Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its chart rankings for the week of March 9 to 15!

Album Chart

LE SSERAFIM topped this week’s physical album chart with their new mini album “HOT,” which debuted at No. 1.

SEVENTEEN’s HxW—a new unit consisting of Hoshi and Woozi—took No. 2 on the chart with their unit debut single album “BEAM.”

ITZY’s Yeji’s solo debut mini album “AIR” entered the chart at No. 3, while Red Velvet’s Seulgi’s new solo mini album “Accidentally On Purpose” debuted at No. 4.

Finally. TREASURE’s special mini album “PLEASURE” stayed strong at No. 5 on this week’s chart.

Overall Digital Chart

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon maintained his double crown on the Circle charts this week with his latest hit “TOO BAD” (featuring Anderson .Paak), which remained No. 1 on both the overall digital chart and streaming chart.

Meanwhile, ZO ZAZZ’s “Don’t you know” (produced by Rocoberry) held onto its spot at No. 2 on the overall digital chart.

BLACKPINK’s Jennie’s solo title track “like JENNIE” shot to No. 3 for the week, followed by G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” featuring Taeyang and Daesung at No. 4.

Finally, IVE’s long-running hit “REBEL HEART” rounded out the top five for the week.

Streaming Chart

G-Dragon’s “TOO BAD” held onto its spot at No. 1 on the streaming chart, trailed by ZO ZAZZ’s “Don’t you know” at No. 2, G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” at No. 3, IVE’s “REBEL HEART” at No. 4, and WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)’s “Drowning” at No. 5.

Download Chart

SEVENTEEN’s HxW topped this week’s digital download chart with their unit debut track “96ers,” which debuted at No. 1.

G-Dragon’s “TOO BAD” maintained its position at No. 2, while Young Tak’s “Unknown Life” (from the soundtrack of the KBS drama “For Eagle Brothers”) rose to No. 3.

Yeji’s solo debut track “Air” entered the chart at No. 4, and Jennie’s “like JENNIE” held steady at No. 5.

Global K-Pop Chart

BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” continued its reign at No. 1 on the global K-pop chart this week.

Jennie swept the next three spots on the chart, with “like JENNIE” rising to No. 2, “ExtraL” (featuring Doechii) staying strong at No. 3, and “Handlebars” (featuring Dua Lipa) jumping to No. 4.

Finally, BTS’s j-hope’s “Sweet Dreams” (featuring Miguel) shot to No. 5 for the week.

Congratulations to all of the artists!

Watch “For Eagle Brothers” with subtitles on Viki below:

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Billboard has published its World Albums chart for the week ending on March 22!

BTS’s Jimin’s latest solo album “MUSE” continued its reign at No. 1 this week, marking its eighth overall week at the top of the World Albums chart. “MUSE” also spent a 34th week on the Billboard 200, extending its record as the longest-charting K-pop solo album in history.

Once again, Stray Kids landed three different albums on the World Albums chart this week. Their special album “合 (HOP)” held onto its spot at No. 2 in its 13th week on the chart (in addition to spending a 13th week on the Billboard 200 at No. 184), while their previous mini album “ATE” took No. 9 in its 34th week and their 2023 album “★★★★★ (5-STAR)” ranked No. 24 in its 44th week.

ENHYPEN’s “ROMANCE : UNTOLD” maintained its position at No. 5 in its 35th week on the World Albums chart, while BTS’s 2022 anthology album “Proof” rose to No. 6 in its 144th week. and BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s “Übermensch” followed at No. 7 in its third week.

LE SSERAFIM’s “CRAZY” stayed strong at No. 11 in its 27th week on the chart, with NewJeans (NJZ)’s “Get Up” climbing to No. 12 in its 79th week.

ATEEZ’s “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2” came in at at No. 13 in its 17th week on the chart, while ILLIT’s “I’LL LIKE YOU” held steady at No. 14 in its 18th week.

TXT’s “The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY” rose to No. 20 in its 19th week on the chart, followed by SEVENTEEN’s “17 IS RIGHT HERE” at No. 22 (in its 38th week) and BTS’s Jin’s solo EP “Happy” at No. 25 (in its 17th week).

