” NMIXX ultimately took the prize with a total of 8,167 points.

Congratulations to NMIXX! Watch the winner announcement and full encore below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDjjILvDfDg

Today’s performers included NMIXX, BIGBANG’s Taeyang, I.O.I, NCT’s Taeyong, MONSTA X’s Shownu X Hyungwon, ITZY, CORTIS, ZEROBASEONE, Jay Park and LNGSHOT, ASTRO’s Yoon San Ha, BIBI, FLARE U, Billlie, YOUNITE, Hanhae, Moon Se Yoon, and Chuu, NAZE, ChaDongHyeop, and H//PE PRINCESS.

Check out their performances below!

NMIXX – “Heavy Serenade”

BIGBANG’s Taeyang – “LIVE FAST DIE SLOW” and “MOVIE”

I.O.I – “Suddenly” and “Where My Girls At”

NCT’s Taeyong – “WYLD”

MONSTA X’s Shownu X Hyungwon – “Do You Love Me”

ITZY – “Motto”

CORTIS – “ACAI”

ZEROBASEONE – “TOP 5” and “V for Vision”

Jay Park and LNGSHOT – “4SHO 4SHO”

ASTRO’s Yoon San Ha – “IDK ME”

BIBI – “Bumpa”

FLARE U – “WAY 2 U”

Billlie – “WORK”

YOUNITE – “POSE!”

Hanhae and Moon Se Yoon – “Airplane” (Feat. Chuu) (Orig. by Turtles)

NAZE – “People Talk”

ChaDongHyeop – “Doogeundae”

H//PE PRINCESS – “One Day” (Korean Version)

Watch: NMIXX Takes 1st Win For “Heavy Serenade” On “M Countdown”; Performances By I.O.I, Taeyang, And More插图

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April Boy Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual boy group members!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 755 boy group members, using big data collected from March 18 to April 18.

Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon continued his reign at the top of the list with a brand reputation index of 14,004,945, marking a 7.77 percent increase in his score since last month.

High-ranking phrases in Park Ji Hoon’s keyword analysis included “The King’s Warden,” “RE:FLECT,” and “Bodyelse,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “return,” “release,” and “hold.” The singer-actor’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 93.51 percent positive reactions.

BTS’s Jimin also held onto his spot at second place with a brand reputation index of 11,644,101, marking a staggering 132.31 percent increase in his score since March.

BTS’s Jungkook jumped to third after seeing a whopping 227.64 percent rise in his brand reputation index, bringing his total score to 9,151,873 for the month.

BTS’s Jin took fourth place for the month with a brand reputation index of 8,755,472, marking an impressive 143.27 percent increase in his score since March.

Finally, BTS’s RM shot to fifth place after seeing a massive 512.32 percent rise in his brand reputation index, bringing his total score to 7,123,773 for April.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

  1. Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
  2. BTS’s Jimin
  3. BTS’s Jungkook
  4. BTS’s Jin
  5. BTS’s RM
  6. BTS’s V
  7. BTS’ Suga
  8. BTS’s j-hope
  9. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
  10. Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan
  11. SHINee’s Minho
  12. NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
  13. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
  14. ENHYPEN’s Heeseung
  15. EXO’s Baekhyun
  16. WINNER’s Song Mino
  17. SHINee’s Key
  18. Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu
  19. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
  20. SEVENTEEN’s Jun
  21. THE BOYZ’s New
  22. HIGHLIGHT’s Yoon Doojoon
  23. WINNER’s Lee Seung Hoon
  24. Super Junior’s Choi Siwon
  25. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
  26. BIGBANG’s Taeyang
  27. RIIZE’s Wonbin
  28. SHINee’s Taemin
  29. EXO’s Kai
  30. TVXQ’s Yunho

Watch Park Ji Hoon in his drama “Love Song for Illusion” on Viki below:

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Or check out BTS’s docu-series “BREAK THE SILENCE” below!

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