Circle Digital Chart
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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.[1] It is a part of the Circle Chart, previously known as the Gaon Chart.
History
The Gaon Digital Chart was launched as a part of the Gaon Chart in February 2010, by Korea Music Content Association and South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.[2] It started with compiling data from six major South Korean music platforms Melon, Dosirak, Mnet.com, Bugs, Cyworld, and Soribada.[3]
Spotify Korea was included from chart starting December 2021.[4] It currently compiles data from Melon (KakaoMusic), Genie, Flo, Naver VIBE, Bugs, Samsung Music, and Spotify Korea.[5] Apple Music Korea was included from chart starting July 2022.[6]
In July 2022, Gaon Chart was rebranded as the Circle Chart.[7]
Lists of number ones
- International chart
Songs with most weeks at number one
13 weeks
11 weeks
8 weeks
7 weeks
6 weeks
- iKon – "Love Scenario" (2018)
- IU – "Celebrity" (2021)
- The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – "Stay" (2021)
- Younha – "Event Horizon" (2022)
- Ive – "I Am" (2023)
- AKMU – "Love Lee" (2023)
- Le Sserafim – "Perfect Night" (2023)
5 weeks
- IU – "Good Day" (2010–11)
- Psy – "Gangnam Style" (2012)
- SSAK3 – "Beach Again" (2020)
- Brave Girls – "Rollin'" (2021)
- BTS – "Butter" (2021)
- MSG Wannabe (M.O.M) – "Foolish Love" (2021)
- Kim Min-seok – "Drunken Confession" (2022)
- WSG Wannabe (Gaya-G) – "At That Moment" (2022)
- (G)I-dle – "Queencard" (2023)
4 weeks
- Miss A – "Bad Girl Good Girl" (2010)
- Twice – "TT" (2016)
- Exo – "Ko Ko Bop" (2017)
- Loco and Hwasa – "Don't Give It to Me" (2018)
- Ben – "180 Degrees" (2018–19)
- Paul Kim – "So Long" (2019)
- AKMU – "How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love" (2019)
- IU – "Blueming" (2019)
- IU feat. Suga – "Eight" (2020)
- Taeyeon – "INVU" (2022)
- Psy feat. Suga – "That That" (2022)
- Ive – "Love Dive" (2022)
- Ive – "After Like" (2022)
- Zico feat. Homies – "New Thing" (2022)
Artist milestones
Most number-one singles
| Number of singles | Artist |
|---|---|
31
|
IU |
11
|
Big Bang |
| 9 | 2NE1 |
| Sistar | |
| Twice | |
| 8 | AKMU |
| BTS | |
| Davichi | |
| Girls' Generation | |
| Huh Gak | |
| Taeyeon | |
| Zion.T | |
7
|
Park Hyo-shin |
Most weeks at number one
| Weeks at number one | Artist |
|---|---|
63
|
IU |
24
|
BTS |
23
|
NewJeans |
22
|
Big Bang |
20
|
Ive |
Most number-ones in a calendar year
| Number of singles | Artist | Year charted |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Zion.T | 2015 |
| IU | 2017 | |
| 4 | 2011, 2021 | |
| Big Bang | 2015 | |
| Twice | 2017 | |
| 3 | Girls' Generation | 2010 |
| 2NE1 | 2011 | |
| IU | 2015 | |
| Twice | 2018 | |
| Be'O | 2021 | |
| Ive | 2023 |
Most months at number one
| Months at number one | Artist |
|---|---|
15
|
IU |
9
|
Big Bang |
6
|
NewJeans |
| 5 | Psy |
| Ive | |
| 4 | 2NE1 |
| AKMU | |
| BTS | |
| Davichi | |
| Zico | |
| Taeyeon |
Year-end chart
2010
| # | Song | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bad Girl Good Girl" | Miss A | JYP Entertainment |
| 2 | "Nagging" | IU & Seulong | LOEN Entertainment |
| 3 | "Sick Enough to Die" | MC Mong | IS Entermedia Group |
| 4 | "Go Away" | 2NE1 | YG Entertainment |
| 5 | "Oh!" | Girls' Generation | SM Entertainment |
| 6 | "2 Different Tears" | Wonder Girls | JYP Entertainment |
| 7 | "Still Eating Well" | Homme | Big Hit Entertainment & LOEN Entertainment |
| 8 | "Then Then Then" | Supreme Team | Amoeba Culture |
