So who is the best boy group for the month of November?
In a report released by Soompi, the Korean Business Research Institute just released its rankings for the boy group brand reputations for the month of November. This ranking is actually based on collected data from October 11 to November 12.
These rankings have several variables such as the social participation index, traffic condition index, and reputation index which helped in coming up with the results. This month, SM Entertainment's boy group EXO topped the rankings with a whopping 5,077,116 points. Below is the official rankings:
- EXO - 5,077,116
- BTS - 4,605,388
- SEVENTEEN - 2,368,707
- VIXX - 2,147,343
- BTOB - 1,965,271
- INFINITE - 1,919,071
- SHINee - 1,677,192
- BEAST - 1,450,911
- BIGBANG - 1,306,052
- Sechs Kies - 872,784
- BLOCK B - 795,938
- Shinhwa - 759,564
- WINNER - 494,240
- MONSTA X - 623,799
- B1A4 - 605,726
- B.A.P - 522,049
- Super Junior - 498,113
- 2PM - 280,335
- TXVQ - 265,386
- FTISLAND - 224,224
- JYJ - 168,315
- 2AM - 133,958
- TEENTOP - 131,043
- ZE:A - 91,901
As if the November ranking is not enough, EXO continues to sweep awards. In the recently concluded 2016 Asia Artist Awards held in Kyunghee University in Seoul, South Korea last November 16, EXO garnered not just one but five awards. The boys of EXO received the "Asia Star Award", "Baidu Star Award", and "Popularity Award" for the artist category. EXO's member Baekhyun also received a "Popularity Award" as an individual which is highly attributed to his performance in the SBS hit traditional series "Scarlet Heart Ryeo". And as a highlight of the event, they also received the most prestigious "Daesang" for the artist category. To thank their fans during the event, they performed one of their recent hits "Monster".
Soon, the boy group brand reputation for next month will start and can you guess who will be the leading boy group for December? Will EXO keep the lead? Stay tuned here in Kpop Starz for more updates.
