The Circle Digital Chart, previously known as the Gaon Digital Chart, is the

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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. It is a part of the

Circle Chart The Circle Chart (), previously known as the Gaon Music Chart or the Gaon Chart (), tabulates the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in South Korea. It is produced by the Korea Music Content Association and sponsored by South Korea's ...

, previously known as the Gaon Chart.

History

The Gaon Digital Chart was launched as a part of the Gaon Chart in February 2010, by Korea Music Content Association and South Korea's

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. It started with compiling data from six major South Korean music platforms

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, Dosirak, Mnet.com,

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, and Soribada. Spotify Korea was included from chart starting December 2021. It currently compiles data from Melon (

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, Naver VIBE, Bugs, Samsung Music, and Spotify Korea. Apple Music Korea was included from chart starting July 2022. In July 2022, Gaon Chart was rebranded as the Circle Chart.

Lists of number ones

;International chart

Songs with most weeks at number one

11 weeks

* BTS – " Dynamite" (2020)

7 weeks

* Zico – " Any Song" (2020) * Mirani, Munchman, Khundi Panda, Mushvenom feat.

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– " VVS" (2020)

6 weeks

* iKon – " Love Scenario" (2018) * IU – "

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– " Stay" (2021) * Younha – "Event Horizon" (2022)

5 weeks

* IU – " Good Day" (2010) * Psy – " Gangnam Style" (2012) *

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– "Beach Again" (2020) * Brave Girls – "

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" (2021) * BTS – "

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" (2021) * M.O.M – "Foolish Love" (2021) * Kim Min-seok – "Drunken Confession" (2022) *

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– "At That Moment" (2022)

4 weeks

* Miss A – " Bad Girl Good Girl" (2010) * Twice – " TT" (2016) * Exo – " Ko Ko Bop" (2017) * Loco and

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– "Don't Give It to Me" (2018) * Ben – "180 Degrees" (2018) * Paul Kim – "So Long" (2019) * AKMU – "How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love" (2019) * IU – "

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" (2019) * IU feat.

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" (2020) * Taeyeon – "

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" (2022) * Psy feat. Suga – " That That" (2022) * Ive – " Love Dive" (2022) * Ive – " After Like" (2022) * Zico feat. Homies – "New Thing" (2022)

Artist with most number one songs

Artist with most weeks at number one

Artist with most months at number one

Year-end chart

References

External links

Circle Chart homepage
{{K-pop 2010 establishments in South Korea South Korean record charts