The Circle Digital Chart is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles in South Korea. Managed by the domestic Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), its data is compiled by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and published by the Circle Chart. [1] [2] The ranking is based collectively on each single's download sales, stream count, and background music use. [2] The Circle Chart provides weekly (listed from Sunday to Saturday), monthly, and yearly lists for the chart.
Week ending date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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January 6 | "Perfect Night" | Le Sserafim | [3] |
January 13 | [4] | ||
January 20 | "Rhapsody of Sadness" (비의 랩소디) | Lim Jae-hyun | [5] |
January 27 | "Love Wins All" | IU | [6] |
February 3 | [7] | ||
February 10 | [8] | ||
February 17 | [9] | ||
February 24 | "Bam Yang Gang" (밤양갱) | Bibi | [10] |
March 2 | [11] | ||
March 9 | [12] | ||
March 16 | [13] | ||
March 23 | "Fate" (나는 아픈 건 딱 질색이니까) | (G)I-dle | [14] |
March 30 | [15] | ||
April 6 | [16] | ||
April 13 | "Magnetic" | Illit | [17] |
April 20 | [18] | ||
April 27 | [19] | ||
May 4 | "Maestro" | Seventeen | [20] |
May 11 | "Warmth" (온기) | Lim Young-woong | [21] |
May 18 | "Spot!" | Zico featuring Jennie | [22] |
May 25 | "Supernova" | Aespa | [23] |
June 1 | [24] | ||
June 8 | [25] | ||
June 15 | [26] | ||
June 22 | [27] | ||
June 29 | "Small Girl" | Lee Young-ji featuring D.O. | [28] |
July 6 | [29] | ||
July 13 | "Supernova" | Aespa | [30] |
July 20 | [31] | ||
July 27 | [32] | ||
August 3 | "Walk" | NCT 127 | [33] |
August 10 | "Supernova" | Aespa | [34] |
August 17 | [35] | ||
August 24 | "Pump Up the Volume!" | Plave | [36] |
August 31 | "Supernova" | Aespa | [37] |
September 7 | "Melt Down" (녹아내려요) | Day6 | [38] |
September 14 | "Happy" | [39] | |
September 21 | [40] | ||
September 28 | [41] | ||
October 5 | [42] | ||
October 12 | [43] | ||
October 19 | "Love, Money, Fame" | Seventeen featuring DJ Khaled | [44] |
October 26 | "Apt." | Rosé and Bruno Mars | [45] |
November 2 | [46] |
Month | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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January | "To. X" | Taeyeon | [47] |
February | "Love Wins All" | IU | [48] |
March | "Bam Yang Gang" (밤양갱) | Bibi | [49] |
April | "Magnetic" | Illit | [50] |
May | "Spot!" | Zico featuring Jennie | [51] |
June | "Supernova" | Aespa | [52] |
July | [53] | ||
August | [54] | ||
September | "Happy" | Day6 | [55] |
October | "Apt." | Rosé & Bruno Mars | [56] |
Kara has released nine studio albums, eight compilation albums, seven extended plays, and twenty-eight singles. The group's debut studio album The First Blooming was released on March 29, 2007. They entered the Japanese music scene on August 5, 2010, with the Japanese version of "Mister". They also recorded soundtracks of various Korean and Japanese dramas.
The Circle Digital Chart, previously known as the Gaon Digital Chart, is the music industry standard record chart ranking the 200 most popular singles in South Korea. It provides rankings on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis, which is based on an aggregate of streaming, downloads and background music from major South Korean music platforms, as well as video ringback tone sales from the V Coloring app. It is a part of the Circle Chart, previously known as the Gaon Chart.
South Korean boy band BTS has released nine studio albums, seven compilation albums, and six extended plays. In December 2018, BTS surpassed 10 million albums sold, setting the record for reaching that milestone in the shortest span of time among all Korean acts to have debuted since 2000, with five million of those albums being sold in South Korea that year alone. By April 2020, the group had sold over 20 million physical albums in South Korea, becoming the best-selling Korean act of all time in less than seven years. As of May 2023, they have sold over 44 million albums domestically.
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Kim Yong-sun, better known by the stage name Solar (Korean: 솔라), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actress signed under RBW. She is the leader and vocalist of girl group Mamamoo and its sub-unit Mamamoo+. She made her solo debut with the single "Spit It Out" on April 23, 2020. She released her first extended play 容: Face with its lead single "Honey" on March 16, 2022. Solar ventured into musical acting through the musical Mata Hari for its 2022 production on May 28, 2022, marking her first role as a musical actress.
Shin Hyo-seob, professionally known as Crush (크러쉬), is a South Korean singer-songwriter. He debuted on April 1, 2014, with the single "Sometimes" and released his first album Crush on You on June 5, 2014. Thirteen of Crush's singles have peaked in the top ten on the Gaon Digital Chart, with nine of Crush's singles also becoming top five hits including "Just", "Beautiful", "Don't Forget", "Bittersweet" and "Sleepless Night".
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Lee Mu-jin is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after appearing on the music audition show Sing Again in 2020, in which he finished in 3rd place. His 2021 single, "Traffic Light", spent three weeks at number one on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. Since 2022, he is the main host on KBS music web show, LeeMujin Service.
Nmixx is a South Korean girl group formed by SQU4D, a sub-label of JYP Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Lily, Haewon, Sullyoon, Bae, Jiwoo, and Kyujin. Originally a seven-piece group, Jinni departed from the lineup on December 9, 2022, for personal reasons. They debuted on February 22, 2022, with the single album Ad Mare.