BTS retained its top spot on the brand reputation list for the month of February. The seven-member Kpop group posted higher scores as compared to the previous month and even bested EXO and Big Bang.
The latest brand reputation ranking among South Korean singers that was recently released showed BTS at the top of the list. For the period of Jan. 23 until Feb. 24, the Kpop group scored 18,711,518 points, according to data from the Korean Business Research Institute, as cited by All Kpop.
The septet's brand reputation score is even higher than the Kpop group's January levels. BTS' latest scores posted an increase of 17.38 percent as compared to the previous month.
At second place is the girl group TWICE who scored 15,307,269, while Red Velvet received 12,186,350 points at third place. Completing the top five Kpop acts with high brand reputation levels are EXO and BLACKPINK at fourth and fifth places, respectively.
Meanwhile, the bottom half of the said brand reputation index's top 10 list includes SEVENTEEN, Big Bang and Bolbbbalgan4. MAMAMOO nabbed the ninth spot with Block B at tenth place.
In other news, BTS launched their new album titled "You Never Walk Alone" that contained extended versions of several "Wings" tracks, as well as four new songs. Recently, it even charted on the Billboard 200 albums list.
"You Never Walk Alone" nabbed the 61st spot on the said albums chart for the March 4 week period. Given the Kpop band's recent achievement, BTS became the first Korean act to have the highest number of entries on the said list, according to Billboard.
Apart from the septet's latest album, three of the boy band's previous albums ranked on the Billboard 200. "Wings" and "The Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever" peaked at numbers 26 and 107, respectively, while "The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Part 2" reached number 171.
BTS released "You Never Walk Alone" on Feb. 12, Sunday. Watch the music clip for the Kpop group's new song "Spring Day" below: