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 August 11 to September 11.

BTS topped the list for the 40th consecutive month with a brand reputation index of 7,630,367 for September. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “Billboard,” “China,” and “fan club,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “achieve,” “recapture,” and “halt.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis revealed a score of 60.71 percent positive reactions.

Stray Kids shot up to second place in the rankings after seeing an impressive 105.95 percent rise in their brand reputation index since August. The group’s total score came out to 2,446,281 for the month.

Meanwhile, NCT came in at a close third with a brand reputation index of 2,355,419 for September.

Finally, THE BOYZ took fourth place on this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 2,271,646, while SEVENTEEN rounded out the top five with a score of 2,265,192.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS
2. Stray Kids
3. NCT
4. THE BOYZ
5. SEVENTEEN
6. BTOB
7. EXO
8. Super Junior
9. SHINee
10. ASTRO
11. 2PM
12. TXT
13. INFINITE
14. MONSTA X
15. ENHYPEN
16. WINNER
17. PENTAGON
18. ATEEZ
19. BIGBANG
20. SF9
21. VIXX
22. ONF
23. NU’EST
24. Golden Child
25. FTISLAND
26. TREASURE
27. B1A4
28. Block B
29. MIRAE
30. GOT7

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Melon has published its full list of the top 100 K-pop songs of all time!

In order to sum up the past three decades of K-pop, Melon—Korea’s largest music streaming service—enlisted the help of 35 music critics and industry experts. Each of the 35 judges was first asked to compile their own individual list of what they considered the 100 best K-pop songs of all time, and those 35 lists were used to create Melon’s final list of the top 100 K-pop songs.

The 35 judges were asked to choose their lists of 100 songs based on the following four criteria: significance (a song’s influence both within Korea and abroad, its mark on the growth of K-pop, and its musical singularity and creative daring), success (a song’s mainstream appeal, its popularity both within Korea and abroad, and its fandom), artistic quality (a song’s artistic creativity and the quality level of the music), and performance (a song’s choreography, music video, and stage performances).

Melon’s full list of its top 100 K-pop songs is as follows:

1. BoA’s “No. 1”
2. EXO’s “Growl”
3. PSY’s “Gangnam Style”
4. BTS’s “Dynamite”
5. Girls’ Generation’s “Gee”
6. Girls’ Generation’s “Into the New World”
7. 2NE1’s “I Am the Best”
8. Brown Eyed Girls’ “Abracadabra”
9. Wonder Girls’ “Tell Me”
10. TVXQ’s “Mirotic”
11. SHINee’s “Sherlock”
12. Super Junior’s “Sorry, Sorry”
13. BLACKPINK’s “DDU-DU DDU-DU”
14. S.E.S.’s “I’m Your Girl”
15. IU’s “Good Day”
16. Lee Hyori’s “10 Minutes”
17. H.O.T.’s “Candy”
18. KARA’s “Mister”
19. BIGBANG’s “Lies”
20. Red Velvet’s “Red Flavor”
21. Seo Taiji and Boys’ “I Know”
22. Lee Jung Hyun’s “Come (Wa)”
23. INFINITE’s “Be Mine”
24. BIGBANG’s “Fantastic Baby”
25. BTS’s “Blood Sweat & Tears”
26. miss A’s “Bad Girl Good Girl”
27. Wonder Girls’ “Nobody”
28. Sunmi’s “Gashina”
29. SECHSKIES’s “Couple”
30. g.o.d’s “Lies”
31. TWICE’s “Cheer Up”
32. BTS’s “Spring Day”
33. Girls’ Generation’s “I Got a Boy”
34. IU’s “Twenty-Three”
35. 2PM’s “Heartbeat”
36. SHINee’s Taemin’s “Move”
37. 2NE1’s “Fire”
38. Baby V.O.X’s “Get Up”
39. Brown Eyed Girls’ Ga In’s “Bloom”
40. f(x)’s “4 Walls”
41. Lee Hyori’s “U-Go-Girl”
42. EXID’s “Up and Down”
43. HyunA’s “Bubble Pop”
44. Clon’s “Kung Ddari Sha Bah Rah”
45. f(x)’s “NU ABO”
46. BIGBANG’s Taeyang’s “Eyes, Nose, Lips”
47. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s “Crooked”
48. IZ*ONE’s “Fiesta”
49. (G)I-DLE’s “Lion”
50. NCT U’s “The 7th Sense”
51. Chungha’s “Gotta Go”
52. Oh My Girl’s “Secret Garden”
53. SHINee’s “View”
54. DEUX’s “In Summer”
55. f(x)’s “Rum Pum Pum Pum”
56. TWICE’s “TT”
57. Fin.K.L’s “Eternal Love”
58. H.O.T.’s “Warrior’s Descendant”
59. DEUX’s “Turn Around and Look at Me”
60. ITZY’s “DALLA DALLA”
61. Park Ji Yoon’s “Coming-of-Age Ceremony”
62. Rain’s “How to Avoid the Sun”
63. Orange Caramel’s “Catallena”
64. T-ara’s “Roly Poly”
65. Wanna One’s “Energetic”
66. GFRIEND’s “Rough”
67. Uhm Jung Hwa’s “Invitation”
68. Shinhwa’s “Brand New”
69. LOONA’s “Butterfly”
70. BTS’s “DNA”
71. SISTAR’s “Alone”
72. Rain’s “It’s Raining”
73. Block B’s Zico’s “Any Song”
74. BTS’s “Boy With Luv” (featuring Halsey)
75. g.o.d’s “Road”
76. After School’s “Bang!”
77. iKON’s “Love Scenario”
78. WINNER’s “Really Really”
79. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon’s “I” (featuring Verbal Jint)
80. SEVENTEEN’s “Very Nice”
81. Shinhwa’s “T.O.P. (Twinkling of Paradise)”
82. IU’s “Through the Night”
83. MAMAMOO’s “Um Oh Ah Yeh”
84. Lovelyz’s “Ah-Choo”
85. Red Velvet’s “Psycho”
86. S.E.S.’s “Dreams Come True”
87. SHINee’s “Ring Ding Dong”
88. Fin.K.L’s “To My Boyfriend”
89. NCT 127’s “Cherry Bomb”
90. Busker Busker’s “Cherry Blossom Ending”
91. Seo Taiji and Boys’ “Come Back Home”
92. PENTAGON’s “Shine”
93. BoA’s “Atlantis Princess”
94. NRG’s “I Can Do It”
95. Epik High’s “Fly” (featuring Amin. J)
96. Jinusean’s “Tell Me”
97. SHINee’s “Replay”
98. TVXQ’s “Hug”
99. Seo Taiji and Boys’ “Classroom Idea”
100. Trouble Maker’s “Trouble Maker”

What are your all-time favorite K-pop songs? Let us know in the comments below!

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