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Ha Sung-woon Tops December's TENASIA Artist Top Ten K-Pop Boy Brand Rankings
In December, TENASIA conducted a global vote through its voting service, dividing categories into K-Pop Boy Brand, K-Pop Girl Brand, and Hot Genre Brand.
Ha Sung-woon claimed the top spot in the K-Pop Boy Brand category. On the 29th, his agency BIGPLANETMADE Entertainment announced the release of his digital single 'Tell The World' along with a teaser image. The digital single 'Tell The World' is set to be released on January 5th at 6 PM, marking his first new song in a year and six months since his mini 8th album 'Blessed' released in July last year.
Stray Kids secured the second position. According to Billboard's official website on the 30th, Stray Kids' SKZ IT TAPE 'DO IT', released in November, ranked 29th on the Billboard 200 main album chart for January 3, 2026, maintaining a presence on the chart for five consecutive weeks. In 2025, Stray Kids embarked on their largest world tour 'dominATE', performing at major stadiums worldwide, covering a distance equivalent to circling the Earth seven times.
SEVENTEEN took the third spot. They embarked on the 'SEVENTEEN WORLD TOUR [NEW_] IN JAPAN' last month. As part of this tour, which kicked off at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium in September, they performed in Hong Kong's Kai Tak Stadium and five cities in North America. After completing their Japan dome tour, they will visit large stadiums in Singapore, Bangkok, and the Philippines in March next year.
Following them were &TEAM, BTS, Kang Daniel, Tomorrow X Together, ATEEZ, AHOF, and NEXZ.
The rankings for Ha Sung-woon, Stray Kids, SEVENTEEN, &TEAM, BTS, Kang Daniel, Tomorrow X Together, ATEEZ, AHOF, and NEXZ were determined entirely by global popularity votes through the TENASIA voting service.
The criteria for nominees in the K-Pop Boy Brand and K-Pop Girl Brand categories include male and female idol groups and solo artists within the top 20 on the Melon chart and idolchamp chart for the month. The Hot Genre Brand category includes domestic groups and solo artists with a history of entering the Melon and celebchamp monthly chart, also within the top 20 for the month.
Each month, the winners of the TENASIA Artist Top Ten receive benefits such as a special feature article and promotion as the Artist Top Ten on TENASIA's main page.
Reported by Min-kyung Lee, TENASIA 2min_ror@tenasia.co.kr
