Korean Charts
The Korean charts ranks the most popular songs in South Korea. They play an essential role in for music show awards. Digitals have the biggest percentage contribution in music shows.
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Counted on: Show Champion, Music Bank and Inkigayo via streams and downloads. Mcountdown via Circle Global chart. Music Core and The Show is via Circle Album Digital Chart. Also towards Billboard Global 200
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Melon is one of the largest music streaming platforms in South Korea. It has a real-time chart that reflects the popularity of songs based on the number of streams, downloads, and user recommendations. Melon's weekly chart is based on the accumulated points of the daily chart throughout the week.
Counted on: Show Champion, Music Bank and Inkigayo via streams and downloads. Mcountdown via Circle Global chart. Music Core and The Show is via Circle Album Digital Chart.
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It provides a real-time chart and a daily chart that are based on the number of streams and downloads. Genie's weekly chart is based on the accumulated points of the daily chart throughout the week.
Counted on: Show Champion, Music Bank and Inkigayo via streams and downloads. Mcountdown via Circle Global chart. Music Core and The Show is via Circle Album Digital Chart. Also towards Billboard 200.
It provides a real-time chart that is based on the number of streams and downloads. Flo's weekly chart is based on the accumulated points of the daily chart throughout the week.
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Counted on: Show Champion, Music Bank via streams and downloads. Mcountdown via Circle Global chart. Music Core and The Show is via Circle Album Digital Chart.
It provides a real-time chart that is based on the number of streams and downloads. Bugs weekly chart is based on the accumulated points of the daily chart throughout the week.
Counted on: Music Bank, The Show and Music Core, via Circle Digital Chart and Mcountdown via Global K-pop Chart.
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It relies on artificial intelligence (AI) to curate music and recommend songs based on what users listen to based on the sound of the music rather than what's popular on charts. Vibe's weekly chart is based on the accumulated points of the daily chart throughout the week.
Counted on: Mcountdown via Global K-pop Chart.
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It ranks songs based on the number of views on YouTube and combines them with data from other music streaming services to create a comprehensive chart.
The Circle Chart, is a ranking system released every week that is used to measure the popularity and sales performance of albums and songs in South Korea. It includes physical and digital sales as well as streaming.
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It is operated by the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) and is considered one of the most recognized charts in the Korean music industry.
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The Circle Chart consists of 10 charts: Global K-pop, Digital, Download, Streaming, BGM, Album, Retail Store Album, Social 2.0, Mobile and Karaoke Chart.
Hanteo Chart is a chart that tracks the sales of physical albums in real-time in South Korea. It offers a real-time update on how well an album is selling domestically.
iChart is a real-time music chart that combines digital music charts in SKorea to provide an overall ranking of the most popular songs. It includes several music platforms, including Melon, Genie, FLO, Bugs, VIBE and Youtube Music.
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iChart also provides a ranking system called "Certified All Kill" (CAK) and "Perfect All Kill" (PAK).
CAK: number one on all major daily and real-time charts simultaneously
PAK: number one on all major daily and real-time charts plus the weekly chart of iChart