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 January 18 to February 18.

ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 6,171,832, marking a 9.36 percent increase in his score since January.

High-ranking phrase in Cha Eun Woo’s keyword analysis included “Island,” “Dior,” and “photo exhibition,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “appear,” “release,” and “hold.” The star’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 83.50 percent positive reactions.

BTS’s Jimin came in at a close second with a brand reputation index of 6,121,650, marking a 7.15 percent rise in his score since last month.

EXO’s Baekhyun shot to third place in the rankings after seeing a staggering 131.07 percent increase in his brand reputation index since January. The idol’s total score for the month came out to 4,174,952.

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

Check out this month’s top 30 below!

1. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
2. BTS’s Jimin
3. EXO’s Baekhyun
4. Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
5. BTS’s Jungkook
6. BTS’s V
7. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon
8. Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon
9. BIGBANG’s Taeyang
10. WINNER’s Song Mino
11. NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
12. BTS’ Suga
13. BTS’s Jin
14. BTS’s RM
15. BTS’s J-Hope
16. SHINee’s Key
17. NCT’s Jaehyun
18. NCT’s Haechan
19. Super Junior’s Sungmin
20. Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu
21. SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi
22. Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
23. Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan
24. TXT’s Yeonjun
25. CIX and Wanna One’s Bae Jin Young
26. NCT’s Doyoung
27. TXT’s Soobin
28. BIGBANG’s Daesung
29. SHINee’s Minho
30. NCT’s Jungwoo

Watch Cha Eun Woo in his variety show “Handsome Tigers” with English subtitles below!

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BIGBANG’s Taeyang made his highly anticipated comeback with the hot single “VIBE” (featuring BTS member Jimin) last month. The new song is fire! Of course, “VIBE” is just one of Taeyang’s sizzling solo songs, which include hits like “Wake Me Up,” “Darling,” “Eyes, Nose, Lips,” and “I Need a Girl.” Do you ever wonder which Taeyang song describes you? Now you can discover the answer. Take this quiz to find out!

Hey Soompiers, which Taeyang song is your authentic self? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!

KMoody is a Soompi writer who is a longtime Korean drama fan. Her favorite dramas include “Boys Over Flowers,” “Dream High,” and “Love Alarm!” For more information about her personal and professional writing journey, follow her on Instagram at BTSCelebs.

Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its chart rankings for the week of February 5 to 11!

Album Chart

SEVENTEEN’s BSS unit achieved a double crown this week, topping both the physical album chart and the digital download chart with their new single album “SECOND WIND” and its title track “Fighting.”

“SECOND WIND” claimed two out of the top five spots on this week’s physical album chart, with the regular version and the Weverse version of the album debuting separately at No. 1 and No. 3 respectively.

NewJeans also took two of this week’s top five spots: six months after its initial release, their debut EP “New Jeans” shot back up to No. 2, while their recent single album “OMG” climbed back up to No. 4.

Finally, NCT 127’s repackaged album “Ay-Yo” stayed strong at No. 5 on this week’s chart.

Download Chart

SEVENTEEN’s BSS swept three of the top five spots on this week’s digital download chart. Their hit title track “Fighting” (featuring Lee Young Ji) debuted at No. 1, while their B-sides “7PM” (featuring Peder Elias) and “LUNCH” entered the chart at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively.

Meanwhile, Lim Young Woong’s “London Boy” and “Polaroid” climbed back up to No. 2 and No. 3 on this week’s chart.

Overall Digital Chart

NewJeans achieved a triple crown on this week’s Circle charts, topping the overall digital chart, streaming chart, and Global K-Pop chart. Notably, not only did NewJeans take the No. 1 spot on all three charts, but the group managed to sweep the top three spots on each of those charts.

NewJeans’ “Ditto,” “OMG,” and “Hype Boy” rose to No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 respectively on this week’s overall digital chart, followed by Younha’s “Event Horizon” at No. 4 and SEVENTEEN’s BSS’s “Fighting” at No. 5.