| 9 | "Confession" | Hot Potato | Daeum Entertainment |
| 10 | "Hoot" | Girls' Generation | SM Entertainment |
2011
| # | Song | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Roly Poly" | T-ara | Core Contents Media |
| 2 | "Having An Affair" | Park Myung-soo & G-Dragon feat. Park Bom | MBC |
| 3 | "Please" | Kim Bum-soo | MBC |
| 4 | "Lonely" | 2NE1 | YG Entertainment |
| 5 | "Don't Cry" | Park Bom | YG Entertainment |
| 6 | "Pinocchio (Danger)" | f(x) | SM Entertainment |
| 7 | "I Am the Best" | 2NE1 | YG Entertainment |
| 8 | "Tonight" | Big Bang | YG Entertainment |
| 9 | "On Rainy Days" | Beast | Cube Entertainment |
| 10 | "A Story Only I Didn't Know" | IU | LOEN Entertainment |
2012
| # | Song | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Gangnam Style" | Psy | YG Entertainment |
| 2 | "Cherry Blossom Ending" | Busker Busker | CJ E&M Music |
| 3 | "Alone" | Sistar | Starship Entertainment |
| 4 | "Loving U" | Sistar | Starship Entertainment |
| 5 | "Fantastic Baby" | Big Bang | YG Entertainment |
| 6 | "I Love You" | 2NE1 | YG Entertainment |
| 7 | "Lovey-Dovey" | T-ara | Core Contents Media |
| 8 | "All For You" | Jung Eun-ji & Seo In-guk | Jellyfish Entertainment & A Cube Entertainment |
| 9 | "Heaven" | Ailee | YMC Entertainment |
| 10 | "Blue" | BigBang | YG Entertainment |
2013
| # | Song | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Gentleman" | Psy | YG Entertainment |
| 2 | "Shower of Tears" | Baechigi feat. Ailee | YMC Entertainment |
| 3 | "Gone Not Around Any Longer" | Sistar19 | Starship Entertainment |
| 4 | "Bom Bom Bom" | Roy Kim | CJ E&M |
| 5 | "Tears" | Leessang feat. Yoojin | Jungle Entertainment |
| 6 | "What's Your Name?" | 4Minute | Cube Entertainment |
| 7 | "Monodrama" | Huh Gak feat. Yoo Seung-woo | Cube Entertainment |
| 8 | "Turtle" | Davichi | Core Contents Media |
| 9 | "Give It to Me" | Sistar | Starship Entertainment |
| 10 | "Be Warmed" | Davichi | Core Contents Media |
2014
| # | Song | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Some" | Soyou, Junggigo feat. Lil Boi | Starship Entertainment |
| 2 | "Eyes, Nose, Lips" | Taeyang | YG Entertainment |
| 3 | "Wild Flower" | Park Hyo-shin | Jellyfish Entertainment |
| 4 | "A Midsummer Night's Sweetness" | San E & Raina | Pledis Entertainment |
| 5 | "The Meaning of You" | IU feat. Kim Chang-wan | LOEN Entertainment |
| 6 | "Your Scent" | Gary feat. Jung-in | Jungle Entertainment |
| 7 | "Not Spring, Love or Cherry Blossoms" | High4 feat. IU | LOEN Entertainment |
| 8 | "Mr. Chu (On Stage)" | Apink | A Cube Entertainment |
| 9 | "200%" | AKMU | YG Entertainment |
| 10 | "Friday" | IU feat. Yijeong | LOEN Entertainment |
2015
| # | Song | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bang Bang Bang" | Big Bang | YG Entertainment |
| 2 | "Loser" | BigBang | YG Entertainment |
| 3 | "Living in the Same Time" | Naul | CJ E&M Music |
| 4 | "Bae Bae" | BigBang | YG Entertainment |
| 5 | "Eat" | Zion.T | Amoeba Culture |
| 6 | "Shouldn't Have" | Baek A-yeon feat. Young K | JYP Entertainment |
| 7 | "Call Me Baby" | Exo | SM Entertainment |
| 8 | "Wi Ing Wi Ing" | Hyukoh | Cashmier Record |
| 9 | "Sugar" | Maroon 5 | Interscope |
| 10 | "Leon" | Park Myung-soo feat. IU | MBC Entertainment |
2016
| # | Song | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Cheer Up" | Twice | JYP Entertainment |
| 2 | "Anywhere" | MC the Max | 325 E&C |
| 3 | "Rough" | GFriend | Source Music |
| 4 | "This Love" | Davichi | Music&NEW |
