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August Boy Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced
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 755 boy group members, using big data collected from July 16 to August 16. BTS’s Jin topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 4,961,133, marking a 3.54 percent increase in his score since July. High-ranking phrases in his keyword analysis included “world tour,” “Don’t Say You Love Me,” and “concert,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “outstanding,” “sold out,” and “expand.” Jin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 94.30 percent positive reactions. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon took second place with a brand reputation index of 4,414,777. marking a 3.25 percent rise in his score since last month. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo climbed to third place with a brand reputation index of 4,390,489, marking a 4.69 percent increase in his score since July. Meanwhile, BTS’s Jimin came in at a very close fourth with a brand reputation index of 4,385,053. Finally, BTS’s V rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 3,926,662, marking a 36.18 percent increase in his score since July. Check out the top 30 for this month below! BTS’s Jin BIGBANG’s G-Dragon ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo BTS’s Jimin BTS’s V BTS’s Jungkook TVXQ’s Yunho RIIZE’s Wonbin Wanna One’s Kang Daniel EXO’s Baekhyun Shinhwa’s Lee Min Woo BTS’ Suga BTS’s j-hope WEi’s Kim Yo Han HIGHLIGHT’s Yoon Doojoon NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan Super Junior’s Kim Heechul SHINee’s Key SHINee’s Minho BTS’s RM WINNER’s Song Mino Wanna One’s Park Ji Hoon Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu RIIZE’s Sohee Super Junior’s Sungmin Super Junior’s Kyuhyun RIIZE’s Sungchan ASTRO’s Yoon San Ha RIIZE’s Anton
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July Advertisement Model Brand Reputation Rankings Announced
The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for advertisement models! The rankings were determined through an analysis of consumer behavior, using big data collected from June 3 to July 3. The Korean Business Research Institute evaluated the participation, communication, media, and social values of popular advertisement models in order to calculate each star’s total brand reputation index for July. BTS topped this month’s list after seeing an 89.35 percent increase in their brand reputation index since June, bringing their total score to 3,371,870 for July. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “full group,” “economic effect,” and “ARMY.” while their highest-ranking related terms included “military discharge,” “commemorate,” and “congratulate.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 91.49 percent positive reactions. Meanwhile, Lim Young Woong took second place for the month with a brand reputation index of 1,951,836. Byeon Woo Seok came in at a close third with a brand reputation index of 1,854,290 for July. BLACKPINK followed close behind in fourth place with a brand reputation index of 1,739,067, marking a 13.09 percent rise in their score since June. Finally, IVE rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 1,462,160 for July. Check out the top 30 for this month below! BTS Lim Young Woong Byeon Woo Seok BLACKPINK IVE Son Heung Min Son Suk Ku Lee Jung Jae So Ji Sub PSY ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo Park Bo Gum Gong Yoo Lee Jun Hyuk Yoo Jae Suk Lee Jung Hoo SEVENTEEN Park Bo Young Kim Do Yeong Choo Sung Hoon Kim Hye Soo Kang Ho Dong Park Eun Bin aespa Lee Chan Won Lee Byung Hun SHINee Faker Ryu Hyun Jin Shin Dong Yup And check out Byeon Woo Seok’s drama “Moonshine” below!
July Variety Star Brand Reputation Rankings Announced
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Circle Chart Reveals Midyear Album And Digital Charts For 1st Half Of 2025
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: SEVENTEEN – “HAPPY BURSTDAY” [2,535,883] ENHYPEN – “DESIRE : UNLEASH” [2,099,514] IVE – “IVE EMPATHY” [1,425,992] RIIZE – “ODYSSEY” [1,413,171] ZEROBASEONE – “BLUE PARADISE” [1,285,414] BOYNEXTDOOR – “No Genre” [1,140,162] NCT WISH – “poppop” [1,134,872] i-dle – “We are” [976,620] aespa – “Dirty Work” [889,776] PLAVE – “Caligo Pt.1” [824,696] TREASURE – “PLEASURE” [802,419] THE BOYZ – “Unexpected” [749,891] BTS’s Jin – “Echo” [744,942] BLACKPINK’s Jennie – “Ruby” [726,353] LE SSERAFIM – “HOT” [668,339] NMIXX – “Fe304: FORWARD” [650,198] EXO’s Baekhyun – “Essence of Reverie” [647,948] ATEEZ – “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.3” (POCA version) [591,436] BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “Übermensch” [588,674] TWS – “TRY WITH US” [566,505] BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “Übermensch” (Nemo version) [505,504] SEVENTEEN’s BSS – “TELEPARTY” [485,118] NCT’s Mark – “The Firstfruit” [454,798] BLACKPINK’s Jisoo – “AMORTAGE” [443,442] ITZY – “Girls Will Be Girls” [411,237] ILLIT – “bomb” [390,872] PLAVE – “Caligo Pt.1” (POCA