Billboard has published its World Albums chart for the week ending on April 12!

LE SSERAFIM’s new mini album “HOT” took No. 2 in its third week on the World Albums chart, while their previous mini album “CRAZY” climbed back up to No. 12 in its 30th week on the chart.

Stray Kids’ special album “合 (HOP)” held onto its spot at No. 3 in its 16th week on the chart, and their previous mini album “ATE” also maintained its position at No. 10 in its 37th week on the chart.

BTS’s Jimin’s solo album “MUSE” rose to No. 5 in its 37th week on the chart, with ENHYPEN’s “ROMANCE : UNTOLD” jumping to No. 6 in its 38th week.

BTS’s anthology album “Proof” climbed to No. 7 in its 147th week on the chart, while their 2018 album “Love Yourself: Tear” re-entered the chart at No. 23 (marking its 208th non-consecutive week on the chart).

NMIXX’s latest mini album “Fe3O4: FORWARD” stayed strong at No. 11 in its third week on the chart, with NewJeans’ “Get Up” rising to No. 13 (in its 82nd week) and ATEEZ’s “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2” jumping to No. 14 (in its 20th week).

Finally, ILLIT’s “I’LL LIKE YOU” rose to No. 18 in its 21st week on the chart, trailed by SEVENTEEN’s best-of album “17 IS RIGHT HERE” at No. 19 (in its 41st week) and BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s solo album “Übermensch” at No. 20 (in its sixth week).

Congratulations to all of the artists!

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 12 to April 12.

BTS held onto their spot at the top of the list with a brand reputation index of 7,617,606, marking a 9.12 percent increase in their score since March. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “j-hope,” “Jimin,” and “Jungkook,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “donate,” “record,” and “surpass.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 91.59 percent positive reactions.

SEVENTEEN maintained their position at second place with a brand reputation index of 6,205,121, marking a 3.95 percent rise in their score since last month.

SHINee climbed to third place after seeing a 43.87 percent increase in their brand reputation index, bringing their total score to 4,313,364 for the month.

Meanwhile, BIGBANG came in fourth place with a brand reputation index of 3,408,197 for April.

Finally, Stray Kids rose to fifth place with a brand reputation index of 3,077,645, marking a 47.93 percent increase in their score since March.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS
2. SEVENTEEN
3. SHINee
4. BIGBANG
5. Stray Kids
6. THE BOYZ
7. NCT
8. EXO
9. BOYNEXTDOOR
10. TWS
11. BTOB
12. ENHYPEN
13. INFINITE
14. MONSTA X
15. ATEEZ
16. Super Junior
17. TXT
18. ZEROBASEONE
19. ASTRO
20. TVXQ
21. 2PM
22. Wanna One
23. RIIZE
24. VIXX
25. ONF
26. EVNNE
27. GOT7
28. The Wind
29. B1A4
30. HIGHLIGHT

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

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And check out SEVENTEEN’s documentary “Magic Hour, The SEVENTEEN” below!

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