NewJeans has once again proven they're the queens of K-pop as they top the album sales charts for two consecutive years, dominating the K-pop female artist category!

According to Circle Chart’s 2024 Album Sales Review released on January 10, NewJeans (Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein) sold a jaw-dropping 3,098,275 albums in 2024. This earned them the No.1 spot among all K-pop female artists, accounting for a massive 11.4% of total album sales in the category.

What’s behind this incredible feat? In 2024, NewJeans dropped two mega hits: the double single How Sweet in May and their Japanese debut single Supernatural in June. Both tracks hit “million-seller” status, with How Sweet selling over 1.24 million copies and Supernatural surpassing 1.3 million copies! These two albums, along with solid sales from earlier works like their debut album New Jeans, the single album OMG, and the second EP Get Up, played a huge role in their sales success.

But it’s not just about physical albums—NewJeans is absolutely killing it in the digital world too! In the 2024 Circle Chart Global K-pop category, they had an impressive 13 songs ranking, including chart-toppers like How Sweet, Super Shy, Ditto, OMG, ETA, and Hype Boy. They also had 11 songs in the digital category and 10 in streaming, showing their dominance across all platforms.

On top of that, NewJeans made a major splash on Melon’s 2024 Domestic Year-End Chart, with eight of their songs making the cut. But that’s not all—Supernatural earned second place on Melon’s Overseas Year-End Chart, a remarkable achievement that only NewJeans has managed to pull off in the world of K-pop!

NewJeans isn’t just winning hearts with their music—they’re sweeping up awards left and right! At the 2024 KGMA and AAA 2024, they took home multiple grand prizes. And in Japan, they won the prestigious “Outstanding Work Award” at the Japan Record Awards, marking their second consecutive year winning the honor!

It’s clear that NewJeans is on top of the K-pop world, and they show no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

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Seo Kang Joon is proving his star power as his new drama Undercover High School takes the top spot in buzz rankings.

On February 24, Good Data Corporation, a company that tracks online reactions to K-content, announced that MBC’s new Friday-Saturday drama Undercover High School ranked #1 in TV-OTT drama buzz for the third week of February.

Not only that, but lead actor Seo Kang Joon also topped the TV-OTT drama actor buzz rankings, showing just how much viewers are loving his performance.

The drama follows a National Intelligence Service (NIS) agent who goes undercover as a high school student to retrieve Emperor Gojong’s lost gold bars.

Seo Kang Joon plays the elite NIS agent Jung Hae Sung, who ditches his suit for a school uniform to complete his mission.

Despite tough competition from SBS’s Buried Hearts (ranked #2) and tvN’s My Dearest Nemesis (ranked #6), Undercover High School secured the top spot, largely thanks to Seo Kang Joon’s performance.

According to Good Data Corporation’s Won Soon Woo, “Based on netizens’ sentiment analysis, Seo Kang Joon was chosen as the actor who best suits his male lead role among the three new dramas. The positive response to his visuals and acting has directly boosted the drama’s popularity.”

Meanwhile, Netflix originals are also making waves, with The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and Melo Movie ranking #3 and #4, while the highly anticipated When Life Gives You Tangerines entered the chart at #8 before its release.

Other school-themed dramas are also gaining attention, with Friendly Competition (U+ Mobile TV) and Study Group landing at #5 and #9, respectively.

MBC’s Undercover High School, starring Seo Kang Joon, airs every Friday and Saturday at 9:50 PM KST.

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