Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its chart rankings for the week of December 15 to 21!

Album Chart

Stray Kids topped the physical album chart with their SKZHOP HIPTAPE “合 (HOP),” which spent its second consecutive week at No. 1.

Over a month after its release, NCT DREAM’s latest album “DREAMSCAPE” shot back up to No. 2 on the chart, while BLACKPINK’s Rosé’s solo album “rosie” stayed strong at No. 3.

Meanwhile, nearly 10 months after its initial release, the SMC version of NCT WISH’s debut single album “WISH” re-entered the chart at No. 4.

Finally, B.A.P’s BANG&JUNG&YOO&MOON’s new Christmas special album “Christmas With You” debuted at No. 5 on the chart.

Overall Digital Chart + Streaming Chart

BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars earned a double crown on this week’s Circle charts, with their smash hit “APT.” remaining No. 1 on both the overall digital chart and the streaming chart.

The top five songs on this week’s overall digital chart and streaming chart were exactly the same. “APT.” continued its reign at No. 1 on both charts, followed by BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” featuring Taeyang and Daesung at No. 2, aespa’s “Whiplash” at No. 3, Rosé’s “toxic till the end” at No. 4, and Hwang Karam’s “I’m Firefly” at No. 5.

Download Chart

NCT’s Mark topped the digital download chart with his new single “Fraktsiya” featuring Lee Young Ji, which debuted at No. 1.

Meanwhile, Park Hyo Shin’s new song “HERO” (from the soundtrack of the film “Firefighters”) entered the chart at No. 2.

Rosé’s “toxic till the end” came in at No. 3 for the week, trailed by G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” at No. 4 and Hwang Karam’s “I’m Firefly” at No. 5.

Global K-Pop Chart

Rosé once again swept the top two spots on this week’s global K-pop chart, where her hit songs “APT.” and “toxic till the end” remained No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.

aespa’s “Whiplash” maintained its position at No. 3, while BTS’s Jimin’s “Who” rose to No. 4 and G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” rounded out the top five.

Social Chart

FIFTY FIFTY held onto their spot at No. 1 on the social this chart this week, with Stray Kids jumping to No. 2.

BABYMONSTER climbed to No. 3 on the chart, while BLACKPINK and Rosé charted separately at No. 4 and No. 5.

Congratulations to all of the artists!

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

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

BLACKPINK held onto their spot at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 15,230,703 for December.

Byeon Woo Seok also maintained his position at second place with a brand reputation index of 9,965,852, marking a 24.12 percent increase in his score since last month.

Lim Young Woong held steady with a brand reputation index of 9,140,823, marking a 19.25 percent rise in his score since November.

Soccer star Son Heung Min took fourth place with a brand reputation index of 8,890,378, marking a 26.61 percent increase in their score since last month.

Finally, SEVENTEEN came in at a close fifth with a brand reputation index of 8,728,103, marking a 36.84 percent rise in their score since November.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BLACKPINK
2. Byeon Woo Seok
3. Lim Young Woong
4. Son Heung Min
5. SEVENTEEN
6. BTS
7. BIGBANG
8. Yoo Jae Suk
9. TWICE
10. Hyun Bin
11. Lee Chan Won
12. IVE
13. aespa
14. Kim Min Jae
15. Lee Jung Jae
16. Kim Soo Hyun
17. Son Suk Ku
18. SHINee
19. LE SSERAFIM
20. Kim Jong Kook
21. Kim Nam Gil
22. Baek Jong Won
23. Hwang Jung Min
24. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
25. Lee Young Ji
26. Kim Do Young
27. Gong Yoo
28. Jun Hyun Moo
29. EXO
30. Kang Daniel

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

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 1,730 idols, using big data collected from November 28 to December 28.

BLACKPINK’s Rosé held onto her spot at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 18,825,475. High-ranking phrases in her keyword analysis included “APT.”, “rosie,” and “birthday,” while her highest-ranking related terms included “participate,” “confess,” and “record.” Rosé’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 93.28 percent positive reactions.

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon rose to second place for the month with a brand reputation index of 6,115,841.

Meanwhile, aespa’s Karina ranked third for December with a brand reputation index of 5,998,096.

IVE’s Jang Won Young came in at a close fourth with a brand reputation index of 5,874,248, marking a 10.31 percent increase in her score since November.

Finally, BTS’s Jin rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 5,252,011.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BLACKPINK’s Rosé
2. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
3. aespa’s Karina
4. IVE’s Jang Won Young
5. BTS’s Jin
6. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
7. BTS’s Jungkook
8. BTS’s Jimin
9. BLACKPINK’s Jennie
10. IVE’s An Yu Jin
11. TWICE’s Nayeon
12. Red Velvet’s Irene
13. aespa’s Winter
14. SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi
15. Red Velvet’s Joy
16. BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
17. SEVENTEEN’s Wonwoo
18. BLACKPINK’s Lisa
19. THE BOYZ’s Juyeon
20. BTS’s RM
21. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
22. SEVENTEEN’s Jun
23. aespa’s Giselle
24. SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu
25. SEVENTEEN’s Jeonghan
26. BTS’s V
27. EXO’s Baekhyun
28. aespa’s Ningning
29. BIGBANG’s Taeyang
30. IVE’s Liz

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