Congratulations to all of the artists who made this week’s chart!

Watch BTS’s film “BREAK THE SILENCE: THE MOVIE” on Viki below:

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In a tight battle for this week’s top spot, G-Dragon’s “TOO BAD” remained No. 1 for the third consecutive week. Congratulations to G-Dragon!

Entering at No. 2 is Jennie’s “like JENNIE,” the title track from her first solo studio album “Ruby.” “like JENNIE” is a song that expresses Jennie’s confidence as she shines while maintaining her own unique colors.

Holding steady at No. 3 is IVE’s former No. 1 song “REBEL HEART.”

About the Soompi Music Chart

Soompi Music Chart takes into account rankings by various major music charts in Korea as well as the hottest trending artists on Soompi, making it a unique chart that reflects what’s going on in K-pop not only in Korea but around the world. Our chart is composed of the following sources:

Circle Singles + Albums – 30%
Hanteo Singles + Albums – 20%
Spotify Weekly Chart – 15%
Soompi Airplay – 15%
YouTube K-Pop Songs + Music Videos – 20%

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon has snagged a ninth music show trophy for his hit song “TOO BAD” featuring Anderson .Paak!

On the March 23 episode of SBS’s “Inkigayo,” the candidates for first place were G-Dragon’s “TOO BAD,” LE SSERAFIM’s “HOT,” and ZO ZAZZ’s “Don’t you know.” G-Dragon ultimately took the win with a total of 5,796 points.

This is the third time that “TOO BAD” has taken first place on “Inkigayo,” meaning that the song has now achieved a “triple crown”!

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

Performers on today’s show included LE SSERAFIM, NMIXX, STAYC, TREASURE, ITZY’s Yeji, Red Velvet’s Seulgi, Ailee, The Wind, FANTASY BOYS, Candy Shop, Dragon Pony, SAY MY NAME, NouerA, GENBLUE, and U-KISS’s Shin Soohyun.

Check out their performances below!

LE SSERAFIM – “HOT”

NMIXX – “High Horse” and “KNOW ABOUT ME”

STAYC – “PIPE DOWN” and “BEBE”

TREASURE – “YELLOW”

ITZY’s Yeji – “Air”

Red Velvet’s Seulgi – “Baby, Not Baby”

Ailee – “MMI”

The Wind – “Only One”

FANTASY BOYS – “Undeniable”

Candy Shop – “TIP TOE”

Dragon Pony – “Not Out”

SAY MY NAME – “ShaLala”

NouerA – “N.I.N (New is Now)”

GENBLUE – “ACT LIKE THAT”

U-KISS’s Shin Soohyun – “Ridiculous Love”

Watch the full episode of “Inkigayo” with English subtitles below!

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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 February 22 to March 22.

IVE continued their reign at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 7,520,606 for March.

Lim Young Woong also maintained his position at second place with a brand reputation index of 6,564,290 for the month.

BTS rose to third place with a brand reputation index of 5,448,716, marking a 19.72 percent increase in their score since February.

Meanwhile, BLACKPINK came in fourth place with a brand reputation index of 4,702,577 for March.

Finally, SEVENTEEN held onto their spot at fifth place with a brand reputation index of 3,801,918, marking a 16.70 percent rise in their score since last month.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. IVE
2. Lim Young Woong
3. BTS
4. BLACKPINK
5. SEVENTEEN
6. aespa
7. BIGBANG
8. Lee Chan Won
9. ITZY
10. (G)I-DLE
11. Young Tak
12. DAY6
13. Song Ga In
14. LE SSERAFIM
15. TWS
16. Car, the Garden
17. Jeong Dong Won
18. Younha
19. Lee Young Ji
20. Park Jin Young
21. TWICE
22. Jang Yoon Jung
23. Jang Min Ho
24. RIIZE
25. Red Velvet
26. Lee Seung Yoon
27. BIBI
28. EXO
29. fromis_9
30. Sung Si Kyung

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