Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has published its midyear charts for the first half of 2025!

As the midyear chart results are based on accumulated weekly data since the beginning of January 2025, albums and songs released earlier in the year have more weekly points included in their scores.

Album Chart

SEVENTEEN topped the midyear physical album chart with their latest album “HAPPY BURSTDAY,” followed by ENHYPEN’s new mini album “DESIRE : UNLEASH” at No. 2.

IVE’s “IVE EMPATHY” came in at No. 3, RIIZE’s “ODYSSEY” at No. 4, ZEROBASEONE’s “BLUE PARADISE” at No. 5, BOYNEXTDOOR’s “No Genre” at No. 6, NCT WISH’s “poppop” at No. 7, i-dle’s “We are” at No. 8, aespa’s “Dirty Work” at No. 9, and PLAVE’s “Caligo Pt.1” at No. 10.

The top 50 albums on the midyear chart (listed with the number of copies recorded) are as follows:

1. SEVENTEEN – “HAPPY BURSTDAY” [2,535,883]
2. ENHYPEN – “DESIRE : UNLEASH” [2,099,514]
3. IVE – “IVE EMPATHY” [1,425,992]
4. RIIZE – “ODYSSEY” [1,413,171]
5. ZEROBASEONE – “BLUE PARADISE” [1,285,414]
6. BOYNEXTDOOR – “No Genre” [1,140,162]
7. NCT WISH – “poppop” [1,134,872]
8. i-dle – “We are” [976,620]
9. aespa – “Dirty Work” [889,776]
10. PLAVE – “Caligo Pt.1” [824,696]
11. TREASURE – “PLEASURE” [802,419]
12. THE BOYZ – “Unexpected” [749,891]
13. BTS’s Jin – “Echo” [744,942]
14. BLACKPINK’s Jennie – “Ruby” [726,353]
15. LE SSERAFIM – “HOT” [668,339]
16. NMIXX – “Fe304: FORWARD” [650,198]
17. EXO’s Baekhyun – “Essence of Reverie” [647,948]
18. ATEEZ – “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.3” (POCA version) [591,436]
19. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “Übermensch” [588,674]
20. TWS – “TRY WITH US” [566,505]
21. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “Übermensch” (Nemo version) [505,504]
22. SEVENTEEN’s BSS – “TELEPARTY” [485,118]
23. NCT’s Mark – “The Firstfruit” [454,798]
24. BLACKPINK’s Jisoo – “AMORTAGE” [443,442]
25. ITZY – “Girls Will Be Girls” [411,237]
26. ILLIT – “bomb” [390,872]
27. PLAVE – “Caligo Pt.1” (POCA version) [369,076]
28. Hearts2Hearts – “The Chase” [359,491]
29. tripleS – “ASSEMBLE25” (Cosmo) [353,225]
30. KickFlip – “Kick Out, Flip Now!” [351,774]
31. SEVENTEEN’s HxW – “BEAM” [350,375]
32. P1Harmony – “DUH!” [343,195]
33. NCT’s Doyoung – “Soar” [319,218]
34. KickFlip – “Flip it, Kick it!” [302,005]
35. ITZY’s Yeji – “AIR” [278,196]
36. CRAVITY – “Dare to Crave” [267,236]
37. RIIZE – “ODYSSEY” (SMC version) [260,133]
38. ENHYPEN – “DESIRE : UNLEASH” (Weverse version) [259,307]
39. Park Ji Hyeon – “OCEAN” [250,796]
40. BTS – “2025 BTS FESTA : CAPSULE ALBUM Vol.1” (SMC version) [242,047]
41. MEOVV – “MY EYES OPEN VVIDE” [240,173]
42. EXO’s Kai – “Wait On Me” [235,515]
43. i-dle’s Minnie – “HER” [233,592]
44. BOYNEXTDOOR – “No Genre” (Weverse version) [228,420]
45. EXO’s Baekhyun – “Essence of Reverie” (kiwee album version) [224,901]
46. KiiiKiii – “UNCUT GEM” [213,536]
47. SEVENTEEN – “HAPPY BURSTDAY” (KiT version) [204,843]
48. NEXZ – “O-RLY?” [204,485]
49. SHINee – “Poet | Artist” (SMC version) [202,735]
50. NCT WISH – “poppop” (SMC version) [199,907]

