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ENHYPEN, aespa, ILLIT, And SEVENTEEN's DxS Earn Platinum And Gold Certifications In Japan
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has announced its latest batch of official certifications! Both ENHYPEN’s new Korean mini album “THE SIN : VANISH” and aespa’s Japanese debut single album “HOT MESS” were certified platinum for over 250,000 units shipped in Japan each. Meanwhile, ILLIT’s Japanese debut single album “Toki Yo Tomare” and SEVENTEEN’s DxS (DK x Seungkwan)’s Korean unit debut mini album “Serenade” were both certified gold for over 100,000 units shipped in Japan each. Congratulations to all of the artists!
ATEEZ Tops 5 Billboard Charts With "Adrenaline" And "GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4"
ATEEZ’s latest release is off to a strong start on the Billboard charts! Earlier this week, Billboard announced that ATEEZ’s new mini album “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” had debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart and No. 3 on the Billboard 200 as the best-selling album of the week in the United States. “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” earned a total of 200,000 equivalent album units during the week ending on February 12, marking not only the biggest week achieved by any K-pop artist thus far in 2026 but also the group’s biggest week in the U.S. to date. Billboard has now revealed more of ATEEZ’s achievements on this week’s charts. The group topped no less than five different Billboard charts, including the World Digital Song Sales chart, where three of ATEEZ’s new songs from “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” entered the top 10. The group’s title track “Adrenaline” debuted at No. 1, followed by “NASA” at No. 7 and “Ghost” at No. 10. “Adrenaline” also debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance Digital Song Sales chart and No. 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart this week. Additionally, “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” debuted at No. 1 on not only Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, but also the World Albums chart and the Top Current Album Sales chart. Meanwhile, ATEEZ re-entered Billboard’s Artist 100 at No. 3, marking their 47th non-consecutive week on the chart. Congratulations to ATEEZ!
Stray Kids' "S-Class" Becomes Their 6th MV To Hit 300 Million Views
Stray Kids has hit the 300 million mark with another music video! On February 19 at around 2:10 a.m KST, Stray Kids’ music video for their 2023 hit “S-Class” surpassed 300 million views on YouTube, making it their sixth music video to reach the milestone after “God’s Menu,” “Back Door,” “Thunderous,” “MANIAC,” and “LALALALA.” Stray Kids originally released the music video for “S-Class” on June 2, 2023 at 1 p.m. KST, meaning that it took the song just over two years, eight months, and 16 days to hit 300 million views. Congratulations to Stray Kids!
Stray Kids And SEVENTEEN Make Top 15 Of IFPI's Global Artist Chart For 2025
The IFPI has released its year-end Global Artist Chart for 2025! On February 18, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)—a non-profit organization that represents the music recording industry worldwide—revealed its annual ranking of last year’s top recording artists. The Global Artist Chart ranks recording artists by their commercial performance, which is measured by global streams, digital downloads, and physical sales across their entire body of work (not exclusive to new material released in the calendar year). Stray Kids took No. 2 on the Global Artist Chart for 2025, marking their highest ranking on the year-end chart to date. Meanwhile, SEVENTEEN made the year-end chart at No. 14. Taylor Swift Stray Kids Drake The Weeknd Bad Bunny Kendrick Lamar Morgan Wallen Sabrina Carpenter Billie Eilish Lady Gaga Ariana Grande Tyler, The Creator Mrs. GREEN APPLE SEVENTEEN Eminem Linkin Park Zach Bryan Ed Sheeran SZA Justin Bieber Congratulations to both Stray Kids and SEVENTEEN!
