January Girl Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual girl group members! The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 655 girl group members, using big data collected from December 21, 2023 to January 21, 2024. BLACKPINK’s Jennie topped… Continue reading January Girl Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards Announces Nominations, Including 3 New K-Pop Categories

The 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards has revealed this year’s nominees! On January 18 local time, the iHeartRadio Music Awards officially announced its nominations for its upcoming award ceremony, which will celebrate the most-played artists on iHeartRadio stations and the iHeartRadio app from the past year. This year, three new K-pop categories have been added: K-Pop… Continue reading 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards Announces Nominations, Including 3 New K-Pop Categories

Circle Reveals Year-End Digital And Album Charts For 2023

Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has published its year-end charts for 2023! On January 12, Gaon officially released its yearly digital and album charts for the past year. Because the yearly charts are based on accumulated weekly data since the beginning of January 2023, songs and albums released earlier in the year have… Continue reading Circle Reveals Year-End Digital And Album Charts For 2023

Winners Of The 13th Circle Chart Music Awards

The Circle Chart Music Awards (formerly known as the Gaon Chart Music Awards) has revealed this year’s winners! On January 10, the Circle Chart Music Awards 2023 took place at Busan’s BEXCO. As in previous years, the awards were primarily determined by the commercial performance of songs and albums based on the Circle charts from… Continue reading Winners Of The 13th Circle Chart Music Awards

Winners Of The Golden Disc Awards 2024

On January 6, the 38th annual Golden Disc Awards took place at Jakarta International Stadium in Indonesia. SEVENTEEN won the Album of the Year Daesang (Grand Prize) for their record-breaking mini album “FML,” while NewJeans won the Digital Song of the Year Daesang for their smash hit “Ditto.” Watch all of this year’s performances here,… Continue reading Winners Of The Golden Disc Awards 2024

December 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 1,720 idols, using big data collected from November 30 to December 30. BLACKPINK’s Jennie topped the list with a brand reputation… Continue reading December Individual Idol Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

YouTube Reveals Korea’s Top 10 Most-Watched Music Videos Of 2023

YouTube has revealed which music videos from the past year were the most popular in Korea! With the year winding to a close, YouTube has now released its list of the 10 most-watched music videos of 2023 within Korea. Only views from YouTube users in Korea counted towards this list, and the data was collected… Continue reading YouTube Reveals Korea’s Top 10 Most-Watched Music Videos Of 2023

December Girl Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual girl group members! The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 655 girl group members, using big data collected from November 17 to December 17. NewJeans’ Minji held onto her… Continue reading December Girl Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

Circle Chart Music Awards 2023 Announces Nominees For Artist Of The Year

The Circle Chart Music Awards (formerly known as the Gaon Chart Music Awards) has revealed this year’s nominees for Artist of the Year! This year, for the first time, Artist of the Year awards will be given in four different categories: Album, Digital, Streaming (Unique Listeners), and Global Streaming. As in past years, the awards… Continue reading Circle Chart Music Awards 2023 Announces Nominees For Artist Of The Year

NewJeans, SEVENTEEN, TWICE, V, Jisoo, FIFTY FIFTY, aespa, And Jungkook Make Rolling Stone’s “The 100 Best Songs Of 2023” List

Rolling Stone has published its year-end roundup of “The 100 Best Songs of 2023”! On December 1 local time, the American magazine published its annual list of its picks for the best songs of the year—and a number of K-pop songs made the cut. Check out the eight songs by K-pop artists that made the… Continue reading NewJeans, SEVENTEEN, TWICE, V, Jisoo, FIFTY FIFTY, aespa, And Jungkook Make Rolling Stone’s “The 100 Best Songs Of 2023” List

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