Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its chart rankings for the week of January 8 to 14!

Album Chart

This week’s album chart saw numerous changes, starting with MONSTA X’s latest release “REASON” making its debut at No. 1! NCT DREAM’s winter special mini album “Candy” also impressively jumped 14 ranks to snag the No. 2 spot.

Entering the chart at No. 3 was “THE PIECE OF9” by SF9, followed by Red Velvet’s “The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday,” which was recently certified triple platinum. In No. 5 was the SMC version of NCT DREAM’s “Candy” album.

Download Chart

MONSTA X scored a double crown this week with their “REASON” title track “Beautiful Liar” debuting at No. 1 on Circle’s latest download chart. Making its debut at No. 2 this week was BIGBANG’s Taeyang’s “VIBE” featuring BTS’s Jimin.

Last week’s chart-topper “OMG” by NewJeans fell to No. 3, while SF9’s new title track “Puzzle” debuted at No. 4. Rounding out the top five was NewJeans’ hit pre-release song “Ditto.”

Digital + Streaming Chart

After earning a quintuple crown on last week’s charts, NewJeans stayed strong with a triple crown this week! On Circle’s latest digital and streaming charts, “Ditto” maintained its top position while their title track “OMG” jumped into second place.

The rest of these two charts were identical, with “Event Horizon” by Younha taking the No. 3 spot and NewJeans making their third appearance on both rankings with “Hype Boy” in No. 4. Returning to the top five was LE SSERAFIM’s “ANTIFRAGILE.”

Global K-Pop Chart

The final part of NewJeans’ triple crown was on this week’s global K-pop chart where the group took over all three top spots! “Ditto” and “OMG” held on to No. 1 and No. 2 while “Hype Boy” was able to move up one rank to No. 3.

“ANTIFRAGILE” by LE SSERAFIM dipped to No. 4, followed by BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down” rounding out the list in No. 5.

Social Chart

The latest social chart was identical to last week’s! BLACKPINK continued their reign in the top spot, followed by BTS and NewJeans. In fourth was Choi Yu Ree, with Lim Young Woong in No. 5.

Congratulations to all the artists!

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BIGBANG’s Taeyang and BTS’s Jimin have scored a music show win with their new collab!

On the January 19 broadcast of Mnet’s “M Countdown,” the nominees for first place were “VIBE” by BIGBANG’s Taeyang (feat. Jimin of BTS) and “OMG” by NewJeans. With 5,737 points to NewJeans’ 5,481, “VIBE” took its first win!

Check out their win below:

Performers this week included VIXX, GOT the beat, MONSTA X, ASTRO’s Moonbin&Sanha, SF9, Lee Jiyoung, TANAKA, PROWDMON & LAS, Park Hyeon Seo, H1-KEY, cignature, ILY:1, Choi Suhwan, PRIMROSE, Double Decker, and Espero.

Catch all of today’s performances here!

VIXX’s Leo, Ken, Hyuk – “Shangri-La,” “Chained Up,” + “VOODOO DOLL”

GOT the beat – “Stamp On It”

MONSTA X – “Beautiful Liar”

ASTRO’s Moonbin&Sanha – “Madness”

SF9 – “Puzzle”

Lee Jiyoung – “Queen”

TANAKA – “WASURENAI” (Prod. by D-Hack)

PROWDMON & LAS – “RUN RUN”

Park Hyeon Seo – “It’ll Be Okay”

H1-KEY – “Rose Blossom”

cignature – “AURORA”

ILY:1 – “Twinkle Twinkle”

Choi Suhwan – “LEFT ON READ”

PRIMROSE – “PRIMROSE”

Double Decker – “I Wish This Was Love”

Espero – “Endless”

On January 19, BIGBANG’s Taeyang dropped a live version of “VIBE” featuring BTS’s Jimin!

Taeyang released his highly-anticipated new song “VIBE” featuring Jimin earlier on January 13 at 2 p.m. KST. Not only did the single get off to a strong start within Korea but it also shot to the top of iTunes charts in numerous other countries.

In the new live clip, Taeyang and Jimin get together to sing “VIBE,” showcasing their charismatic vocals while having a blast grooving to the music with the band.

Check out the live version of “VIBE” below!

BIGBANG’s Taeyang will be the face of Givenchy in 2023!

On January 17 local time, the luxury French fashion house officially announced, “Givenchy is pleased to announce the appointment of Taeyang as 2023 global ambassador.”

Creative director Matthew Williams remarked, “Taeyang is an inspiring artist—a music pioneer with an authentic, barrier-breaking way of expressing his own personal style, which fits perfectly with today’s Givenchy aesthetic.”

Meanwhile, Taeyang expressed his excitement by commenting, “I am grateful to be able to start this new chapter of my life with Givenchy. It holds a special meaning to me, as Givenchy is a brand that has inspired me in many ways over the years.”

“Matthew has also been a leader in both fashion and culture for many years,” continued Taeyang. “I look forward to the exciting ways to collaborate with Givenchy through this partnership.”

Taeyang, who will attend Givenchy’s Men’s Fashion Week show in Paris tomorrow, is the first Korean male artist to be named a global ambassador for the brand—joining aespa, who was the first K-pop artist appointed to the role back in 2021.

Givenchy is pleased to announce the appointment of @Realtaeyang as 2023 global ambassador. pic.twitter.com/0VjsHhzro4

— Givenchy (@givenchy) January 17, 2023

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