BIGBANG’s Taeyang and BTS’s Jimin’s hit collab track has made a strong debut on Billboard’s Global Excl. U.S. chart!

On January 24 local time, Billboard revealed that Taeyang’s new single “VIBE” featuring Jimin had debuted at No. 9 on its Global Excl U.S. chart, which ranks songs based on streaming and sales activity from over 200 territories around the world (excluding the United States).

Notably, the song’s debut marks both Taeyang’s and Jimin’s first time entering the top 10 of the Global Excl. U.S. chart as soloists.

“VIBE” also became Taeyang’s and Jimin’s first-ever solo entries on both the United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart and the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)’s Singles Chart last week.

Congratulations to both Taeyang and Jimin!

BIGBANG’s Taeyang and BTS’s Jimin’s hit collab track has made a strong debut on Billboard’s Global Excl. U.S. chart!

On January 24 local time, Billboard revealed that Taeyang’s new single “VIBE” featuring Jimin had debuted at No. 9 on its Global Excl U.S. chart, which ranks songs based on streaming and sales activity from over 200 territories around the world (excluding the United States).

Notably, the song’s debut marks both Taeyang’s and Jimin’s first time entering the top 10 of the Global Excl. U.S. chart as soloists.

“VIBE” also became Taeyang’s and Jimin’s first-ever solo entries on both the United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart and the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)’s Singles Chart last week.

Congratulations to both Taeyang and Jimin!

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

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 1,590 idols, using big data collected from December 24, 2022 to January 24, 2023.

BTS’s Jimin topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 4,607,152. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “VIBE,” “Paris Fashion Week,” and “BIGBANG’s Taeyang,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “collaborate,” “participate,” and “record.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a high score of 90.76 percent positive reactions.

NewJeans’ Minji took second place in the rankings with a brand reputation index of 3,978,087, while BTS’s Jungkook came in at a close third with an index of 3,887,118.

ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo ranked fourth with a brand reputation index of 3,457,094, and NewJeans’ Hanni rounded out the top five with a total score of 2,878,097.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. NewJeans’ Minji
3. BTS’s Jungkook
4. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
5. NewJeans’ Hanni
6. NewJeans’ Haerin
7. BTS’s V
8. BTS’s Jin
9. BLACKPINK’s Jennie
10. BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
11. BIGBANG’s Taeyang
12. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
13. NewJeans’ Hyein
14. Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
15. NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
16. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
17. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
18. BTS’ Suga
19. BTS’s RM
20. BTS’s J-Hope
21. Girls’ Generation’s YoonA
22. Red Velvet’s Joy
23. NCT’s Mark
24. Girls’ Generation’s Seohyun
25. Oh My Girl’s Arin
26. LE SSERAFIM’s Kim Chaewon
27. WINNER’s Song Mino
28. aespa’s Karina
29. LE SSERAFIM’s Kazuha
30. aespa’s Winter

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