Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its chart rankings for the week of December 8 to 14!

Album Chart

Stray Kids topped the physical album chart with their new SKZHOP HIPTAPE “合 (HOP),” which swept two of this week’s top three spots. The regular version of the special album debuted at No. 1, while the Nemo version charted separately at No. 3.

BLACKPINK’s Rosé’s solo album “rosie” held steady at No. 2, while Red Velvet’s Irene’s solo debut mini album “Like A Flower” climbed back up to No. 4.

Finally, TWICE’s latest mini album “STRATEGY” rounded out the top five for the week.

Overall Digital Chart

Rosé achieved a quadruple crown on this week’s Circle charts, topping no less than four separate charts—the overall digital chart, streaming chart, digital download chart, and global K-pop chart—with her songs “APT.” and “toxic till the end” combined.

Rosé claimed two of the top four spots on this week’s overall digital chart: her hit Bruno Mars collab “APT.” returned to No. 1, while her new song “toxic till the end” shot to No. 4 for the week.

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” featuring Taeyang and Daesung stayed strong at No. 2, while aespa’s “Whiplash” held onto its spot at No. 3.

Finally, Hwang Karam’s “I’m Firefly” maintained its position at No. 5.

Streaming Chart

The top four songs on this week’s streaming chart and overall digital chart were exactly the same: Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” came in at No. 1, G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” at No. 2, aespa’s “Whiplash” at No. 3, and Rosé’s “toxic till the end” at No. 4.

Finally, G-Dragon’s “POWER” came in at No. 5 for the week.

Download Chart

Rosé topped the digital download chart with “toxic till the end,” which rose to No. 1 this week.

G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” ranked No. 2, followed by Hwang Karam’s “I’m Firefly” at No. 3, Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” at No. 4, and Hwang Young Woong’s “On your side” at No. 5.

Global K-Pop Chart

Rosé swept the top two spots on this week’s global K-pop chart: “APT.” continued its reign at No. 1, while “toxic till the end” jumped to No. 2.

aespa’s “Whiplash” held steady at No. 3, trailed by G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” at No. 4 and BTS’s Jimin’s “Who” at No. 5.

Social Chart

FIFTY FIFTY rose to No. 1 on the social chart this week, while Rosé climbed to No. 2 and BLACKPINK charted separately at No. 3.

BABYMONSTER stayed strong at No. 4 for the week, with BTS rounding out the top five.

Congratulations to all of the artists!

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

The rankings were determined through an analysis of singers’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from November 21 to December 21.

BLACKPINK continued their reign at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 12,387,721 marking a 9.10 percent increase in their score since November.

SEVENTEEN rose to second place after seeing a 45.95 percent increase in their brand reputation index, bringing their total score to 6,572,231 for December.

Meanwhile, Lim Young Woong took third place for the month with a brand reputation index of 6,152,107.

aespa came in at a close fourth with a brand reputation index of 5,932,028, marking a 22.17 percent rise in their score since last month.

Finally, BTS rounded out the top five for December with a brand reputation index of 5,669,231.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BLACKPINK
2. SEVENTEEN
3. Lim Young Woong
4. aespa
5. BTS
6. BIGBANG
7. IVE
8. DAY6
9. TWS
10. BIBI
11. QWER
12. FIFTY FIFTY
13. Park Jin Young
14. (G)I-DLE
15. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
16. NCT
17. Lee Chan Won
18. TWICE
19. IU
20. Lee Young Ji
21. Cho Yong Pil
22. BABYMONSTER
23. ILLIT
24. Song Ga In
25. Young Tak
26. Kang Daniel
27. Red Velvet
28. ITZY
29. MAMAMOO’s Hwasa
30. EXO

Check out SEVENTEEN’s documentary “Magic Hour, The SEVENTEEN” on Viki here:

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Or aespa’s variety show “aespa’s Synk Road” below!

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BIGBANG’s G-Dragon has won a second music show trophy for his single “HOME SWEET HOME” featuring Taeyang and Daesung! 

On the December 21 episode of MBC’s “Music Core,” the candidates for first place were BLACKPINK’s Rosé’s “toxic till the end,” aespa’s “Whiplash,” and G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME.” G-Dragon ultimately took the win with a total of 6,925 points.

Congratulations to G-Dragon! Watch the winner announcement below: