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TWICE beats BLACKPINK, Red Velvet in February girl group brand reputation rankings

| Feb 11, 2017 01:43 AM EST

Members of the girl group, TWICE, in a still from the MV of their hit track, "TT."

February's brand reputation rankings for girl groups have been released and TWICE is dominating the list with BLACKPINK and Red Velvet taking the second and third place respectively. The rankings are based on statistics obtained by the Korea Business Research Institute.

The research institute released the brand reputation rankings for this month on Feb. 11, Saturday. The rankings were derived from 55,057,106 pieces of data collected between Jan. 9 and Feb. 10.

The collated information was then used to find indexes in relation to participation, media, communication and community among other aspects. TWICE topped the list after registering a brand reputation score of 7,241,802, beating BLACKPINK, who received a score of 6,297,125, according to Soompi. The S.M. Entertainment girl group Red Velvet ranked third on the list with a brand reputation score of 5,210,310.

The full brand reputation rankings for February 2017 are as follows:

1. TWICE

2. BLACKPINK

3. Red Velvet

4. AOA

5. Cosmic Girls

6. Apink

7. I.O.I

8. Lovelyz

9. Girls' Generation

10. MAMAMOO

11. Girl's Day

12. APRIL

13. GFRIEND

14. Hello Venus

15. EXID

16. gugudan

17. CLC

18. Oh My Girl

19. FIESTAR

20. LABOUM

Meanwhile, TWICE is gearing up for the release of their new comeback album, which is expected to drop on Feb. 20, according to Korea Times. The popular K-Pop girl group's last album, "TWICEcoaster: Lane 1," was a blockbuster success with tracks like "TT," which has already racked up more than 130 million views on the group's official YouTube account.

TWICE's upcoming album will include new music from the group. However, there are reports claiming that the album will not count as a fourth mini-album or a full studio album but instead as a follow-up to "TWICEcoaster: Lane 1."

The group is all set to kick off their first "TWICELAND" tour with concerts lined up from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19 in Seoul. Check out the MV of TWICE's hit song, "TT," below:

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