The battle between BTS’ Jin and ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo continues as both engage in a cutthroat competition for September’s Boy Band Member Rankings. While the duo keeps alternating the chart, Jin returns as the leader after clinching the top spot in July. Meanwhile, ASTRO star Cha Eun Woo, who dominated the chart last month comes in strong at No. 2. With the crown adorning Jin’s head, Cha Eun Woo comes in second, and Wanna One’s Kang Daniel follows them at No. 3.
The Korean Business Research Institute announced this month’s rankings, celebrating the K-pop industry’s frontrunner boy group members. The rankings are decided following an analysis of consumer participation, media coverage, communication, and community awareness of 730 boy group members. The analysis was based on the data collected from August 21 to September 21 using big data.
For September, the eldest member of the septet, Jin took the top spot. He boasts a brand reputation index of 2,949,770. Jin’s keyword analysis highlighted popular phrases like Run Jin, Super Tuna, and variety show genius. Meanwhile, the related terms that gained popularity were- solid, heart-warming, and handsome. Moreover, his positivity-negativity analysis showed an impressive 93.03 percent positive response. Additionally, recently Jin made his Milan Fashion Week debut for Gucci. Sitting in the front row, the BTS boy was seen sharing the space with Hollywood stars Dakota Johnson and Kingsley Ben-Adir.
ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo followed his chart rival Jin at the second spot, flaunting a brand reputation index of 2,629,693. The singer-actor recently collaborated with Peder Elias for the track ‘Hey Hello’, released on August 30. Coming in strong at No. 3 is Wanna One’s Kang Daniel with a brand reputation index of 1,594,520. Meanwhile, Jin’s bandmate Jimin clinched the fourth spot with a brand reputation index of 1,465,040. Lastly, making it to the top 5 is SHINee’s Minho with a brand reputation index of 1,444,621.
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The top 30 K-pop boy band members for September are:
- BTS’ Jin
- ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo
- Wanna One’s Kang Daniel
- BTS’ Jimin
- SHINee’s Minho
- BTS’ Jungkook
- SHINee’s Onew
- Super Junior’s Kim Heechul
- RIIZE’s Wonbin
- SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu
- Super Junior’s Kyuhyun
- SEVENTEEN’s Jeonghan
- BTS’ V
- EXO’s Baekhyun
- ASTRO’s Sanha
- Super Junior’s Choi Siwon
- Wanna One’s Ong Seong Wu
- WINNER’s Song Mino
- BTS’ J-Hope
- BTS’ RM
- SHINee’s Key
- ENHYPEN’s Sunghoon
- Wanna One’s Bae Jin Young
- HIGHLIGHT’s Yoon Doojoon
- Wanna One’s Kim Jae Hwan
- RIIZE’s Sungchan
- WINNER’s Lee Seung Hoon
- RIIZE’s Sohee
- NU’EST and Wanna One’s Hwang Minhyun
- Block B’s P.O