Its a tight race for June's brand reputation rankings for boy groups but BTS managed to keep their top place position for the 25th consecutive month.
According to a report by Soompi, the brand reputation rankings conducted by the Korean Business Research Institute determines the position of male idol groups based on an analysis of big data including consumer participation, media coverage, interaction and community indexes. The June results were based on data collected from May 12 to June 12.
Based on the report, BTS had a brand reputation index of 8,562,921 for this month with a positivity-negativity rate of 69.06 positive reactions. They ranked high for the phrases Billboard, YouTube, and 7th anniversary. They also did well for related terms like congratulate, apologize and donate.
SM Entertainment's NCT surged to second place with a 2,674,099. This marked a significant increase of 17.38 percent from their score in May.
EXO rounded up the third spot of 2,611,909 as members lied low from group promotions and concentrated on individual projects like Baekhyun's solo comeback Delight.
Other groups who made it to the top 10 were ONF, SEVENTEEN, TXT, BTOB, WINNER, MONSTA X, and NU'EST. Super Junior landed in the 11th spot, followed by ASTRO, The Boyz, VIXX, SHINee, BIGBANG, AB6IX, INFINITE, PENTAGON, and VERIVERY.
It comes as no surprise that the top groups in the brand reputation rankings are the same ones that are dominating the Billboards World Albums Chart.
Based on a recent report by Soompi, for the week of June 20, BTS topped the World Albums Chart with their February release Map of the Soul: 7. The second spot is also occupied with a BTS entry for Love Yourself: Answer which saw a resurgence in the ranks after spending 94 weeks on the chart.
Albums from BTS' different eras also made it to the list. Their Map on the Soul: Persona celebrated its 61st week in the chart at 6th place. BTS' You Never Walk Alone which spent an even longer time on the World Albums Chart at 71 weeks also landed in the 11th spot this week. BTS' Love Yourself: Tear is also at No. 14 on its 97th week.
Individual albums from BTS members such as Suga, who recently released his D-2 mixtape under his monicker Agust D, also performed well on the chart as it landed in the fifth spot.
NCT 127's Neo Zone took third place in its 14th week on the chart while TWICE's June comeback More & More did well in fourth place.
WayV's comeback Awaken the World, may have faced some controversy because of styling but it debuted at No. 9 on the World Albums Chart. SuperM's SuperM: The 1st Mini Album entered the Top 10 in its 34th week on the chart while BLACKPINK's Kill This Love landed at No 12 on its 32nd week on the chart.