| 5 | "I Don't Love You" | Urban Zakapa | MakeUs Entertainment |
| 6 | "You Are My Everything" | Gummy | Music&NEW |
| 7 | "I Am You, You Are Me" | Zico | Seven Seasons |
| 8 | "Making a New Ending for This Story" | Han Dong-geun | Pledis Entertainment |
| 9 | "The Love I Committed" | Im Chang-jung | NH Media |
| 10 | "Always" | Yoon Mi-rae | Music&NEW |
2017
| # | Song | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" | Ailee | YMC Entertainment |
| 2 | "Through the Night" | IU | LOEN Entertainment |
| 3 | "Like It" | Yoon Jong-shin | CJ E&M Music |
| 4 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | Warner Records |
| 5 | "You, Clouds, Rain" | Heize feat. Shin Yong-jae | CJ E&M |
| 6 | "Tell Me You Love Me" | Bolbbalgan4 | Shofar Music |
| 7 | "Palette" | IU feat. G-Dragon | LOEN Entertainment |
| 8 | "Knock Knock" | Twice | JYP Entertainment |
| 9 | "Last Goodbye" | AKMU | YG Entertainment |
| 10 | "Really Really" | Winner | YG Entertainment |
2018
| # | Song | Artist | Label | Aggregate points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Love Scenario" | iKon | YG Entertainment | 1,232,928,610 |
| 2 | "Good Old Days" | Jang Deok Cheol | Limez Entertainment | 1,140,111,375 |
| 3 | "Every Day, Every Moment" | Paul Kim | SM Entertainment | 1,006,784,017 |
| 4 | "Bboom Bboom" | Momoland | MLD Entertainment | 968,978,861 |
| 5 | "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" | Blackpink | YG Entertainment | 940,214,913 |
| 6 | "Pass By" | Nilo | PurplePine Entertainment | 939,050,840 |
| 7 | "Gift" | MeloMance | Heaven Company | 915,842,576 |
| 8 | "Way Back Home" | Shaun | DCTOM Entertainment | 877,004,722 |
| 9 | "Only Then" | Roy Kim | MMO Entertainment | 870,444,304 |
| 10 | "Travel" | Bolbbalgan4 | Shofar Music | 861,213,547 |
2019
| # | Song | Artist | Label | Aggregate points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "2002" | Anne-Marie | Warner Records | 1,053,371,198 |
| 2 | "If There Was Practice in Love" | Lim Jae-hyun | Kakao M | 942,146,327 |
| 3 | "Every Day, Every Moment" | Paul Kim | SM Entertainment | 934,028,405 |
| 4 | "The Day Was Beautiful" | Kassy | Nextar Entertainment | 915,887,603 |
| 5 | "Boy with Luv" | BTS feat. Halsey | Big Hit Entertainment | 899,390,340 |
| 6 | "After You've Gone" | MC the Max | 325 Entertainment | 893,285,031 |
| 7 | "Me After You" | Paul Kim | MMO Entertainment | 880,765,876 |
| 8 | "Gotta Go" | Chungha | MNH Entertainment | 857,703,141 |
| 9 | "Four Seasons" | Taeyeon | SM Entertainment | 842,426,105 |
| 10 | "For Lovers Who Hesitate" | Jannabi | Peponi Music | 829,369,708 |
2020
| # | Song | Artist | Label | Aggregate points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Any Song" | Zico | KOZ Entertainment | 991,888,968 |
| 2 | "Meteor" | Changmo | Ambition Musik | 922,076,675 |
| 3 | "Aloha" | Jo Jung-suk | JAM Entertainment | 869,270,427 |
| 4 | "Your Shampoo Scent in the Flowers" | Jang Beom-june | Stone Music Entertainment | 856,383,986 |
| 5 | "Blueming" | IU | Kakao M | 837,811,441 |
| 6 | "Eight" | IU feat. Suga | Kakao M | 822,502,029 |
| 7 | "Late Night" | Noel | C-JeS Entertainment | 733,352,695 |
| 8 | "How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love" | AKMU | YG Entertainment | 694,653,300 |
| 9 | "Psycho" | Red Velvet | SM Entertainment | 693,910,356 |
| 10 | "Start Over" | Gaho | Blending Entertainment | 693,685,839 |
2021
| # | Song | Artist | Label | Aggregate points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Celebrity" | IU | Kakao M | 888,135,191 |
