Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its chart rankings for the week of January 22 to 28!

Album Chart

The latest album chart was dominated entirely by new releases. Debuting in No. 1 and No. 2 was TXT’s latest album “The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION.” Although the album was only released on January 27, its end-of-week sales total was an impressive 1,861,109 copies!

In third place was SM Entertainment’s agency-wide winter album “SMCU PALACE (Nemo),” followed by Super Junior’s Yesung’s first studio album “Sensory Flows” in No. 4. Entering the chart at No. 5 was Lee Seung Yoon’s new release “Shelter of Dreams.”

Download Chart

Similar to the album chart, this week’s download chart was mostly full of new entries. On top was Kim Ho Joong and Song Ga In’s new collaboration track “With you,” followed by Lee Seung Yoon’s “Shelter of Dreams” debuting in No. 2.

TXT’s latest title track “Sugar Rush Ride” debuted at No. 3 and last week’s No. 1 “VIBE” by BIGBANG’s Taeyang featuring BTS’s Jimin came in at No. 4. Rounding out this week’s top five was Kim Ho Joong’s “Meet you among them.”

Digital Chart + Streaming Chart

For the last week of January, Circle’s digital and streaming charts were identical!

NewJeans swept the top spots with “Ditto” and “OMG” maintaining their positions at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. The group continued their domination with “Hype Boy” regaining its No. 3 position on both charts.

Younha’s viral hit “Event Horizon” ranked in No. 4 while “ANTIFRAGILE” by LE SSERAFIM came in fifth.

Global K-Pop Chart

For the seventh consecutive week, NewJeans snagged the top spot on more than one Circle weekly chart. This week, the group earned a triple crown with their success on the digital, streaming, and global K-pop chart!

Keeping in line with the other rankings, NewJeans dominated the top two positions on the global K-pop chart with “Ditto” and “OMG.” They also maintained a third entry on this chart with “Hype Boy” staying strong at No. 4.

Climbing 12 spots was TWICE’s new pre-release English single “MOONLIGHT SUNRISE,” which landed in No. 3 this week. Closing out the top five was Taeyang and Jimin’s “VIBE.”

Social Chart

The social chart saw little change this week with BLACKPINK maintaining their top position. NewJeans stayed strong at No. 2, followed by BTS and Choi Yu Ree. The one change on this week’s chart was TWICE climbing three ranks to enter the top five.

Congratulations to all the artists!

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BIGBANG’s Daesung, BTOB’s Eunkwang, B1A4’s CNU, and Jo Yoon Woo will be taking their close bond to a variety show!

On February 1, Channel A announced, “BIGBANG’s Daesung, BTOB’s Eunkwang, B1A4’s CNU, and actor Jo Yoon Woo are appearing as guests on ‘Cohabitation, Not Marriage.'” They added, “The broadcast date has yet to be decided but they will appear alongside a couple. Please look forward to seeing what couple they are paired with.”

These four stars became close friends while serving in the military together. This appearance is especially notable for Daesung as it marks his first promotions in the entertainment industry in four years. Additionally, “Cohabitation, Not Marriage” will be his first variety show in six years and his first activity since parting ways with his longtime agency YG Entertainment this past December.

“Cohabitation, Not Marriage” is a variety show that follows real-life couples moving in together before or instead of getting married. The program airs on Mondays at 9:10 p.m. KST on Channel A.

Check out Jo Yoon Woo in “Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth” below!

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

The rankings were determined through an analysis of various stars’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from December 29, 2022 to January 29, 2023.

NewJeans rose to the top of this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 8,917,773, marking a 32.59 percent increase in his score since December.

BTS held onto their spot at second place with a brand reputation index of 7,527,175, while Lim Young Woong came in at a close third with a total index of 7,187,117.

IU took fourth place for January with a brand reputation index of 6,657,078, and BLACKPINK rounded out the top five with an index of 5,913,166.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. NewJeans
2. BTS
3. Lim Young Woong
4. BLACKPINK
5. IU
6. Song Hye Kyo
7. Yoo Jae Suk
8. Song Joong Ki
9. Younha
10. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
11. Son Suk Ku
12. Lee Jong Suk
13. Son Heung Min
14. NCT
15. Lim Ji Yeon
16. Lee Chan Won
17. IVE
18. SEVENTEEN
19. (G)I-DLE
20. Baek Jong Won
21. TWICE
22. Kim Yuna
23. EXO
24. Lee Do Hyun
25. Super Junior
26. BIGBANG
27. Lee Young Ji
28. Kim Min Jae
29. Kang Daniel
30. Park Sung Hoon

Watch “NewJeans Code in Busan” with subtitles below!

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