Billboard has published its World Albums chart for the week ending on February 8!

BTS’s Jimin’s solo album “MUSE” spent its fourth week at No. 1 on the World Albums chart, in addition to becoming the first K-pop solo album ever to chart for 28 weeks on the Billboard 200 (where it ranked No. 115 this week).

Stray Kids’ SKZHOP HIPTAPE “合 (HOP)” held onto its spot at No. 2 in its seventh week on the World Albums chart, and it also spent its seventh consecutive week on the Billboard 200 at No. 122.

ENHYPEN’s “ROMANCE : UNTOLD” maintained its position at No. 5 in its 29th week on the World Albums chart, while BTS’s 2022 anthology album “Proof” held steady at at No. 6 in its 138th week on the chart.

LE SSERAFIM’s “CRAZY” remained unmoving at No. 7 in its 21st week on the chart, with Stray Kids’ “ATE” similarly maintaining its rank at No. 8 in its 28th week.

ILLIT’s “I’LL LIKE YOU” stayed strong at No. 10 in its 12th week on the chart, followed by ATEEZ’s “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2” at No. 11 (in its 11th week) and NewJeans’ “Get Up” at No. 12 (in its 73rd week).

BTS’s Jin’s solo album “Happy” climbed back up to No. 15 in its 11th week on the chart, while GOT7’s new mini album “WINTER HEPTAGON” rose to No. 16 in its second week.

TXT’s “The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY” took No. 17 in its 13th week on the chart, trailed by SEVENTEEN’s “SPILL THE FEELS” at No. 20 (in its 15th week), BIGBANG’s “MADE” at No. 21 (in its 16th week), and SEVENTEEN’s “17 IS RIGHT HERE” at No. 23 (in its 33rd week).

Congratulations to all of the K-pop artists who made this week’s chart!

Watch many of the above artists perform at the 2024 MBC Music Festival on Viki below:

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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 January 8 to February 8.

SEVENTEEN held onto their spot at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 5,418,828. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “commemorative medal,” “Asia tour,” and “CARAT,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “perform,” “conquer,” and “book.” SEVENTEEN’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 92.21 percent positive reactions.

BTS also maintained their position at second place with a brand reputation index of 5,188,423 for February.

Meanwhile, Stray Kids rose to third place with a brand reputation index of 2,628,900 for the month.

BIGBANG came in at a close fourth with a brand reputation index of 2,531,841, and TWS rounded out the top five with a score of 2,455,079.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. SEVENTEEN
2. BTS
3. Stray Kids
4. BIGBANG
5. TWS
6. EXO
7. SHINee
8. ENHYPEN
9. Super Junior
10. NCT
11. THE BOYZ
12. INFINITE
13. ZEROBASEONE
14. TXT
15. BTOB
16. MONSTA X
17. ASTRO
18. RIIZE
19. GOT7
20. TVXQ
21. Wanna One
22. BOYNEXTDOOR
23. 2PM
24. CRAVITY
25. TREASURE
26. ONEUS
27. ONF
28. EVNNE
29. VIXX
30. HIGHLIGHT

Watch Stray Kids and many of the other above boy groups perform at the 2024 MBC Music Festival on Viki below:

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Or check out SEVENTEEN’s variety show “NANA TOUR with SEVENTEEN” below!

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