| 2 | "Rollin'" | Brave Girls | Brave Entertainment | 821,525,830 |
| 3 | "Dynamite" | BTS | Big Hit Entertainment | 739,835,798 |
| 4 | "Lilac" | IU | Kakao M | 701,774,685 |
| 5 | "Next Level" | Aespa | SM Entertainment | 694,838,658 |
| 6 | "Peaches" | Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon | Def Jam | 683,556,478 |
| 7 | "Butter" | BTS | Big Hit Music | 629,846,528 |
| 8 | "Traffic Light" | Lee Mu-jin | Show Play | 616,721,997 |
| 9 | "Shiny Star (2020)" | KyoungSeo | Dream Engine | 616,183,012 |
| 10 | "Foolish Love" | M.O.M | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation | 558,981,702 |
2022
| # | Song | Artist | Label | Aggregate points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Love Dive" | Ive | Starship Entertainment | 808,096,095 |
| 2 | "Tomboy" | (G)I-dle | Cube Entertainment | 756,188,453 |
| 3 | "Drunken Confession" | Kim Min-seok | Mint Paper, Label GHS | 681,836,572 |
| 4 | "Love, Maybe" | MeloMance | Abyss Company | 668,696,709 |
| 5 | "Love Always Runs Away" | Lim Young-woong | Mulgogi Music | 635,225,646 |
| 6 | "Eleven" | Ive | Starship Entertainment | 595,892,371 |
| 7 | "Still Life" | Big Bang | YG Entertainment | 569,666,809 |
| 8 | "That That" | Psy feat. Suga | P Nation | 536,264,813 |
| 9 | "If You Lovingly Call My Name" | GyeongseoYeji and Jeon Gunho | Monday Kids Company | 514,888,578 |
| 10 | "Beyond Love" | Big Naughty feat. 10cm | H1ghr Music | 495,877,807 |
2023
| # | Song | Artist | Label | Aggregate points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ditto" | NewJeans | ADOR | 786,834,175 |
| 2 | "Hype Boy" | NewJeans | ADOR | 719,171,601 |
| 3 | "I Am" | Ive | Starship Entertainment | 703,001,603 |
| 4 | "OMG" | NewJeans | ADOR | 651,893,306 |
| 5 | "Event Horizon" | Younha | C9 Entertainment | 610,299,016 |
| 6 | "Kitsch" | Ive | Starship Entertainment | 566,904,927 |
| 7 | "Queencard" | (G)I-dle | Cube Entertainment | 498,811,513 |
| 8 | "Let's Say Goodbye" | Parc Jae-jung | Stone Music Entertainment | 488,345,371 |
| 9 | "Attention" | NewJeans | ADOR | 485,926,697 |
| 10 | "After Like" | Ive | Starship Entertainment | 479,479,119 |
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- ^ 2010년 Digital Chart [2010 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ 2011년 Digital Chart [2011 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ 2012년 Digital Chart [2012 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ 2013년 Digital Chart [2013 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 1, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ 2014년 Digital Chart [2014 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ 2015년 Digital Chart [2015 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ 2016년 Digital Chart [2016 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ 2017년 Digital Chart [2017 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 12, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ 2018년 Digital Chart [2018 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ 2019년 Digital Chart [2019 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ 2020년 Digital Chart [2020 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ 2021년 Digital Chart [2021 Digital Chart] (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
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- ^ "2023 Digital Chart". Archived from the original on January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
External links
- Circle Chart homepage (in Korean)