What are the most popular K-pop songs that fans love all over the world? In recent rankings released by Circle Chart, these artists are currently dominating the music scene with their latest releases.
On October 28, the most popular K-pop songs were released through the Circle Chart's "Global K-Pop Chart," which tabulated the global streaming index for the fourth week of October.
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Although BLACKPINK's promotional activities ended, the quartet has maintained their position on the top of the global K-pop chart for five consecutive weeks with songs from their second full-length album "BORN PINK.
This week (October 16 to 22), BLACKPINK's title track "Shut Down" ranked No. 1 with 19,218,603 points. Their pre-release song, "Pink Venom," fell one notch and ranked No. 3 with 16,532,942 points.
On top of this, BLACKPINK maintained a double-crown for this week by sitting atop the Social charts as well, for nine consecutive weeks.
This chart examines the usage of YouTube, TikTok, and Mubeat and the number of mentions through MyCelebs' social index, allowing users to recognize popular singers during the week at a glance.
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Following BLACKPINK, (G)I-DLE and LE SSERAFIM who both returned to the music scene on October 17, showed off their powerful presence in the global chart.
LE SSERAFIM's "ANTIFRAGILE" ranked No. 2 with 18,529,588 points. (G)I-DLE's hit track, "Nxde," then ranked No. 4.
In the album chart under Circle Chart, (G)I-DLE's album "I LOVE" snagged the first spot by selling 637,090 copies during the total period. It also ranked No. 1 on the Download Chart.
The long run of NewJeans, IVE, and TWICE, who made their comebacks in August, is also outstanding.
NewJeans ranked 5th and 8th, respectively, with "Hype Boy" and "Attention."
IVE also made their presence on the charts with "After LIKE" in 6th place and "LOVE DIVE" in 10th place.
TWICE's "Talk That Talk" ranked ninth.
Weekly record sales were 10,651 for NewJeans and 97,036 for IVE.
Amid the influx of girl groups reigning in the top 10, ZICO showed off his unrelenting influence as he settled in 7th place among the global charts swept by female artists.
Thanks to his dance challenge, the Block B member turned soloist is leading the domestic trend with "New Thing."
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Circle Chart (formerly called Gaon Chart) is Korea's leading pop music chart that receives chart data from global platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube as well as domestic music charts (MelOn, Bugs, Vibe, Genie, and Flo). This is used to determine the most popular songs and artists around the world every week.
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Written by Eunice Dawson.
