ENTERTAINMENT
Ha Sung-woon Tops January's TENASIA Artist Top Ten K-Pop Boy Brand Rankings
The January voting for TENASIA's Artist Top Ten was conducted globally from January 8 to 21, covering categories such as K-Pop Boy Brand, K-Pop Girl Brand, and Hot Genre Brand.
Organized by TENASIA, the 'Artist Top Ten' is a monthly competition that selects the most buzzworthy domestic artists. Male and female K-Pop idols, as well as genre artists (indie, mixed groups, ballads, etc.), compete for the top spot in their respective categories.
In the voting results, singer Ha Sung-woon claimed the top spot in the K-Pop Boy Brand category. On January 5, he released his digital single 'Tell The World,' marking his first new song in a year and a half since his mini 8th album 'Blessed' in July last year. He is also set to make a full group comeback with Wanna One in the first half of the year. Wanna One was a project group formed through Mnet's survival program 'Produce 101 Season 2' in 2017 and ended activities in 2019, gaining popularity with hits like 'Energetic,' 'Boomerang,' 'Beautiful,' 'Spring Breeze,' and 'Light.'
Stray Kids secured the second position. According to their agency JYP Entertainment, Stray Kids' first full album title track 'God's Menu' surpassed 500 million streams on the global music streaming platform Spotify as of January 29. With their first full album repackage 'IN生,' Stray Kids became the first fourth-generation K-Pop boy group to exceed 1.5 billion streams on Spotify for a single album.
RIIZE took the third spot. Since July last year, RIIZE has been on their first world tour 'RIIZING LOUD,' covering 21 locations worldwide, including Seoul, Hyogo, Hong Kong, Saitama, Hiroshima, Kuala Lumpur, Fukuoka, Taipei, Tokyo, Bangkok, Rosemont, New York, Washington D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Jakarta, Manila, Singapore, and Macau. After their Macau performance on February 7-8, they will hold a special edition concert at the Tokyo Dome from February 21-23 and return to Korea for a finale performance at Seoul's KSPO Dome in March.
Following them were Lee Junho, Choi Lip Woo, ATEEZ, EXO, SEVENTEEN, Tomorrow X Together, and NCT DREAM.
The rankings of Ha Sung-woon, Stray Kids, RIIZE, Lee Junho, Choi Lip Woo, ATEEZ, EXO, SEVENTEEN, Tomorrow X Together, and NCT DREAM are determined 100% by voting scores conducted through the TENASIA application. After the monthly voting concludes, the artists with the highest combined fan voting scores are selected as the Artist Top 10. The voting page also offers a daily heart gift event for attendance check-ins.
Candidates for the K-Pop Boy Brand and K-Pop Girl Brand categories are selected from the top 20 teams on the Melon Chart and Idol Champ monthly chart for the month. Candidates for the Hot Genre Brand category are determined from the top 20 teams on the Melon Chart and Celeb Champ monthly chart.
Artists who make it to the 'Artist Top Ten' Top 10 receive benefits such as a special article linked to their final ranking, promotion on the TENASIA website, and inclusion in the next month's Artist Top Ten candidates (limited to the first-place artist).
Reporter: Min-kyung Lee, TENASIA, 2min_ror@tenasia.co.kr
