Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its chart rankings for the week of February 12 to 18!

Album Chart

STAYC has topped this week’s album chart with their new single album “Teddy Bear“! In No. 2 was TXT’s latest release “The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION,” which climbed up six spots to move back into the top five.

Jumping an impressive 29 ranks was SEVENTEEN’s fourth studio album “Face the Sun,” which originally dropped all the way back in May and recently earned a triple million certification. SEVENTEEN’s BSS followed close behind in No. 4 with the unit’s first single album “SECOND WIND.”

Lastly, TNX’s second mini album “Love Never Dies” entered the chart at No. 5.

Download Chart

Making its debut at the top of the download chart was SHINee’s Key’s “Killer,” his second repackaged album.

“Fighting” (featuring Lee Young Ji), the title track of SEVENTEEN’s BSS’s first single album “SECOND WIND,” fell one spot to No. 2 after its debut at No. 1 last week. Another new entry on this week’s download chart was “Teddy Bear” by STAYC at No. 3.

The last two spots of the top five went to Lim Young Woong’s “London Boy” and “Polaroid,” which took fourth and fifth place respectively.

Digital + Streaming Chart

For yet another week, NewJeans has earned a triple crown on Circle’s weekly charts! Just as they did last week, NewJeans took the No. 1 spot on the digital chart, streaming chart, and Global K-Pop chart, but also swept the top three spots on all three of these charts.

There was little change on this week’s digital chart, which is identical to the streaming chart and remains heavily dominated by NewJeans. The group’s hit tracks “Ditto,” “OMG,” and “Hype Boy” maintained its positions in the top three, followed by Younha’s “Event Horizon” staying strong at No. 4.

On the digital chart, NewJeans’ “Attention” climbed up two spots to round out the top five, while the song was able to maintain its No. 5 position on the streaming chart.

Global K-Pop Chart

The last part of NewJeans’ triple crown this week came on the Global K-pop chart, which remained the same as last week. NewJeans swept the top three positions with “OMG” holding steady at No. 1, followed by “Ditto” in No. 2, and “Hype Boy” in No. 3.

For another week, “ANTIFRAGILE” by LE SSERAFIM was ranked in No. 4 and VIBE (featuring BTS’s Jimin) by BIGBANG’s Taeyang came in at No. 5.

Social Chart

The rankings of this week’s social chart were the exact same as last week: BLACKPINK at No. 1, trailed by NewJeans at No. 2, BTS at No. 3, Choi Yu Ree at No. 4, and TXT at No. 5.

Congratulations to all the artists!

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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 703 boy group members, using big data collected from January 18 to February 18.

ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 6,171,832, marking a 9.36 percent increase in his score since January.

High-ranking phrase in Cha Eun Woo’s keyword analysis included “Island,” “Dior,” and “photo exhibition,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “appear,” “release,” and “hold.” The star’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 83.50 percent positive reactions.

BTS’s Jimin came in at a close second with a brand reputation index of 6,121,650, marking a 7.15 percent rise in his score since last month.

EXO’s Baekhyun shot to third place in the rankings after seeing a staggering 131.07 percent increase in his brand reputation index since January. The idol’s total score for the month came out to 4,174,952.

Finally, Wanna One’s Kang Daniel and BTS’s Jungkook rounded out the top five for February at fourth and fifth places respectively.

Check out this month’s top 30 below!

1. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
2. BTS’s Jimin
3. EXO’s Baekhyun
4. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
5. BTS’s Jungkook
6. BTS’s V
7. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
8. Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
9. BIGBANG’s Taeyang
10. WINNER’s Song Mino
11. NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
12. BTS’ Suga
13. BTS’s Jin
14. BTS’s RM
15. BTS’s J-Hope
16. SHINee’s Key
17. NCT’s Jaehyun
18. NCT’s Haechan
19. Super Junior’s Sungmin
20. Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu
21. SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi
22. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
23. Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan
24. TXT’s Yeonjun
25. CIX and Wanna One’s Bae Jin Young
26. NCT’s Doyoung
27. TXT’s Soobin
28. BIGBANG’s Daesung
29. SHINee’s Minho
30. NCT’s Jungwoo

Watch Cha Eun Woo in his variety show “Handsome Tigers” with English subtitles below!

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BIGBANG’s Taeyang made his highly anticipated comeback with the hot single “VIBE” (featuring BTS member Jimin) last month. The new song is fire! Of course, “VIBE” is just one of Taeyang’s sizzling solo songs, which include hits like “Wake Me Up,” “Darling,” “Eyes, Nose, Lips,” and “I Need a Girl.” Do you ever wonder which Taeyang song describes you? Now you can discover the answer. Take this quiz to find out!

Hey Soompiers, which Taeyang song is your authentic self? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!

KMoody is a Soompi writer who is a longtime Korean drama fan. Her favorite dramas include “Boys Over Flowers,” “Dream High,” and “Love Alarm!” For more information about her personal and professional writing journey, follow her on Instagram at BTSCelebs.