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Circle Digital Chart
South Korean music chart

The Circle Digital Chart, previously known as the Gaon Digital Chart, is the music industry standard record chart ranking the 200 most popular singles in South Korea. It provides rankings on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis, which is based on an aggregate of streaming, downloads and background music from major South Korean music platforms, as well as video ringback tone sales from the V Coloring app. It is a part of the Circle Chart, previously known as the Gaon Chart.

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History

The Gaon Digital Chart was launched as a part of the Gaon Chart in February 2010, by the Korea Music Content Association and South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.3 It started with compiling data from six major South Korean music platforms: Melon, Dosirak, Mnet.com, Bugs, Cyworld, and Soribada.4

Spotify Korea was included from chart starting December 2021.5 Apple Music Korea was included from chart starting July 2022.6 In July 2022, Gaon Chart was rebranded as the Circle Chart.7 It currently compiles data from Apple Music, Spotify, Melon, Bugs, Vibe, Genie, Flo, Samsung Music, and V Coloring.8

In August 2023, the Korea Music Content Association announced that Circle Chart will no longer include muted music streams, which accounted for over 7% of weekly domestic streaming, in their chart data.9

Number-one singles

International chart

Best-performing singles

Achievements by songs

Achievements by artists

See also

  • Record production portal

References

  1. Park, Chun-ok (May 23, 2016). 응답하라 추억의 스타! 6권. Munpia. p. 39. ISBN 9791101644729. 응답하라 추억의 스타! 6권9791101644729 ↩

  2. Jang, Jeong-woo (August 18, 2023). "통신 3사, 'V 컬러링 차트' 신설…기념 이벤트 진행" [3 Telecommunications Companies Establish 'V Coloring Chart'… Commemorative Event Held]. Daily Hankook (in Korean). Retrieved March 9, 2024. https://www.hankooki.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=98340 ↩

  3. Han, Sang-hee (February 23, 2010). "Korea Launches First Official Music Charts Gaon". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2021. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/06/201_61266.html ↩

  4. Lee, Eun-jeong (February 3, 2010). 한국판 빌보드 '가온차트' 이달 출범 [Korean Billboard 'Gaon Chart' Launches This Month]. Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2021. 한국판 빌보드 '가온차트' 이달 출범 ↩

  5. '케이팝 차트' 가온차트, 스포티파이와 '맞손'. Newsis. December 8, 2021. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022 – via Naver. '케이팝 차트' 가온차트, 스포티파이와 '맞손' ↩

  6. "[ 2022년 7월 14일 공지사항 ]". Archived from the original on July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022. https://circlechart.kr/page_community/view.circle?type=notice&idx=163 ↩

  7. Park, Jun-hee (July 7, 2022). "Gaon Chart aims to become global K-pop chart with new name". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022. https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220707000828 ↩

  8. 차트제공업체 (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2024. 차트제공업체 ↩

  9. Cho, Yong-jun (August 22, 2023). "Circle Chart to stop adding muted streams to listen count". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved March 9, 2024. https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2023-08-22/entertainment/kpop/Circle-Chart-to-stop-adding-muted-streams-to-listen-count/1852160 ↩