The Korean Business Research Institute has published its brand reputation rankings for all stars during the month of April!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of various stars’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from March 29 to April 29.

BTS rose to the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 8,639,155, marking a 19.99 percent increase in their score since March.

Lim Young Woong took second place with a brand reputation index of 7,846,690, marking a 12.99 percent rise in his score since last month.

Meanwhile, BLACKPINK climbed to third place with a brand reputation index of 6,184,452 for April.

Baseball star Lee Jung Hoo shot to fourth place after seeing a whopping 101.75 percent increase in his brand reputation index, bringing his total score for the month to 6,049,222.

Finally, BIGBANG came in at a close fifth with a brand reputation index of 6,045,322.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS
2. Lim Young Woong
3. BLACKPINK
4. Lee Jung Hoo
5. BIGBANG
6. IVE
7. Son Heung Min
8. Lee Byung Hun
9. Yoo Jae Suk
10. SEVENTEEN
11. Park Hyung Sik
12. Kim Yeon Koung
13. Son Suk Ku
14. Ryu Hyun Jin
15. Kim Jong Min
16. aespa
17. PSY
18. Kim Jong Kook
19. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
20. Choo Sung Hoon
21. Kang Daniel
22. SHINee
23. Lee Chan Won
24. (G)I-DLE
25. Kim Do Yeong
26. Lee Jung Jae
27. Byeon Woo Seok
28. OH MY GIRL
29. NCT
30. Go Youn Jung

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Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its chart rankings for the week of April 13 to 19!

Album Chart

NCT WISH swept the top two spots on this week’s physical album chart with their new mini album “poppop.” The regular version of the mini album debuted at No. 1, while the SMC version charted separately at No. 2.

UNIS’s new mini album “SWICY” entered the chart at No. 3, while the next two spots went to 82MAJOR’s “SILENCE SYNDROME”: the regular version of the mini album debuted at No. 4, followed by the POCA version at No. 5.

Overall Digital Chart

Lim Young Woong earned a double crown on this week’s Circle charts with his new song “Heavenly Ever After” (from the soundtrack of the JTBC drama of the same name), which topped both the overall digital chart and the digital download chart.

BLACKPINK’s Jennie’s “like JENNIE” rose to No. 2 on this week’s overall digital chart, while WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)’s “Drowning” held onto its spot at No. 3.

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s “TOO BAD” (featuring Anderson .Paak) stayed strong at No. 4, with ZO ZAZZ’s “Don’t you know” rounding out the top five.

Streaming Chart

WOODZ topped this week’s streaming chart with his hit song “Drowning,” which rose to No. 1.

Jennie’s “like JENNIE” climbed to No. 2, followed by G-Dragon’s “TOO BAD” at No. 3, ZO ZAZZ’s “Don’t you know” at No. 4, and aespa’s “Whiplash” at No. 5.

Download Chart

Lim Young Woong topped this week’s digital download chart with “Heavenly Ever After,” which debuted at No. 1.

NCT WISH’s new title track “poppop” entered the chart at No. 2, while NCT’s Mark’s “1999” stayed strong at No. 3.

HIGHLIGHT’s pre-release track “Endless Ending” debuted at No. 4, and UNIS’s new title track “SWICY” entered the chart at No. 5.

Global K-Pop Chart

The top two songs on this week’s streaming chart remained the same as last week: BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” held onto its spot at No. 1, while Jennie’s “like JENNIE” maintained its position at No. 2.

aespa’s “Whiplash” rose to No. 3 this week, trailed by BTS’s j-hope’s “MONA LISA” at No. 4 and Jennie’s “ExtraL” (featuring Doechii) at No. 5.

Congratulations to all of the artists!

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