version) [369,076] Hearts2Hearts – “The Chase” [359,491] tripleS – “ASSEMBLE25” (Cosmo) [353,225] KickFlip – “Kick Out, Flip Now!” [351,774] SEVENTEEN’s HxW – “BEAM” [350,375] P1Harmony – “DUH!” [343,195] NCT’s Doyoung – “Soar” [319,218] KickFlip – “Flip it, Kick it!” [302,005] ITZY’s Yeji – “AIR” [278,196] CRAVITY – “Dare to Crave” [267,236] RIIZE – “ODYSSEY” (SMC version) [260,133] ENHYPEN – “DESIRE : UNLEASH” (Weverse version) [259,307] Park Ji Hyeon – “OCEAN” [250,796] BTS – “2025 BTS FESTA : CAPSULE ALBUM Vol.1” (SMC version) [242,047] MEOVV – “MY EYES OPEN VVIDE” [240,173] EXO’s Kai – “Wait On Me” [235,515] i-dle’s Minnie – “HER” [233,592] BOYNEXTDOOR – “No Genre” (Weverse version) [228,420] EXO’s Baekhyun – “Essence of Reverie” (kiwee album version) [224,901] KiiiKiii – “UNCUT GEM” [213,536] SEVENTEEN – “HAPPY BURSTDAY” (KiT version) [204,843] NEXZ – “O-RLY?” [204,485] SHINee – “Poet | Artist” (SMC version) [202,735] 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: WOODZ – “Drowning” [355,390,663] aespa – “Whiplash” [330,941,312] Hwang Karam – “I’m Firefly” [326,414,907] BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “HOME SWEET HOME” (featuring Taeyang and Daesung) [326,072,528] BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars – “APT.” [301,361,882] IVE – “REBEL HEART” [285,900,669] ZO ZAZZ – “Don’t you know” [266,333,202] BOYNEXTDOOR – “IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU” [262,637,794] BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “TOO BAD” (featuring Anderson .Paak) [261,557,359] BLACKPINK’s Rosé – “toxic till the end” [243,026,340] DAY6 – “HAPPY” [238,185,681] BLACKPINK’s Jennie – “like JENNIE” [227,587,056] DAY6 – “Time of Our Life” [205,802,973] aespa – “Supernova” [196,186,082] BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “POWER [192,297,538] 10CM – “To Reach You” [189,403,751] Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile” [187,888,792] Roy Kim – “If You Ask Me What Love Is” [187,864,238] BABYMONSTER – “DRIP” [186,962,394] DAY6 – “Welcome to the Show” [185,795,005] IVE – “ATTITUDE” [185,765,701] Eclipse (from “Lovely Runner”) – “Sudden Shower” [181,652,675] BTOB’s Changsub – “Heavenly Fate” [176,961,818] aespa’s Karina – “UP” [174,861,462] DAY6 – “You Were Beautiful” [168,243,477] AKMU – “How can I love the heartbreak, it’s you I love” [165,089,599] Lee Mujin – “Coming Of Age Story” [162,136,550] QWER – “My Name is Malguem” [159,340,267] SoonSoonHee (Jihwan) – “Sad Invitation” [156,345,723] NewJeans – “How Sweet” [154,963,482] JAESSBEE – “Every Moment With You” [153,116,880] ILLIT – “Magnetic” [150,085,333] QWER – “T.B.H” [144,867,245] Nerd Connection – “If I have you only” [144,468,516] IU – “Love wins all” [143,171,410] TWS – “plot twist” [137,977,038] LE SSERAFIM – “HOT” [137,920,827] Lee Mujin – “Episode” [136,971,721] fromis_9 – “Supersonic” [136,778,472] Lim Jae Hyun – “Rhapsody of Sadness” [134,229,998] BIGBANG’s G-Dragon – “Untitled, 2014” [133,657,243] Hwang Karam – “I Miss You So Much” [133,650,296] KiiiKiii – “I DO ME” [133,376,426] Sung Si Kyung – “Every Moment of You” [130,849,869] NewJeans – “Hype Boy” [127,688,880] OVAN – “Flower” [127,474,008] i-dle – “Fate” [126,648,301] aespa – “Armageddon” [124,180,694] BUMJIN – “A Letter” [123,892,625] BLACKPINK’s Jennie – “Mantra” [122,654,748]
July Individual Idol Brand Reputation Rankings Announced
The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual idols! The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 1,730 idols, using big data collected from June 23 to July 23. BTS’s Jimin continued his reign at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 8,183,409, marking a 17.16 percent increase in his score since June. High-ranking phrases in Jimin’s keyword analysis included “Who,” “cake fairy,” and “ARMY,” while his highest-ranking related terms included “unparalleled,” “unrivaled,” and “unchanging.” Jimin’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 94.05 percent positive reactions. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon rose to second place for July with a brand reputation index of 6,056,259, marking an 8.39 percent increase in his score since last month. BLACKPINK’s Rosé climbed to third place with a brand reputation index of 5,780,067, marking a 10.98 percent rise in her score since June. BTS’s Jungkook held onto his spot at fourth place with a brand reputation index of 5,131,314 for July, while BLACKPINK’s Jennie came in at a close fifth with a score of 5,080,586. Check out the top 30 for this month below! BTS’s Jimin BIGBANG’s G-Dragon BLACKPINK’s Rosé BTS’s Jungkook BLACKPINK’s Jennie IVE’s Jang Won Young BTS’ Suga BTS’s Jin BLACKPINK’s Lisa BLACKPINK’s Jisoo ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo BTS’s j-hope BTS’s RM IVE’s An Yu Jin BTS’s V aespa’s Winter IVE’s Rei Red Velvet’s Joy Red Velvet’s Wendy THE BOYZ’s Juyeon SHINee’s Key TWICE’s Momo SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi THE BOYZ’s Sunwoo Red Velvet’s Yeri Red Velvet’s Irene TWICE’s Sana EXO’s Baekhyun SEVENTEEN’s Wonwoo SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu