The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has announced its latest batch of official certifications!

In 2020, the RIAJ implemented a new certification system for online streaming of songs, as an addition to its pre-existing certification systems for physical album shipments and digital download sales. According to the new system, songs are certified silver once they reach 30 million streams, gold at 50 million streams, and platinum at 100 million streams.

In the RIAJ’s newly announced batch of certifications (dated September 2022), BIGBANG, BTS, TWICE’s Nayeon, LE SSERAFIM, and KARA’s Kang Ji Young all received new official certifications for streaming.

BIGBANG earned their first two gold streaming certifications at once this month: both their 2012 hit “FANTASTIC BABY” and their 2015 bop “BANG BANG BANG” were certified gold after surpassing 50 million streams in Japan. While BIGBANG has previously received gold certifications from the RIAJ for physical albums, this is the first time that one of their songs has been certified gold for streaming.

Although TWICE as a group boasts a record number of RIAJ certifications, Nayeon earned her first-ever gold certification as a soloist for her solo debut track “POP!“, which surpassed 50 million streams in Japan.

LE SSERAFIM’s debut track “FEARLESS” and Kang Ji Young’s Japanese song “Sukina Hitoga Irukoto” also earned both artists their first-ever gold streaming certifications this month.

Finally, BTS and Coldplay’s hit collab single “My Universe” was officially certified gold as well.

Congratulations to all the artists who went gold in Japan!

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MAMA season is back!

On October 24, the nominations were announced for the 2022 MAMA Awards (previously known as the Mnet Asian Music Awards).

This year’s ceremony will take place at Osaka’s Kyocera Dome in Japan on November 29 and 30.

The criteria for the final winners are as follows:

• Artist of the Year and Artist Category Awards – 40% judge panel evaluation, 30% song downloads/streaming (20% Korea + 10% global), 30% physical album sales
• Song of the Year and Genre Category Awards – 40% judge panel evaluation, 60% song downloads/streaming (40% Korea + 20% global)
• Album of the Year – 40% judge panel evaluation, 60% physical album sales*
  (*Note: The criteria written in Korean states 60% physical album sales while the criteria written in English states 60% song downloads/streaming)
• Worldwide Icon of the Year – 50% Mnet Plus votes, 30% Spotify votes, 10% Twitter votes, 10% music video score, (10% extra) live broadcast Twitter votes
• Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10 – 50% Mnet Plus votes, 30% Spotify votes, 10% Twitter votes, 10% music video score

In order to be eligible, the music must have been released between November 1, 2021 and October 21, 2022.

Voting will take place online here through November 4 at 11:59 p.m. KST.

The nominees are as follows:

Best New Female Artist

• IVE
• Kep1er
• LE SSERAFIM
• NewJeans
• NMIXX
• Yena (Choi Ye Na)

Best New Male Artist

• ATBO
• TEMPEST
• TNX
• Xdinary Heroes
• YOUNITE

Best Female Artist

• IU
• Miyeon
• Nayeon
• Seulgi
• Taeyeon

Best Male Artist

• J-Hope
• Kang Daniel
• Lim Young Woong
• PSY
• Zico

Best Female Group

• (G)I-DLE
• aespa
• BLACKPINK
• ITZY
• Red Velvet
• TWICE

Best Male Group

• BTS
• ENHYPEN
• NCT DREAM
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids
• TXT

Best Vocal Performance Solo 

• IU – “Drama”
• Kim Min Seok – “Drunken Confession”
• Lee Mujin – When it snows” (feat. Heize)
• Lim Young Woong – “Our Blues Our Life”
• Taeyeon – “INVU”

Best Vocal Performance Group

• BIGBANG – “Still Life”
• BTS – “Yet To Come”
• Davichi – “Fanfare”
• ENHYPEN – “Polaroid Love”
• WINNER – “I LOVE U”

Best Band Performance

• JANNABI – “GRIPPIN’THEGREEN”
• Jaurim – “STAY WITH ME”
• LUCY – “PLAY”
• The Black Skirts – “My Little Lambs”
• Xdinary Heroes – “Happy Death Day”

Best Dance Performance Solo

• Jessi – “ZOOM”
• Nayeon – “POP!”
• PSY – “That That” (prod. & feat. Suga)
• Sunmi – “Heart Burn”
• Yena – “SMILEY” (feat. BIBI)

Best Dance Performance Male Group

• NCT 127 – “2 Baddies”
• NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
• SEVENTEEN – “HOT”
• Stray Kids – “MANIAC”
• TXT – “Good Boy Gone Bad”
• TREASURE – “JIKJIN”

Best Dance Performance Female Group

• (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
• BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom”
• IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
• LE SSERAFIM – “FEARLESS”
• NewJeans – “Attention”
• Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”

Best OST

• 10CM – “Drawer” (“Our Beloved Summer” OST)
• Jimin, Ha Sung Woon – “With You” (“Our Blues” OST)
• MeloMance – “Love, Maybe” (“A Business Proposal” OST)
• V – “Christmas Tree” (“Our Beloved Summer” OST)
• Wonstein – “Your Existence” (“Twenty Five, Twenty One” OST)

Best Collaboration

• 10CM, BIG Naughty – “Just 10 centimeters”
• Crush – “Rush Hour” (feat. J-Hope)
• Loco, Hwasa – “Somebody!”
• PSY – “That That” (prod. & feat. Suga)
• Woo Won Jae, meenoi – “Ghosting” (prod. CODE KUNST)

Best Hip Hop & Urban Music

• BE’O – “Counting Stars” (feat. Beenzino)
• BIG Naughty – “Beyond Love” (feat. 10CM)
• J-Hope – “MORE”
• Jay Park – “GANADARA” (feat. IU)
• Zico – “Freak”

Song of the Year

(Nominees for the song genre categories are automatically nominated.)

• 10CM – “Drawer”
• 10CM, BIG Naughty – “Just 10 centimeters”
• BE’O – “Counting Stars” (feat. Beenzino)
• BIGBANG – “Still Life”
• BIG Naughty – “Beyond Love” (feat. 10CM)
• BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom”
• BTS – “Yet To Come”
• Crush – “Rush Hour” (feat. J-Hope)
• Davichi – “Fanfare”
• ENHYPEN – “Polaroid Love”
• (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
• IU – “Drama”
• IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
• JANNABI – “GRIPPIN’THEGREEN”
• Jaurim – “STAY WITH ME”
• Jay Park – “GANADARA” (feat. IU)
• Jessi – “ZOOM”
• J-Hope – “MORE”
• Jimin, Ha Sung Woon – “With You”
• Kim Min Seok – “Drunken Confession”
• LE SSERAFIM – “FEARLESS”
• Lee Mujin – When it snows” (feat. Heize)
• Lim Young Woong – “Our Blues Our Life”
• Loco, Hwasa – “Somebody!”
• LUCY – “PLAY”
• MeloMance – “Love, Maybe”
• Nayeon – “POP!”
• NCT 127 – “2 Baddies”
• NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
• NewJeans – “Attention”
• PSY – “That That” (prod. & feat. Suga)
• Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
• SEVENTEEN – “HOT”
• Stray Kids – “MANIAC”
• Sunmi – “Heart Burn”
• Taeyeon – “INVU”
• The Black Skirts – “My Little Lambs”
• TREASURE – “JIKJIN”
• TXT – “Good Boy Gone Bad”
• V – “Christmas Tree”
• WINNER – “I LOVE U”
• Wonstein – “Your Existence”
• Woo Won Jae, meenoi – “Ghosting” (prod. CODE KUNST)
• Xdinary Heroes – “Happy Death Day”
• Yena – “SMILEY” (feat. BIBI)
• Zico – “Freak”

Artist of the Year

(Nominees for the artist categories are automatically nominated.)

• aespa
• ATBO
• BLACKPINK
• BTS
• ENHYPEN
• (G)I-DLE
• ITZY
• IU
• IVE
• J-Hope
• Kang Daniel
• Kep1er
• LE SSERAFIM
• Lim Young Woong
• Miyeon
• Nayeon
• NCT DREAM
• NewJeans
• NMIXX
• PSY
• Red Velvet
• Seulgi
• SEVENTEEN
• Stray Kids
• Taeyeon
• TEMPEST
• TNX
• TWICE
• TXT
• Xdinary Heroes
• Yena
• YOUNITE
• Zico

Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10

• aespa
• ASTRO
• ATEEZ
• BIGBANG
• Billlie
• BLACKPINK
• Brave Girls
• BTOB
• BTS
• Chungha
• Crush
• Dreamcatcher
• ENHYPEN
• EVERGLOW
• fromis_9
• (G)I-DLE
• Girls’ Generation
• GOT7
• ITZY
• IU
• IVE
• Jay Park
• Jessi
• Jo Yu Ri
• Kai
• Kang Daniel
• KARD
• Kep1er
• LE SSERAFIM
• LOONA
• MAMAMOO
• MONSTA X
• NCT 127
• NCT DREAM
• NewJeans
• NMIXX
• ONEUS
• PENTAGON
• PSY
• Red Velvet
• SEVENTEEN
• STAYC
• Stray Kids
• Sunmi
• THE BOYZ
• TREASURE
• TWICE
• TXT
• WINNER
• Yena

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 September 15 to October 15.

BTS’s Jimin topped the list for the 45th non-consecutive month with a brand reputation index of 5,618,402, marking a 4.71 percent rise in his score since September.

High-ranking phrases in Jimin’s keyword analysis included “birthday,” “ARMY,” and “Twitter,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “congratulate,” “tweet,” and “all-kill.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 90.84 percent positive reactions.

BTS’s Jungkook rose to second place for October with a brand reputation index of 4,853,959, marking a 33.00 percent increase in his score since last month.

Meanwhile, ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo took third place in the rankings with a brand reputation index of 4,115,216.

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

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS’s Jimin
2. BTS’s Jungkook
3. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
4. BTS’s V
5. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
6. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
7. BTS’s Jin
8. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
9. Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu
10. Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan
11. BTS’ Suga
12. SEVENTEEN’s Jun
13. EXO’s Baekhyun
14. Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
15. SHINee’s Key
16. BTOB’s Yook Sungjae
17. BTS’s RM
18. NCT’s Mark
19. NU’EST and Wanna One’s Minhyun
20. WINNER’s Song Mino
21. BTS’s J-Hope
22. Highlight’s Yoon Doojoon
23. NCT’s Jaehyun
24. Super Junior’s Choi Siwon
25. Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
26. THE BOYZ’s Hyunjae
27. SHINee’s Minho
28. WINNER’s Kang Seung Yoon
29. NCT’s Doyoung
30. TVXQ’s Changmin

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