NCT DREAM And NewJeans Earn Double Crowns On Circle Weekly Charts; BTS’s Jungkook And FIFTY FIFTY Hit No. 1

Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its chart rankings for the week of July 16 to 22!

NCT DREAM achieved a double crown this week, topping both the physical album chart and the digital download chart with their new album “ISTJ” and its title track of the same name.

NCT DREAM claimed two of the top three spots on this week’s physical album chart—and three of the top six—with “ISTJ.” The regular version of the album debuted at No. 1, while the Nemo version and SMC version of the album charted separately at No. 3 and No. 6 respectively.

NewJeans also claimed two of the top four spots on the chart with their new mini album “Get Up.” The regular version of the EP debuted at No. 2, while the Weverse version entered the chart at No. 4.

Finally, “Boys Planet” group ZEROBASEONE’s debut mini album “YOUTH IN THE SHADE” stayed strong at No. 5 on the chart.

NCT DREAM topped the digital download chart with their new title track “ISTJ,” which debuted at No. 1.

Lim Young Woong’s latest hit “Grain of Sand” took No. 2 for the week, while his older song “Loving You” followed at No. 4.

BTS’s Jungkook’s official solo debut single “Seven” (featuring Latto) stayed strong at No. 3, and Kim Ho Joong’s “I’ll be your love” rounded out the top five for the week.

Overall Digital Chart

NewJeans earned a double crown this week with their hit single “Super Shy,” which remained No. 1 on both the overall digital chart and the streaming chart.

NCT DREAM’s “ISTJ” debuted at No. 2 on the overall digital chart this week, while BTS’s Jungkook’s “Seven” rose to No. 3.

(G)I-DLE’s long-running hit “Queencard” came in at No. 4, and Parc Jae Jung’s “Let’s Say Goodbye” held steady at No. 5.

Streaming Chart

NewJeans’ “Super Shy” held onto its spot at No. 1 on this week’s streaming chart, while (G)I-DLE’s “Queencard” similarly maintained its position at No. 2.

Parc Jae Jung’s “Let’s Say Goodbye” rose to No. 3, followed by LE SSERAFIM’s “Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s wife” at No. 4 and IVE’s “I AM” at No. 5.

Global K-Pop Chart

BTS’s Jungkook rose to the top of the Global K-Pop Chart with his new solo single “Seven,” which claimed two of the top three spots on this week’s chart. The explicit version of the song climbed to No. 1, while the clean version rose to No. 3.

NewJeans also took two of the top four spots this week, with “Super Shy” charting at No. 2 and “New Jeans” at No. 4.

Finally, (G)I-DLE’s “Queencard” rounded out the top five for the week.

Social Chart

FIFTY FIFTY defended their position at No. 1 on this week’s social chart, while NewJeans climbed to No. 2.

BLACKPINK and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo charted separately at No. 3 and No. 4 respectively, while (G)I-DLE held onto their spot at No. 5.

Congratulations to all of the artists!

July Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

CELEB

Jul 23, 2023 by E. Cha

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for singers!

The rankings were determined through an analysis of singers’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from June 22 to July 22.

Lim Young Woong rose to the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 7,918,727 for July.

BTS took second place in the rankings with a brand reputation index of 7,131,169 for the month.

NewJeans held onto their spot at third place with a brand reputation index of 6,077,769, marking a 20.07 percent increase in their score since June.

Meanwhile, BLACKPINK came in fourth place with a brand reputation index of 4,773,422 for the month.

Finally, IVE rose to fifth place for July with a brand reputation index of 3,730,668.

BTS’s Jungkook’s “Seven” Achieves Highest 24-Hour View Count Of Any Male K-Pop Solo MV Since PSY’s “Gentleman”

MUSIC

Jul 16, 2023by E. Cha

BTS’s Jungkook’s new music video racked up an amazing number of views within the first 24 hours of its release!

On July 14 at 1 p.m. KST, Jungkook made his official solo debut with the new digital single “Seven” featuring Latto, and he also released a cinematic music video for the song starring Han So Hee.

24 hours later, on July 15 at 1 p.m. KST, Jungkook’s music video for “Seven” had already amassed an impressive total of 35,489,720 views on YouTube.

Although YouTube has not yet confirmed the music video’s official 24-hour view count, it appears that “Seven” has achieved the biggest 24-hour debut of any music video released by a male K-pop artist this year.

Additionally, “Seven” now holds the record for the second-highest number of views achieved by a male K-pop soloist’s music video in its first 24 hours, bested only by PSY‘s 2013 hit “Gentleman” (which recorded over 38.4 million views within its first 24 hours).

Congratulations to Jungkook!