Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon Announces Comeback Date With 1st Teaser For “Picture”

Mark your calendars for Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon’s return!

On August 16 at midnight KST, Hyoyeon officially announced the date and details for her first solo comeback in over a year.

Hyoyeon will be returning with the new single “Picture” on September 22 at 6 p.m. KST.

August Idol Group Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

CELEB

Aug 15, 2023

by E. Cha

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 July 15 to August 15.

NewJeans rose the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 10,001,027, marking a 67.47 percent increase in their score since July. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “Jamboree,” “Billboard,” and “Super Shy,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “release,” “perform,” and “record.” NewJeans’ positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 91.89 percent positive reactions.

Meanwhile, BTS took second place in the rankings with a brand reputation index of 6,497,937 for August.

IVE climbed to third place on the list with a brand reputation index of 4,895,215, marking a 22.91 percent rise in their score since last month.

SEVENTEEN came in fourth place with a brand reputation index of 4,522,941, marking a 28.32 percent increase in their score since July.

Finally, “Boys Planet” group ZEROBASEONE rounded out the top five for August with a brand reputation index of 3,563,668.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

NewJeans

BTS

IVE

SEVENTEEN

ZEROBASEONE

BLACKPINK

NCT

LE SSERAFIM

(G)I-DLE

EXO

INFINITE

ITZY

OH MY GIRL

THE BOYZ

MONSTA X

Stray Kids

SHINee

Girls’ Generation

TWICE

MAMAMOO

aespa

BTOB

NMIXX

Red Velvet

2PM

Super Junior

Apink

ENHYPEN

ASTRO

TREASURE

NCT DREAM, NewJeans, ITZY, TREASURE, And FIFTY FIFTY Top Circle Monthly And Weekly Charts

MUSIC

Aug 16, 2023

by E. Cha

Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has revealed its latest monthly and weekly chart rankings!

Monthly Album Chart

NCT DREAM topped the physical album chart for July with their latest album “ISTJ,” which debuted at No. 1. The Nemo and SMC versions of the album also charted separately at No. 8 and No. 11 respectively.

TREASURE’s new full-length album “REBOOT” debuted at No. 2, while the Nemo and KiT versions of the album charted at No. 12 and No. 60.

NewJeans’ latest EP “Get Up” entered the chart at No. 3, and the Weverse version of the mini album also charted separately at No. 9.

EXO’s latest album “EXIST” debuted at No. 4, while the SMC version of the album entered the chart at No. 10.

Finally, “Boys Planet” group ZEROBASEONE’s debut mini album “YOUTH IN THE SHADE” debuted at No. 5 for July.

Weekly Album Chart

ITZY’s new mini album “KILL MY DOUBT” debuted at No. 1 on this week’s physical album chart, and the TAPE version of the EP also charted separately at No. 12. Meanwhile, Young Tak’s new album “FORM” entered the weekly chart at No. 2.

EXO’s “EXIST” climbed back up to No. 3 this week, while xikers’ new mini album “HOUSE OF TRICKY : HOW TO PLAY” debuted at No. 4.

Finally, NCT DREAM’s “ISTJ” rounded out the top five for the week.

Monthly Digital Chart + Streaming Chart

NewJeans achieved a triple crown for July with their hit pre-release single “Super Shy,” which rose to No. 1 on the overall digital chart, streaming chart, and Global K-Pop chart this month.

The top five songs on this month’s overall digital chart and streaming chart were exactly the same: “Super Shy” took No. 1, followed by (G)I-DLE’s “Queencard” at No. 2, LE SSERAFIM’s “Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s wife” at No. 3, IVE’s “I AM” at No. 4, and Parc Jae Jung’s “Let’s Say Goodbye” at No. 5.

Weekly Digital Chart + Streaming Chart

NewJeans also earned a triple crown on the weekly charts with “Super Shy,” which remained No. 1 on the digital chart, streaming chart, and Global K-Pop chart this week.

Just like the monthly charts, the top five songs on this week’s overall digital chart and streaming chart were exactly the same: NewJeans swept the top two spots with “Super Shy” and “ETA” at No. 1 and No. 2 respectively, followed by BTS’s Jungkook’s “Seven” (featuring Latto) at No. 3, (G)I-DLE’s “Queencard” at No. 4, and Parc Jae Jung’s “Let’s Say Goodbye” at No. 5.

Monthly Download Chart

Lim Young Woong topped the digital download chart for July with his long-running hit “Grain of Sand,” and he also took No. 4 on the chart with his song “Loving You.”

NCT DREAM’s new title track “ISTJ” debuted at No. 2 on the monthly chart, while Jungkook’s “Seven” entered the chart at No. 3.

Finally, NewJeans’ “Super Shy” made its debut on the monthly chart at No. 5.

Weekly Download Chart

TREASURE topped this week’s digital download chart with their new title track “BONA BONA,” which rose to No. 1.

Young Tak’s new title track “FORM” debuted at No. 2 this week, while his B-side “Price” entered the chart at No. 4.

Jungkook’s “Seven” climbed back up to No. 3 for the week, and NewJeans’ “ETA” rounded out the top five.

Monthly Global K-Pop Chart

NewJeans’ “Super Shy” rose to No. 1 on the Global K-Pop Chart for July, while their other pre-release single “New Jeans” entered the chart at No. 5.

BTS’s Jungkook swept the No. 2 and No. 3 spots on the monthly chart with the explicit and clean versions of his solo hit “Seven,” while (G)I-DLE’s “Queencard” stayed strong at No. 4.

Weekly Global K-Pop Chart

The top five songs on this week’s Global K-Pop Chart were exactly the same as last week: NewJeans swept three out of the top five spots, with “Super Shy” at No. 1, “ETA” at No. 4, and “New Jeans” at No. 5.

Meanwhile, Jungkook’s “Seven” held onto both the No. 2 and No. 3 spots with its explicit and clean versions respectively.

Monthly Social Chart

FIFTY FIFTY defended their position at No. 1 on the social chart for July, marking their second consecutive month at the top.

BLACKPINK climbed to No. 2 for the month, while member Jisoo charted separately at No. 4. 

Finally, NewJeans rocketed up to No. 3 for July, and (G)I-DLE climbed to No. 5.

Weekly Social Chart

The top five artists on this week’s social chart were exactly the same as last week: FIFTY FIFTY remained No. 1, followed by NewJeans at No. 2, Jungkook at No. 3, BLACKPINK at No. 4, and Jisoo at No. 5.