Digital Chart

Two years after its release, WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn) topped the midyear digital chart with his belatedly viral 2023 B-side “Drowning.”

aespa’s “Whiplash” took No. 2 for the first half of 2025, followed by Hwang Karam’s “I’m Firefly” at No. 3, BIGBANG’s G-Dragon’s “HOME SWEET HOME” featuring Taeyang and Daesung at No. 4, BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” at No. 5, IVE’s “REBEL HEART” at No. 6, ZO ZAZZ’s “Don’t you know” at No. 7, BOYNEXTDOOR’s “IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU” at No. 8, G-Dragon’s “TOO BAD” featuring Anderson .Paak at No. 9, and Rosé’s “toxic till the end” at No. 10.

The top 50 songs on the overall digital chart (listed with their total scores) are as follows:

1. WOODZ – “Drowning” [355,390,663]
2. aespa – “Whiplash” [330,941,312]
3. Hwang Karam – “I’m Firefly” [326,414,907]
4. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “HOME SWEET HOME” (featuring Taeyang and Daesung) [326,072,528]
5. BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT.” [301,361,882]
6. IVE – “REBEL HEART” [285,900,669]
7. ZO ZAZZ – “Don’t you know” [266,333,202]
8. BOYNEXTDOOR – “IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU” [262,637,794]
9. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “TOO BAD” (featuring Anderson .Paak) [261,557,359]
10. BLACKPINK’s Rosé – “toxic till the end” [243,026,340]
11. DAY6 – “HAPPY” [238,185,681]
12. BLACKPINK’s Jennie – “like JENNIE” [227,587,056]
13. DAY6 – “Time of Our Life” [205,802,973]
14. aespa – “Supernova” [196,186,082]
15. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “POWER [192,297,538]
16. 10CM – “To Reach You” [189,403,751]
17. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile” [187,888,792]
18. Roy Kim – “If You Ask Me What Love Is” [187,864,238]
19. BABYMONSTER – “DRIP” [186,962,394]
20. DAY6 – “Welcome to the Show” [185,795,005]
21. IVE – “ATTITUDE” [185,765,701]
22. Eclipse (from “Lovely Runner”) – “Sudden Shower” [181,652,675]
23. BTOB’s Changsub – “Heavenly Fate” [176,961,818]
24. aespa’s Karina – “UP” [174,861,462]
25. DAY6 – “You Were Beautiful” [168,243,477]
26. AKMU – “How can I love the heartbreak, it’s you I love” [165,089,599]
27. Lee Mujin – “Coming Of Age Story” [162,136,550]
28. QWER – “My Name is Malguem” [159,340,267]
29. SoonSoonHee (Jihwan) – “Sad Invitation” [156,345,723]
30. NewJeans – “How Sweet” [154,963,482]
31. JAESSBEE – “Every Moment With You” [153,116,880]
32. ILLIT – “Magnetic” [150,085,333]
33. QWER – “T.B.H” [144,867,245]
34. Nerd Connection – “If I have you only” [144,468,516]
35. IU – “Love wins all” [143,171,410]
36. TWS – “plot twist” [137,977,038]
37. LE SSERAFIM – “HOT” [137,920,827]
38. Lee Mujin – “Episode” [136,971,721]
39. fromis_9 – “Supersonic” [136,778,472]
40. Lim Jae Hyun – “Rhapsody of Sadness” [134,229,998]
41. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “Untitled, 2014” [133,657,243]
42. Hwang Karam – “I Miss You So Much” [133,650,296]
43. KiiiKiii – “I DO ME” [133,376,426]
44. Sung Si Kyung – “Every Moment of You” [130,849,869]
45. NewJeans – “Hype Boy” [127,688,880]
46. OVAN – “Flower” [127,474,008]
47. i-dle – “Fate” [126,648,301]
48. aespa – “Armageddon” [124,180,694]
49. BUMJIN – “A Letter” [123,892,625]
50. BLACKPINK’s Jennie – “Mantra” [122,654,748]

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