Singer Brand Reputation Rankings For May Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed this month’s brand reputation rankings for singers!

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The rankings were determined through an analysis of singers’ media coverage, consumer participation, interaction, and community awareness indexes, using big data collected from April 21 to May 21.

Lim Young Woong topped this month’s list with a brand reputation index of 11,925,044, marking a 46.12 percent increase in his score since April.

BTS came in at a close second with a brand reputation index of 11,418,407, marking a 4.79 percent rise in their score since last month.

Meanwhile, PSY entered the rankings at third place with a brand reputation index of 10,749,221.

IU rose to fourth place after seeing a 40.89 percent increase in her brand reputation index since April, bringing her total score for May to 5,509,352.

Finally, BLACKPINK rounded out the top five with a brand reputation index of 4,373,330, marking a 97.89 percent increase in their score since April.

Check out the top 30 for this month below!

1. Lim Young Woong
2. BTS
3. PSY
4. IU
5. BLACKPINK
6. Lee Chan Won
7. IVE
8. Red Velvet
9. SEVENTEEN
10. Oh My Girl
11. Kang Daniel
12. Jeong Dong Won
13. BIGBANG
14. Song Ga In
15. aespa
16. Young Tak
17. Jang Min Ho
18. Lee Seung Gi
19. Im Chang Jung
20. TWICE
21. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon
22. Jessi
23. Lee Seung Yoon
24. Kim Hee Jae
25. Red Velvet’s Joy
26. Jannabi
27. EXO
28. Brave Girls
29. Sung Si Kyung
30. Lee Solomon

Source: Soompi