March Girl Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual girl group members! The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 730 girl group members, using big data collected from February 15 to March 15. IVE’s Jang Won Young topped … Read more

KPop Demon Hunters Scores First K-pop Grammy Win, Rosé Shines Bright

It’s long overdue, but the Grammy Awards have finally awarded K-pop. “Golden,” the smash hit from KPop Demon Hunters, has scored the genre’s first win in the written for visual media category. In addition to the written for visual media category, “Golden,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for much of this summer, was nominated … Read more

January Individual Idol Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual idols! The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community awareness indexes of 1,730 idols, using big data collected from December 22, 2025 to January 22, 2026. BTS’s Jimin continued his reign at the … Read more

January Girl Group Member Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for individual girl group members! The rankings were determined through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness indexes of 730 girl group members, using big data collected from December 18, 2025 to January 18, 2026. IVE’s Jang Won … Read more

SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, aespa, ILLIT, Rosé, BOYNEXTDOOR, ZEROBASEONE, And NEXZ Win At 2025 Japan Gold Disc Awards

A number of K-pop artists were honored at this year’s Japan Gold Disc Awards! This week, the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) officially announced the winners of the 39th Japan Gold Disc Awards. SEVENTEEN took home a total of four awards this year, including Best Asian Artist—which they won for the second year in … Read more