Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its chart rankings for the week of April 6 to 12!

Album Chart

NCT’s Mark achieved a double crown on this week’s charts with his first solo album “The Firstfruit” and its title track “1999,” which topped the physical album chart and the digital download chart respectively.

Mark claimed two of the top four spots on this week’s album chart with “The Firstfruit”: the regular version of the album debuted at No. 1, while the Nemo version charted separately at No. 4.

THE BOYZ’s “Unexpected” stayed strong at No. 2 on this week’s chart, while AMPERS&ONE’s “WILD&FREE” and FANTASY BOYS’ “UNDENIABLE” debuted at No. 3 and No. 5 respectively.

Overall Digital Chart

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon once again maintained his double crown on the Circle charts with his hit song “TOO BAD” (featuring Anderson .Paak), which remained No. 1 on both the overall digital chart and streaming chart this week.

ZO ZAZZ’s “Don’t you know” held onto its spot at No. 2, while WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)’s “Drowning” climbed back up to No. 3.

BLACKPINK’s Jennie’s “like JENNIE” stayed strong at No. 4, with Hwang Karam’s “I’m Firefly” rounding out the top five for the week.

Streaming Chart

The top four songs on this week’s streaming chart were the same as the overall digital chart, except WOODZ’s “Drowning” and ZO ZAZZ’s “Don’t you know” swapped places to take No. 3 and No. 4 respectively.

Finally, aespa’s “Whiplash” climbed back up to No. 5 for the week.

Download Chart

Mark topped this week’s digital download chart with his new solo title track “1999,” while Kang Daniel’s “Mess” entered the chart at No. 2.

BIGBANG’s Daesung’s “Universe” debuted at No. 3, followed by Hwang Karam’s “I’m Firefly” at No. 4 and Lim Young Woong’s “Our Blues” at No. 5.

Global K-Pop Chart

The top five songs on this week’s streaming chart remained exactly the same as last week: BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” continued its reign at No. 1, followed by Jennie’s “like JENNIE” at No. 2, BTS’s j-hope’s “MONA LISA” at No. 3, aespa’s “Whiplash” at No. 4, and Jennie’s “ExtraL” featuring Doechii at No. 5.

Congratulations to all of the artists!

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BTS’s j-hope has snagged his first music show trophy for “MONA LISA”!

On the April 10 episode of M Countdown, the candidates for first place were LE SSERAFIM’s “HOT” and BTS’s j-hope’s “MONA LISA.” j-hope ultimately took the prize with a total of 7,638 points.

Congratulations to j-hope! Watch the winner announcement below!

Performers on today’s show included BIGBANG’s Daesung, NCT’s Mark, NCT’s Ten, CLOSE YOUR EYES, Billlie’s Moon Sua and Siyoon, MAMAMOO’s Solar, AMPERS&ONE, izna, NiziU, KiiiKiii, TEMPEST, TNX, xikers, ifeye, WHIB, and Kik5o X AleXa.

Check out their performances below!

BIGBANG’s Daesung – “Universe” and “Us Before”

NCT’s Mark – “1999” and “Toronto’s Window + Too Much”

NCT’s Ten – “STUNNER”

CLOSE YOUR EYES – “All My Poetry”

Billlie’s Moon Sua and Siyoon – “SNAP” (feat. sokodomo)

MAMAMOO’s Solar – “WANT”

AMPERS&ONE – “Kick Start”

izna – “SIGN”

NiziU – “LOVE LINE”

KiiiKiii – “BTG”

TEMPEST – “Unfreeze”

TNX – “For Real?”

xikers – “BREATHE”

ifeye – “NERDY”

WHIB – “BANG OUT”

Kik5o X AleXa – “VITAL CHECK”

Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its chart rankings for the week of March 23 to 29!

Album Chart

Starship Entertainment’s new girl group KiiiKiii topped this week’s physical album chart with their debut mini album “UNCUT GEM,” which entered the chart at No. 1.

NCT’s Ten’s new solo mini album “STUNNER” debuted at No. 2, while the Nemo version of BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s latest album “Übermensch” held onto its spot at No. 3.

Xdinary Heroes’ new mini album “Beautiful Mind” debuted at No. 4, while INFINITE’s recent mini album “LIKE INFINITE” shot to No. 5 for the week.

Download Chart

Ten topped this week’s digital download chart with his new solo title track “STUNNER,” which debuted at No. 1.

TXT’s Beomgyu’s solo debut track “Panic” entered the chart at No. 2, followed by PITTA’s “Deep Shadow” at No. 3.

ZO ZAZZ’s “Don’t you know” jumped to No. 4 for the week, with LE SSERAFIM’s “HOT” rising to No. 5.

Overall Digital Chart + Streaming Chart

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon once again maintained his double crown on the Circle charts with his hit song “TOO BAD” (featuring Anderson .Paak), which remained No. 1 on both the overall digital chart and streaming chart this week.