February Idol Group Brand Reputation Rankings Announced
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 January 18 to February 18. BTS continued their reign at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 9,909,639, marking a 29.28 percent increase in their score since January. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “Gwanghwamun,” “Busan concert,” and “world tour,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “make a comeback,” “stream live,” and “buy.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 92.95 percent positive reactions. IVE rose to second place for February with a brand reputation index of 7,665,293, marking a 63.15 percent increase in their score since last month. BLACKPINK took third place with a brand reputation index of 5,259,160, while SEVENTEEN climbed to fourth with a score of 3,583,141. Finally, EXO came in at a close fifth with a brand reputation index of 3,560,048 for February. BTS IVE BLACKPINK SEVENTEEN EXO Stray Kids Red Velvet ILLIT Apink TWICE KiiiKiii ENHYPEN aespa BIGBANG OH MY GIRL ATEEZ ALPHA DRIVE ONE MAMAMOO TWS fromis_9 BTOB NMIXX Wanna One LE SSERAFIM SHINee NCT INFINITE Super Junior H1-KEY RIIZE
ATEEZ; ENHYPEN; Hwasa; And Car, The Garden Achieve Double Crowns On Circle Monthly And Weekly Charts
Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its latest monthly and weekly chart rankings! Monthly Album Chart ENHYPEN achieved a double crown for the month of January with their new mini album “THE SIN : VANISH” and its title track “Knife,” topping both the physical album chart and the digital download chart. “THE SIN : VANISH” debuted at No. 1 on the monthly physical album chart, while “BOYS II PLANET” group ALPHA DRIVE ONE’s debut mini album “EUPHORIA” entered the chart at No. 2. EXO’s new album “REVERXE” debuted at No. 3, followed by SEVENTEEN’s DxS (DK x Seungkwan)’s unit debut mini album “Serenade” at No. 4 and idntt’s “yesweare” at No. 5. Weekly Album Chart ATEEZ earned a double crown on this week’s Circle charts with their new mini album “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” and its title track “Adrenaline,” which topped the physical album chart and the digital download chart respectively. “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” swept the top two spots on this week’s album chart, with the regular version of the mini album debuting at No. 1 and the POCA version charting separately at No. 2. ZEROBASEONE’s new special limited album “RE-FLOW” debuted at No. 3, while KiiiKiii’s EP “Delulu Pack” held onto its spot at No. 4. Finally, CORTIS’s debut EP “COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES” rounded out the top five for the week. Monthly Download Chart ENHYPEN’s latest title track “Knife” debuted at No. 1 on the monthly digital download chart, trailed by HADES’ “Planet B” at No. 2 and fromis_9’s “White Memories” at No. 3. EXO’s new title track “Crown” debuted at No. 4, while ALPHA DRIVE ONE’s debut song “FREAK ALARM” entered the chart at No. 5. Weekly Download Chart ATEEZ topped the weekly digital download chart with their new title track “Adrenaline,” which debuted at No. 1. ZEROBASEONE’s new song “LOVEPOCALYPSE” entered the chart at No. 2, while KiiiKiii’s latest hit “404 (New Era)” held steady at No. 3. Younha’s “Seasonal Crime” debuted at No. 4, with Car, the garden’s “My whole world” rounding out the top five. Monthly Digital Chart + Streaming Chart MAMAMOO’s Hwasa maintained her double crown on the Circle charts for January with her long-running hit “Good Goodbye,” which remained No. 1 on both the monthly digital chart and streaming chart. The top five songs on the overall digital chart and streaming chart were exactly the same for January. “Good Goodbye” held steady at No. 1 on both charts, trailed by HANRORO’s “Landing in Love” at No. 2, WOODZ’s “Drowning” at No. 3, HANRORO’s “0+0” at No. 4, and NMIXX’s “Blue Valentine” at No. 5. Weekly Digital Chart + Streaming Chart Car, the garden similarly held onto his double crown on the weekly charts with his 2021 song “My whole world,” which recently shot back up the charts after a noteworthy mention on the hit dating show “EXchange 4.” Just like the monthly charts, the top five songs on the overall digital chart and streaming chart were exactly the same this week. “My whole world” remained No. 1 on both charts, with HANRORO’s “Landing in Love” at No. 2, Hwasa’s “Good Goodbye” at No. 3, WOODZ’s “Drowning” at No. 4, and HANRORO’s “0+0” at No. 5. Monthly Global K-Pop Chart The “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack maintained a strong presence on the monthly global K-pop chart, where HUNTR/X’s “Golden” remained No. 1 and Saja Boys’ “Your Idol” held steady at No. 5. BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ hit collab “APT.” climbed back up to No. 2, followed by Hwasa’s “Good Goodbye” at No. 3. Finally, ILLIT’s “NOT CUTE ANYMORE” jumped to No. 4 on the monthly chart for January. Weekly Global K-Pop Chart HUNTR/X’s “Golden” also continued its reign at No. 1 on the weekly global K-pop chart, with Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” maintaining its position at No. 2. Hwasa’s “Good Goodbye” remained unmoving at No. 3, with BLACKPINK’s Jennie’s “like JENNIE” and BLACKPINK’s “JUMP” swapping places to take No. 4 and No. 5 respectively. Monthly Social Chart ILLIT rose to No. 1 on the social chart for January, followed by TWICE at No. 2. EXO jumped 11 ranks to take No. 3 for the month, with LE SSERAFIM climbing to No. 4 and BLACKPINK staying strong at No. 5. Weekly Social Chart ILLIT also held onto their spot at No. 1 on the weekly social chart, with TWICE coming in at No. 2, BLACKPINK at No. 3, and aespa at No. 4. Finally, LE SSERAFIM rose to No. 5 for the week. Congratulations to all of the artists!