Streaming Chart

NewJeans claimed four out of the top five spots on this week’s streaming chart, where “Ditto” came in at No. 1, “OMG” at No. 2, “Hype Boy” at No. 3, and “Attention” at No. 5.

Finally, Younha’s “Event Horizon” held steady at No. 4.

Global K-Pop Chart

The top five songs on this week’s Global K-Pop Chart were exactly the same as last week: NewJeans’ “OMG” remained No. 1, followed by NewJeans’ “Ditto” at No. 2, NewJeans’ “Hype Boy” at No. 3, LE SSERAFIM’s “ANTIFRAGILE” at No. 4, and BIGBANG’s Taeyang’s “VIBE” (featuring BTS’s Jimin) at No. 5.

Social Chart

The top four artists on this week’s social chart were the same as last week: BLACKPINK continued their reign at No. 1, trailed by NewJeans at No. 2, BTS at No. 3, Choi Yu Ree at No. 4.

Finally, TXT rose to No. 5 on this week’s chart.

Congratulations to all of the artists!

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Mnet’s “Boys Planet” is off to a buzzy start!

In its first week on air, the new idol audition show debuted at the top of Good Data Corporation’s weekly list of the non-drama TV shows that generated the most buzz over the past week. The company determines each week’s rankings by analyzing data from news articles, blog posts, online communities, videos, and social media posts about non-drama TV shows that are currently airing or set to air soon.

After airing its premiere on February 2, “Boys Planet”—the male version of “Girls Planet 999,” which gave rise to the project girl group Kep1er—debuted at No. 1 on the list of most buzzworthy non-drama TV shows.

Meanwhile, “The Glory” star Jung Sung Il topped this week’s rankings of the most buzzworthy non-drama TV appearances after guesting on tvN’s “You Quiz on the Block.”

BIGBANG’s Taeyang took No. 2 in the rankings for his appearance on MBC’s “The Manager,” which rose to No. 8 on the list of most buzzworthy shows this week.

MBC’s “Home Alone” (“I Live Alone”), which climbed to No. 4 on the list of most buzzworthy shows, also swept four out of this week’s top 10 appearances: Jun Hyun Moo shot to No. 4, followed by BTOB’s Changsub at No. 7, SHINee’s Key at No. 9, and Girls’ Generation‘s Taeyeon at No. 10.

The top 10 non-drama TV shows that generated the most buzz in the first week of February are as follows:

1. Mnet “Boys Planet”
2. TV Chosun “Mister Trot 2”
3. ENA PLAY/SBS Plus “I Am Solo”
4. MBC “Home Alone” (“I Live Alone”)
5. tvN “You Quiz on the Block”
6. SBS “Running Man”
7. JTBC “Win or Nothing” (“Strongest Baseball”)
8. MBC “The Manager”
9. MBN “Fire Trot”
10. JTBC “Knowing Bros” (“Ask Us Anything”)

Meanwhile, the top 10 non-drama TV appearances that generated the most buzz this week are as follows:

1. Jung Sung Il (“You Quiz on the Block”)
2. BIGBANG’s Taeyang (“The Manager”)
3. Park Seo Jin (“Mister Trot 2”)
4. Jun Hyun Moo (“Home Alone”)
5. Kim Sung Geun (“Win or Nothing”)
6. Park Si Eun (“Same Bed, Different Dreams 2 – You Are My Destiny”)
7. BTOB’s Changsub (“Home Alone”)
8. Jin Tae Hyun (“Same Bed, Different Dreams 2 – You Are My Destiny”)
9. SHINee’s Key (“Home Alone”)
10. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon (“Home Alone”)

Check out the first two episodes of “Boys Planet” with subtitles here…

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…or watch Taeyang on “The Manager” here…

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…and catch up on “Home Alone” below!

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