The top five songs on this week’s overall digital chart and streaming chart were exactly the same: “TOO BAD” came in at No. 1, ZO ZAZZ’s “Don’t you know” at No. 2, BLACKPINK’s Jennie’s “like JENNIE” at No. 3, WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)’s “Drowning” at No. 4, and G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” (featuring Taeyang and Daesung) at No. 5.

Global K-Pop Chart

BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” continued its long-running streak at No. 1 on the global K-pop chart, while Jennie’s “like JENNIE” held steady at No. 2.

BTS’s j-hope’s new single “MONA LISA” shot to No. 3 this week, followed by Jennie’s “ExtraL” (featuring Doechii) at No. 4 and LE SSERAFIM’s “HOT” at No. 5.

Congratulations to all of the artists!

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Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its chart rankings for the week of March 9 to 15!

Album Chart

LE SSERAFIM topped this week’s physical album chart with their new mini album “HOT,” which debuted at No. 1.

SEVENTEEN’s HxW—a new unit consisting of Hoshi and Woozi—took No. 2 on the chart with their unit debut single album “BEAM.”

ITZY’s Yeji’s solo debut mini album “AIR” entered the chart at No. 3, while Red Velvet’s Seulgi’s new solo mini album “Accidentally On Purpose” debuted at No. 4.

Finally. TREASURE’s special mini album “PLEASURE” stayed strong at No. 5 on this week’s chart.

Overall Digital Chart

BIGBANG’s G-Dragon maintained his double crown on the Circle charts this week with his latest hit “TOO BAD” (featuring Anderson .Paak), which remained No. 1 on both the overall digital chart and streaming chart.

Meanwhile, ZO ZAZZ’s “Don’t you know” (produced by Rocoberry) held onto its spot at No. 2 on the overall digital chart.

BLACKPINK’s Jennie’s solo title track “like JENNIE” shot to No. 3 for the week, followed by G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” featuring Taeyang and Daesung at No. 4.

Finally, IVE’s long-running hit “REBEL HEART” rounded out the top five for the week.

Streaming Chart

G-Dragon’s “TOO BAD” held onto its spot at No. 1 on the streaming chart, trailed by ZO ZAZZ’s “Don’t you know” at No. 2, G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” at No. 3, IVE’s “REBEL HEART” at No. 4, and WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)’s “Drowning” at No. 5.

Download Chart

SEVENTEEN’s HxW topped this week’s digital download chart with their unit debut track “96ers,” which debuted at No. 1.

G-Dragon’s “TOO BAD” maintained its position at No. 2, while Young Tak’s “Unknown Life” (from the soundtrack of the KBS drama “For Eagle Brothers”) rose to No. 3.

Yeji’s solo debut track “Air” entered the chart at No. 4, and Jennie’s “like JENNIE” held steady at No. 5.

Global K-Pop Chart

BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” continued its reign at No. 1 on the global K-pop chart this week.

Jennie swept the next three spots on the chart, with “like JENNIE” rising to No. 2, “ExtraL” (featuring Doechii) staying strong at No. 3, and “Handlebars” (featuring Dua Lipa) jumping to No. 4.

Finally, BTS’s j-hope’s “Sweet Dreams” (featuring Miguel) shot to No. 5 for the week.

Congratulations to all of the artists!

Watch “For Eagle Brothers” with subtitles on Viki below:

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The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for all idol groups!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of various idol groups, using big data collected from September 14 to October 14.

BTS rose to the top of the list this month after seeing an 80.99 percent increase in their brand reputation index since September, bringing their score to a total of 7,738,515. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “Spring Day,” “ARMY,” and “fan concert,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “donate,” “congratulate,” and “collaborate.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 92.24 percent positive reactions.

IVE took second place for October with a brand reputation index of 4,824,596 for the month.

SEVENTEEN climbed to third place with a brand reputation index of 4,640,599, marking a 31.03 percent rise in their score since last month.

Meanwhile, BLACKPINK came in fourth place with a brand reputation index of 4,001,522.

Finally, Red Velvet rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 2,978,329.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. BTS
2. IVE
3. SEVENTEEN
4. BLACKPINK
5. Red Velvet
6. TWICE
7. BIGBANG
8. CORTIS
9. Stray Kids
10. EXO
11. LE SSERAFIM
12. NCT
13. SHINee
14. aespa
15. ENHYPEN
16. KiiiKiii
17. RIIZE
18. THE BOYZ
19. ZEROBASEONE
20. fromis_9
21. RESCENE
22. Super Junior
23. ATEEZ
24. TWS
25. ALPHA DRIVE ONE
26. i-dle
27. izna
28. ITZY
29. BTOB
30. Apink

Watch BTS’s docu-series “BREAK THE SILENCE” with subtitles on Viki below:

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And check out SEVENTEEN’s variety show “NANA TOUR with SEVENTEEN” below!

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