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

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 100 idol groups, using big data collected from January 20 to February 21.

BTS maintained their position at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 18,056,586, marking a 31.86 percent increase in their score since January.

High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “comeback,” “album,” and “ARMY,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “love,” “special,” and “donate.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 67.75 percent positive reactions.

GFRIEND rose to second place in the rankings after seeing a 50.14 percent rise in their brand reputation index since last month. The girl group’s total index for February came out to 5,811,904.

Finally, Red Velvet took third place for the month with a brand reputation index of 5,632,442 for February.

Check out this month’s top 30 below!

1. BTS
2. GFRIEND
3. Red Velvet
4. BLACKPINK
5. (G)I-DLE
6. IZ*ONE
7. TWICE
8. MAMAMOO
9. EXO
10. LOONA
11. SECHSKIES
12. EVERGLOW
13. Girls’ Generation
14. ITZY
15. Super Junior
16. SEVENTEEN
17. Apink
18. The Boyz
19. BIGBANG
20. SHINee
21. Rocket Punch
22. NCT
23. WINNER
24. APRIL
25. Oh My Girl
26. VERIVERY
27. ANS
28. PENTAGON
29. cignature
30. Cherry Bullet

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Seungri is reportedly enlisting in the military.

On February 21, Sports Seoul reported that Seungri is quietly preparing to enlist to the 6th Infantry Recruit Training Center on March 6. According to the source, Seungri has chosen to enlist in the military rather than defer his enlistment again following the draft notice issued by the Military Manpower Administration (hereafter MMA) to Seungri on February 4.

Following reports, a source from the MMA responded, “We cannot confirm the status of Seungri’s enlistment. We cannot reveal personal matters regarding military service.”

Recently, the MMA announced that they sent Seungri a military draft notice “for the purpose of fair imposition of the duty of military service following the conclusion of his investigations.” Seungri was previously scheduled to enlist as an active duty soldier on March 25, 2019, but his enlistment was postponed in order for him to participate in the ongoing police investigations.

If Seungri enlists in March, his trials will be held in the military courts.

On January 30, Seungri was indicted without detention for mediating prostitution services, habitual gambling, and violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act.

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