Billboard has published its World Albums chart for the week ending on August 30!

TXT’s latest album “The Star Chapter: TOGETHER” returned to No. 1 on the World Albums chart this week, marking its third non-consecutive week at the top. The album also spent a fourth consecutive week on the Billboard 200 at No. 178.

ENHYPEN’s latest mini album “DESIRE : UNLEASH” climbed back up to No. 2 in its 12th week on the World Albums chart, while their previous album “ROMANCE : UNTOLD” remained on the chart for a 58th week at No. 14.

BTS’s 2022 anthology album “Proof” rose to No. 3 in its 167th week on the chart, and their recent live album “PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – LIVE” held steady at No. 5 in its fifth week.

ATEEZ’s “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.3” held onto its spot at No. 4 in its 10th week on the chart, with ILLIT’s “bomb” rising to No. 6 in its ninth week.

Once again, Stray Kids landed four different albums on the World Albums chart this week. “合 (HOP)” jumped to No. 8 in its 36th week on the chart, followed by “ATE” at No. 12 in its 57th week, “ROCK-STAR” at No. 22 in its 41st week, and “★★★★★ (5-STAR)” at No. 23 in its 53rd week.

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s “Übermensch” re-entered the World Albums chart at No. 10, marking its seventh non-consecutive week on the chart.

BTS’s Jimin’s solo album “MUSE” climbed to No. 15 in its 57th week on the chart, trailed by NewJeans’ “Get Up” at No. 16 (in its 102nd week) and SEVENTEEN’s “HAPPY BURSTDAY” at No. 17 (in its 13th week).

Finally, BLACKPINK’s “THE ALBUM” leaped to No. 21 in its 112th week on the chart, while BTS’s Jin’s “Echo” came in at No. 24 in its 14th week.

Congratulations to all of the artists!

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 July 28 to August 28.

BTS’s Jin topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 5,786,723, marking a 48.52 percent increase in his score since July. High-ranking phrases in Jin’s keyword analysis included “world tour,” “Run Jin,” and “all seats sold out,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “sell out,” “surpass,” and “sold out.”Jin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 93.86 percent positive reactions.

BTS’s Jimin took second place with a brand reputation index of 4,768,959, while BLACKPINK’s Rosé came in at a close third with a score of 4,585,129.

BLACKPINK’s Jennie rose to fourth place for August with a brand reputation index of 4,236,868, and BIGBANG’s G-Dragon rounded out the top five with a score of 4,144,379.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS’s Jin
2. BTS’s Jimin
3. BLACKPINK’s Rosé
4. BLACKPINK’s Jennie 
5. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
6. BTS’s V
7. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
8. BTS’s Jungkook
9. IVE’s Jang Won Young
10. BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
11. BLACKPINK’s Lisa
12. Red Velvet’s Joy
13. IVE’s An Yu Jin
14. IVE’s Rei
15. aespa’s Winter
16. Red Velvet’s Irene
17. SHINee’s Key
18. EXO’s Baekhyun
19. Red Velvet’s Seulgi
20. Red Velvet’s Wendy
21. IVE’s Liz
22. Red Velvet’s Yeri
23. BTS’ Suga
24. SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi
25. BTS’s RM
26. TVXQ’s Yunho
27. IVE’s Gaeul
28. THE BOYZ’s Sunwoo
29. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
30. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel

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