K-Pop
IVE continues to cement their name as one of the most sought-after girl groups today!
The Korean Business Research Institute has recently crowned IVE as the No.1 female idol group in the brand reputation rankings this May!
The rankings are based on various factors including consumer participation, media, communication, and community indices analyzed by the organization. Particularly, it extracted a huge amount of data among numerous girl groups from April 8 to May 8.
#1 IVE
Climbing up to take the glorious top spot is Starship Entertainment’s prized rookie girl group, IVE. They obtained a brand reputation index of 3,896,773. The group marked an impressive 71.91 percent increase in their score since last month.
Some of the high-ranking phrases in the IVE’s keyword analysis include their latest title track “LOVE DIVE,” “Billboard,” and “YouTube.” Meanwhile, words such as “charming,” “bold,” and “flawless” are present as their high-ranking related terms.
Other leading girls groups in the Top 5
Previously leading the list in April, (G)I-DLE settled for the second spot this May with a brand reputation index of 3,566,325. BLACKPINK followed in third place with a score of 3,185,684. Completing the top five are WJSN and Red Velvet who placed fourth and fifth, respectively.
Check out the other girl groups who entered this month’s Top 30:
#6 TWICE
#7 OH MY GIRL
#8 aespa
#9 Apink
#10 LE SSERAFIM
#11 MAMAMOO
#12 Girls’ Generation
#13 LOONA
#14 Brave Girls
#15 Kep1er
#16 NMIXX
#17 APRIL
#18 fromis_9
#19 Girl’s Day
#20 Weeekly
#21 Dreamcatcher
#22 STAYC
#23 MOMOLAND
#24 ITZY
#25 Ladies’ Code
#26 LABOUM
#27 EXID
#28 f(x)
#29 cignature
#30 CLC
Source: Celuv Media
Photo Credits: Starship Entertainment
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