October Singer Brand Reputation Rankings Announced
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Quick summary- 1The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for singers!The rankings were determined through an analysis of sing…
The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for singers!
The rankings were determined through an analysis of singers’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from September 24 to October 24.
RESCENE
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held onto their spot at the top of the list this month with a brand reputation index of 9,540,370 for October.
BTS
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rose to second place with a brand reputation index of 6,708,845, marking a 24.53 percent increase in their score since September.
Lim Young Woong took third place with a brand reputation index of 5,924,130, while ATEEZ
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came in fourth with a score of 3,912,689.
Finally, IVE
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climbed to fifth place after seeing a 112.4 percent rise in their brand reputation index, bringing their total score to 3,530,296.
Check out the top 30 for this month below!
Lim Young Woong
ILLIT
Park Ji Hyeon
Seongri
Jang Han
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Byul
Kim Yong Bin
Jang Yoon Jung
BTOB’s Changsub
Lee Chan Won
i-dle
Sung Si Kyung
KiiiKiii
PSY
Epik High
Young Tak
WOODZ
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(Cho Seung Youn)
Park Seo Jin
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