On Saturday, Jan. 23, the Korean Brand Research Institute released their brand reputation rankings for the month of January. Keep on reading to see the top 10 most popular K-pop groups for the month!
10. MAMAMOO
MAMAMOO is a four-member girl group composing of members Solar, Moonbyul, Wheein, and Hwasa. On Jan. 22, RBW announced that members Solar and Moonbyul renewed their contracts with the company, while Wheein and Hwasa were positively discussing contract renewals.
9. GFRIEND
GFRIEND is a six-member girl group composing of members Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, and SinB, and Umji. The group's latest musical release is their Nov. album "回:Walpurgis Night" with the title track "MAGO".
8. EXO
EXO is a nine-member boy group composing of members Xiumin, Suho, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai, and Sehun. EXO is currently on a hiatus due to the members partaking in their mandatory military enlistment. The members who are not partaking in the military service - Lay, Baekhyun, Chanyeol, Kai, and Sehun - are focusing on solo activities. Xiumin was recently discharged from the military and has participated in some promotional activity.
7. SEVENTEEN
SEVENTEEN is a thirteen-member boy group composing of members S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, The8, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino. The group's last musical release was in Oct. with their second special album "; Semicolo[n]" with the lead single "Home;Run".
6. NCT
NCT is a 23-member boy group composing of members Taeil, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Taeyong, Ten, Mark, Yuta, Winwin, Haechan, Renjun, Jeno, Jaemin, Chenle, Jisung, Johnny, Jungwoo, Lucas, Kun, Xiaojun, Hendery, Yangyang, Shotaro, and Sungchan. NCT is composed of the sub-units NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream, and WayV. On Jan. 13, Sungchan revealed in an interview with Star News that a new NCT unit will be debuting in 2021.
5, IZ*ONE
IZ*ONE is a twelve-member girl group composing on Wonyoung, Sakura, Yuri, Yena, Yujin, Nako, Eunbi, Hyewon, Hitomi, Chaewon, Minju, and Chaeyeon. The girl group's most recent musical release was back in Dec. with their fourth mini-album "One-reeler / ACT IV" with the title track "Panorama".
4. (G)I-DLE
(G)I-DLE is a six-member girl group composing of member Miyeon, Minnie, Soojin, Soyeon, Yuqi, and Shuhua. (G)I-DLE recently made a comeback on Jan. 11, releasing their fourth mini-album "I Burn", with the title track "HWAA".
3. TWICE
TWICE is a nine-member girl group composing of members Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu. On Jan. 14, it was announced that TWICE is preparing for their second online concert, "TWICE in Wonderland". "TWICE in Wonderland" will be held on March 6 through AR (augmented reality) and MR (mixed reality). TWICE will also be performing on TIME's "TIME100 Talks" on Jan. 28.
2. BLACKPINK
BLACKPINK is a four-member girl group composing of members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa. BLACKPINK is currently preparing for their first online live stream concert in collaboration with YouTube Music. The concert is dubbed "THE SHOW" and is set to take place on Jan. 31.
1. BTS
BTS is a seven-member boy group composing of members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook. Their most recent musical release is their fifth studio album "BE" with the lead single "Life Goes On". The song topped the Billboard 100 charts, making it the first Korean song to hit number one in the United States.
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Written by Alexa Lewis
