• Drama Actor Brand Reputation Rankings For September Announced

    Actor Kim Seon Ho took the first place in the drama actor brand reputation in September.

    The Korean Business Reputation Research Institute released the rankings by extracting and analyzing 99,64,608 brand big data of 50 actors appearing in the drama aired from August 20 to September 20.

    As a result, 1st place was won by Kim Seon Ho, who is appearing as Hong Doo Sik in tvN's 'Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha'. For Kim Seon Ho brand, 'romantic, kissing, and sleeping' came out high in the big data link analysis, and in the keyword analysis, “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha,” “Shin Min Ah,” and “Lee Sang Yi” also came out. In the positive-negative ratio analysis, the positive ratio was 78.10%. The brand reputation index is 5,551,730.

    In second place is Jo Jung-suk as Lee Ik-jun in tvN's 'Hospital Playlist 2'. The brand reputation index is 4,461,798. In 3rd place is Shin Min-ah, who is romantically co-starring with Kim Seon-ho as Yoon Hye-jin in 'Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha'. The brand reputation index is 4,288,690.

    Kim So-yeon as Cheon Seo-jin in SBS 'Penthouse 3' took 4th place, and Jeon Mi-do as Chae Song-hwa in 'Hospital Playlist 2' took 5th place.

    In the 6th through 30th places, Song Kang, Sohee Han, Jiah Lee, Hyoseop Ahn, Kyungho Jeong, Daemyung Kim, Yoo Yeon Seok, Joomi Park, Yoojung Kim, Kijun Um, Jinyoung Yoo, Jonghoon Yoon, Jinyoung, Jeondoyeon, Namgoongmin, Junyeol Ryu, Haseon Park, Lee Minyoung, Lee Sang, Gongmyung, Jeon Hyebin, Ji Sung, Seo Hyun-jin, Hong Eun-hee, and Seong-hoon were named.

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  • BTS's Jimin Breaks Records in Japan with "Who" as it Earns Prestigious 'Gold' Streaming Certification

    BTS’s Jimin is once again proving his global dominance, especially in Japan, where his solo music continues to break records!

    Jimin's hit song "Who", from his second album MUSE, has just been awarded the prestigious Gold streaming certification from the Japan Record Association (RIAJ).

    This honor comes after "Who" surpassed a remarkable 50 million streams in February, making it the first solo song by Jimin to receive this certification in Japan!

    The Japan Record Association certifies music based on total streams, with Gold for 50 million streams, Platinum for 100 million, and Diamond for a massive 500 million.

    This achievement adds another significant milestone to Jimin’s growing solo career.

    Previously, Jimin also earned a Platinum certification for his first album FACE (for 250,000 units shipped) and a Gold certification for MUSE (for over 100,000 units shipped).

    With the Gold streaming certification for "Who", Jimin now holds a total of three prestigious certifications from the Japan Record Association, solidifying his place as a solo artist.

    Not only that, but "Who" made waves on the Billboard charts, staying on the Billboard Hot 100 for an impressive 33 weeks, setting a record for the longest-charting K-pop solo song! It also spent 32 weeks on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, showing just how much love fans have for his music.

    Jimin’s solo success doesn’t stop there, as GOLDEN also spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart, and Jimin continues to dominate the Billboard Japan Artist 100, where he has now charted for 47 weeks! Clearly, Jimin’s popularity is unstoppable!

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