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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!
TWICE To Perform On "The Tonight Show" Next Week
TWICE is returning to “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”! On February 17 local time, the famous U.S. talk show announced that TWICE would be making a guest appearance next week while in town for their ongoing “THIS IS FOR” world tour. TWICE will be performing on the February 23 episode of “The Tonight Show,” which airs at 11:35 p.m. ET. .@JYPETWICE returns to Studio 6B with a performance on February 23rd on #FallonTonight 🩷 #TWICEonFallon pic.twitter.com/NRQN0eRV15— The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) February 17, 2026
NMIXX And Pabllo Vittar Drop 1st Teaser For New Collab "TIC TIC"
NMIXX and Pabllo Vittar are joining forces for another exciting collaboration! On February 17, NMIXX announced that “TIC TIC,” their new single featuring Pabllo Vittar, will be released on February 26 KST at 12 p.m. KST. NMIXX also unveiled a teaser image for the song, which they performed together with Pabllo Vittar yesterday at the São Paulo Carnival—where they became the first K-pop artist ever to perform at Brazil’s Carnival. NMIXX and Pabllo Vittar previously teamed up for the collab single “MEXE” in August of last year.
February 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 January 11 to February 11. 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 the month. BTS topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 1,590,057, marking an 85.76 percent increase in their score since January. High-ranking phrases in the group’s keyword analysis included “ARIRANG,” “K-beauty,” and “K-food,” while their highest-ranking related terms included “collaborate,” “positive,” and “increase.” BTS’s positivity-negativity analysis also revealed a score of 92.57 percent positive reactions. IVE came in at a close second with a brand reputation index of 1,469,888, marking a 61.52 percent rise in their score since last month. Lim Young Woong held onto his spot at third place with a brand reputation index of 1,272,569, marking a 19.36 percent increase in his score since January. Soccer star Son Heung Min took fourth place for February with a brand reputation index of 1,041,101, marking a 49.58 percent rise in his score since last month. Finally, BLACKPINK rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 1,010,136, marking a whopping 111.16 percent increase in their score since January. BTS IVE Lim Young Woong Son Heung Min BLACKPINK Lee Byung Hun Yoo Jae Suk Shin Min Ah Park Jeong Min Faker Kim Jong Kook Park Bo Gum Son Suk Ku Gong Yoo Lee Joo Bin aespa Lee Chan Won Kim Hye Yoon ILLIT Tak Jae Hoon TWICE Byeon Woo Seok Um Tae Goo Shin Dong Yup Choo Sung Hoon Kim Yuna Sung Si Kyung Kim Go Eun Lee Soo Ji Jun Hyun Moo
VERIVERY’s Kangmin Confirmed To Make Solo Debut
VERIVERY’s Kangmin is gearing up to debut as a solo artist! On February 16, STAR NEWS reported that Kangmin will release a new album on March 23, marking his official solo debut. While Jellyfish Entertainment has yet to release an official statement, Kangmin personally confirmed the news through the fan community platform Bubble, saying, “Oh wow lol, an article is out,” adding, “I didn’t know it would come out like this today, but I guess it’s an unexpected Lunar New Year gift from me to you. Are you ready to have a really fun time with me?! Please cheer for me a lot.” Kangmin first debuted in January 2019 as a member of VERIVERY. Last July, he took on a new challenge by competing on Mnet’s boy group audition program “BOYS II PLANET,” where he ultimately finished in ninth place during the final ranking announcement, narrowly missing the debut lineup. Are you excited for Kangmin’s solo debut? Stay tuned for more updates!
ATEEZ Achieves Their Biggest U.S. Week Yet As "GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4" Debuts On Billboard 200
ATEEZ has set a new personal record in the United States with their latest release! On February 15 local time, Billboard announced that ATEEZ’s new mini album “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” had debuted at No. 3 on its Top 200 Albums chart, which ranks the most popular albums in the United States. “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” also debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, meaning it was the best-selling album of the week in the United States. Notably, “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4” achieved ATEEZ’s biggest week yet in the United States. According to Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music), the mini album earned a total of 200,000 equivalent album units during the week ending on February 12, marking a new career high for the group. The album’s total score consisted of 195,000 equivalent album units—marking ATEEZ’s biggest U.S. sales week to date—and 5,000 streaming equivalent album (SEA) units, which translates to 5.58 million on-demand audio streams over the course of the week. “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.3” is ATEEZ’s eighth top 10 album and their 10th entry overall on the Billboard 200. The group previously entered the top 3 of the chart with “THE WORLD EP.1 : MOVEMENT” (which debuted at No. 3), “THE WORLD EP.2 : OUTLAW” (No. 2), “THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL” (No. 1), “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.1” (No. 2), “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2” (No. 1), and “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.3” (No. 2). Congratulations to ATEEZ!