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Weekly Idol
Here are the top 10 weekly idols on the K-pop channel NEW K.ID for the fourth week of April.
STAYC ranked first on NEW K.ID’s Weekly Idol Chart, with BLACKPINK and ENHYPEN following the top 3. The rest of the idols in the top 10 are TREASURE, Super Junior, Rocket Punch, Stray Kids, TAEMIN, LOONA, and VERI VERY, respectively.
Group STAYC has made it to the #1 spot this week on NEW K.ID’s Weekly Idol Chart. Since the release of their single “ASAP,” the group has been rising up the charts. The music video has exceeded 20 million views nine days since its release. The playful and summer-ready song has reached the #70 spot on Billboard K-POP Top 100 weekly chart. This is the second time the rookies have reached the Billboard chart after their song “SO BAD,” which was released last November and reached 90th place on Billboard.
Coming in at #2 is BLACKPINK. The global sensation has reached another feat with their “As If It’s Your Last” music video, surpassing 1 billion views on YouTube in about three years and ten months after the video’s first release. This is the fourth time BLACKPINK has hit the one billion mark on YouTube, making them the top K-POP group with the most viewed music videos. At the time of its release, BLACKPINK’s “As If It’s Your Last” made it to the chart “Top 25 Songs of the Summer” on Billboard.
At #3 is EN-HYPHEN. This boy band’s second album, BORDER: CARNIVAL, has topped iTunes’s top album charts in 26 countries, including Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Russia, India, and the Philippines. This is a new record for the group. Their title track from the album “Drunk-Dazed” also topped the iTunes top charts across 14 countries including, Columbia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Weekly Hot News
YG Entertainment’s TREASURE comes in at #4. In celebration of Earth Day, the group posted a video on their YouTube channel to encourage fans to protect the environment from climate change with a video post on their YouTube channel. The agency and its artists have all implemented various practices to protect the environment.
Super Junior takes the #5 spot, returning to NEW K.ID’s weekly chart. The group’s Yesung has signaled his solo comeback with his fourth solo album. He will release his mini-album on May 3rd, followed by the pre-released music video for its fourth mini-album, “Phantom Pain,” which came out on April 23rd.
Next up at #6 is ROCKET PUNCH, followed by a tie at #7- Stray Kids and TAEMIN.
Stray Kids continue their quest on Mnet’s Kingdom: Legendary War, staying at the top spot in the global fan participation category. The boy group was No. 1 in both video views and international evaluations after the announcement of the first contest of “Kingdom,” which aired on the 22nd.
In recent news, TAEMIN is enlisting in the army on May 31. He will fulfill his military duties and has chosen not disclosed the location and time of enlistment. SHINee’s TAEMIN will hold a solo concert on May 2 through the world’s first online paid concert, ‘Beyond LIVE,’ which will be broadcast live worldwide on Naver V LIVE’s Beyond LIVE channel.
And at the #9 spot, this week is LOONA. Finally, taking the last spot on the NEW K.ID Weekly Idol Chart this week at #10 is VERI VERY.
NEW K.ID, the only TV channel that allows viewers to enjoy K-POP Idol-related content programming 24/7 and interact with your favorite artists with various giveaways, is available for free to stream on ROKU, LG Smart TVs and XUMO apps (#511), Samsung TV Plus (#1434), and VIZIO Free Channels (#942) on all connected devices.
