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

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 598 boy group members, using big data collected from Marchto April

BTS’s Jimin topped the list for the 16th consecutive month with a brand reputation index of 7,496,181 for April. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “Filter,” “fan,” and “ARMY,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “cool,” “kind,” and “donate.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 82.10 percent positive reactions.

EXO’s Suho rose to second place in the rankings this month with a brand reputation index of 6,458,545, marking a staggering 265.52 percent increase in his score since last month.

Meanwhile, EXO’s Baekhyun came in at a close third after enjoying an impressive 329.40 percent rise in his own brand reputation index since March. The idol’s total index came out to 6,239,442 for April.

Check out this month’s top 30 below!

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. EXO’s Suho
3. EXO’s Baekhyun
4. BTS’s Jungkook
5. BTS’s V
6. BTS’s Jin
7. VIXX’s Ravi
8. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
9. WINNER’s Kang Seung Yoon
10. BTS’s RM
11. WINNER’s Kim Jin Woo
12. BTS’ Suga
13. BTS’s J-Hope
14. WINNER’s Song Mino
15. EXO’s Sehun
16. WINNER’s Lee Seung Hoon
17. TVXQ’s Changmin
18. EXO’s Chanyeol
19. CNBLUE’s Jung Yong Hwa
20. NCT’s Jaehyun
21. TVXQ’s Yunho
22. SEVENTEEN’s Seungkwan
23. ASTRO’s Moonbin
24. SF9’s Rowoon
25. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
26. SEVENTEEN’s Jun
27. NCT’s Mark
28. SEVENTEEN’s Woozi
29. SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu
30. Highlight’s Yoon Doojoon

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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 March 9 to April 10.

BTS topped the list for the 23rd consecutive month with a brand reputation index of 11,744,497. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “album,” “Billboard,” and “YouTube,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “enjoy,” “cheer on,” and “like.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 87.53 percent positive reactions.

SEVENTEEN rose to second place in the rankings this month after seeing an impressive 107.91 percent increase in their brand reputation index since March. The group’s total index for April came out to 3,908,014.

EXO came in at a close third with a brand reputation index of 3,625,325 for April, marking a 17.08 percent rise in their score since last month.

Finally, NCT and WINNER rounded out the top five for the month at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS
2. SEVENTEEN
3. EXO
4. NCT
5. WINNER
6. Super Junior
7. ONEUS
8. SHINee
9. INFINITE
10. VICTON
11. VIXX
12. ASTRO
13. VERIVERY
14. 2PM
15. TVXQ
16. BTOB
17. HOTSHOT
18. NU’EST
19. Golden Child
20. MONSTA X
21. BIGBANG
22. PENTAGON
23. The Boyz
24. SF9
25. TXT
26. Block B
27. JYJ
28. MCND
29. DONGKIZ
30. ONF

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BIGBANG’s Taeyang has once again impressed fans with his dancing skills!

On April 2, Taeyang uploaded a black-and-white video of him dancing to Big Wild’s “6’s to 9’s” featuring Rationale and H.E.R.’s “Hard Place.” Along with the clips, he added the simple caption, “Yea, must be.” Fans have expressed excitement seeing Taeyang’s graceful yet powerful dance moves for the first time in awhile as he grooves smoothly to the beat.

Take a look at the eye-catching performance below!

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Yea, must be

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Following his discharge from the military on November 10, 2019, Taeyang kick-started 2020 with his charity flea market and fundraising auction in January. Recently on March 11, it was announced that BIGBANG renewed their contract with YG Entertainment.

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 1,135 idols, using big data collected from February 27 to March 28.

BTS’s Jimin continued his reign at the top of the list this month, scoring a brand reputation index 8,343,353 for March. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “Promise,” “ON,” and “Filter,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “moved,” “powerful,” and “comfort.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis revealed a score of 82.50 percent positive reactions.

Kang Daniel also held onto his spot at second place in the rankings with a brand reputation index of 8,260,896, marking a 59.61 percent increase in his score since last month.

Finally, Ong Seong Wu rose to third place on the list after seeing a 58.51 percent rise in his own score. The idol-turned-actor’s total index came out to 6,936,926 for March.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. Kang Daniel
3. Ong Seong Wu
4. BTS’s Jungkook
5. BTS’s Jin
6. BTS’s V
7. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
8. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
9. MAMAMOO’s Hwasa
10. EXO’s Baekhyun
11. BTS’ Suga
12. CNBLUE’s Jung Yong Hwa
13. BTS’s RM
14. BTS’s J-Hope
15. WINNER’s Kang Seung Yoon
16. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
17. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
18. BLACKPINK’s Jennie
19. Red Velvet’s Irene
20. AOA’s Seolhyun
21. Girls’ Generation’s YoonA
22. ITZY’s Yeji
23. Red Velvet’s Joy
24. EXO’s Suho
25. ITZY’s Yuna
26. ITZY’s Lia
27. gugudan’s Kim Sejeong
28. VIXX’s Ravi
29. EXO’s Baekhyun
30. GFRIEND’s Sowon

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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 February 26 to March 27.

BTS held onto their spot at the top of the list this month, scoring a brand reputation index of 13,605,781 for March. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “ON,” “YouTube,” and “promise,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “appear,” “root for,” and “act.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 62.84 percent positive reactions.

LOONA rose to second place in the rankings this month, enjoying a 32.15 percent increase in their brand reputation index since February. The girl group’s total index for March came out to 5,292,349.

Finally, BLACKPINK came in at a close third with a brand reputation index of 5,219,601 for the month.

Check out this month’s top 30 below!

1. BTS
2. LOONA
3. BLACKPINK
4. Red Velvet
5. EXO
6. ITZY
7. GFRIEND
8. Girls’ Generation
9. IZ*ONE
10. TWICE
11. (G)I-DLE
12. NCT
13. SEVENTEEN
14. MAMAMOO
15. Super Junior
16. Apink
17. SHINee
18. Oh My Girl
19. WINNER
20. VIXX
21. BIGBANG
22. APRIL
23. ASTRO
24. DreamCatcher
25. VICTON
26. f(x)
27. WJSN
28. HOTSHOT
29. BTOB
30. AOA

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