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The Circle Digital Chart, previously known as the Gaon Digital Chart, is the music industry standard record chart 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.[1] It is a part of the Circle Chart, 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 Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.[2] It started with compiling data from six major South Korean music platforms Melon, Dosirak, Mnet.com, Bugs, Cyworld, and Soribada.[3]

Spotify Korea was included from chart starting December 2021.[4] It currently compiles data from Melon (KakaoMusic), Genie, Flo, Naver VIBE, Bugs, Samsung Music, and Spotify Korea.[5] Apple Music Korea was included from chart starting July 2022.[6]

In July 2022, Gaon Chart was rebranded as the Circle Chart.[7]

Lists of number ones

International chart

Songs with most weeks at number one

13 weeks

11 weeks

8 weeks

7 weeks

6 weeks

5 weeks

4 weeks

Artist milestones

Most number-one singles

Number of singles Artist
31
 IU
11
 Big Bang
9 2NE1
Sistar
Twice
8 AKMU
BTS
Davichi
Girls' Generation
Huh Gak
Taeyeon
Zion.T
7
 Park Hyo-shin

Most weeks at number one

Weeks at number one Artist
64
 IU
24
 BTS
23
 NewJeans
22
 Big Bang
20
 Ive

Most number-ones in a calendar year

Number of singles Artist Year charted
5 Zion.T 2015
IU 2017
4 2011, 2021
Big Bang 2015
Twice 2017
3 Girls' Generation 2010
2NE1 2011
IU 2015
Twice 2018
Be'O 2021
Ive 2023

Most months at number one

Months at number one Artist
15
 IU
9
 Big Bang
6
 NewJeans
5 Psy
Ive
4 2NE1
AKMU
BTS
Davichi
Zico
Taeyeon

Year-end chart

2010
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[8]
# Song Artist Label
1 "Bad Girl Good Girl" Miss A JYP Entertainment
2 "Nagging" IU & Seulong LOEN Entertainment
3 "Sick Enough to Die" MC Mong IS Entermedia Group
4 "Go Away" 2NE1 YG Entertainment
5 "Oh!" Girls' Generation SM Entertainment
6 "2 Different Tears" Wonder Girls JYP Entertainment
7 "Still Eating Well" Homme Big Hit Entertainment & LOEN Entertainment
8 "Then Then Then" Supreme Team Amoeba Culture
9 "Confession" Hot Potato Daeum Entertainment
10 "Hoot" Girls' Generation SM Entertainment
2011
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[9]
# Song Artist Label
1 "Roly Poly" T-ara Core Contents Media
2 "Having An Affair" Park Myung-soo & G-Dragon feat. Park Bom MBC
3 "Please" Kim Bum-soo MBC
4 "Lonely" 2NE1 YG Entertainment
5 "Don't Cry" Park Bom YG Entertainment
6 "Pinocchio (Danger)" f(x) SM Entertainment
7 "I Am the Best" 2NE1 YG Entertainment
8 "Tonight" Big Bang YG Entertainment
9 "On Rainy Days" Beast Cube Entertainment
10 "A Story Only I Didn't Know" IU LOEN Entertainment
2012
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[10]
# Song Artist Label
1 "Gangnam Style" Psy YG Entertainment
2 "Cherry Blossom Ending" Busker Busker CJ E&M Music
3 "Alone" Sistar Starship Entertainment
4 "Loving U" Sistar Starship Entertainment
5 "Fantastic Baby" Big Bang YG Entertainment
6 "I Love You" 2NE1 YG Entertainment
7 "Lovey-Dovey" T-ara Core Contents Media
8 "All For You" Jung Eun-ji & Seo In-guk Jellyfish Entertainment & A Cube Entertainment
9 "Heaven" Ailee YMC Entertainment
10 "Blue" BigBang YG Entertainment
2013
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[11]
# Song Artist Label
1 "Gentleman" Psy YG Entertainment
2 "Shower of Tears" Baechigi feat. Ailee YMC Entertainment
3 "Gone Not Around Any Longer" Sistar19 Starship Entertainment
4 "Bom Bom Bom" Roy Kim CJ E&M
5 "Tears" Leessang feat. Yoojin Jungle Entertainment
6 "What's Your Name?" 4Minute Cube Entertainment
7 "Monodrama" Huh Gak feat. Yoo Seung-woo Cube Entertainment
8 "Turtle" Davichi Core Contents Media
9 "Give It to Me" Sistar Starship Entertainment
10 "Be Warmed" Davichi Core Contents Media
2014
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[12]
# Song Artist Label
1 "Some" Soyou, Junggigo feat. Lil Boi Starship Entertainment
2 "Eyes, Nose, Lips" Taeyang YG Entertainment
3 "Wild Flower" Park Hyo-shin Jellyfish Entertainment
4 "A Midsummer Night's Sweetness" San E & Raina Pledis Entertainment
5 "The Meaning of You" IU feat. Kim Chang-wan LOEN Entertainment
6 "Your Scent" Gary feat. Jung-in Jungle Entertainment
7 "Not Spring, Love or Cherry Blossoms" High4 feat. IU LOEN Entertainment
8 "Mr. Chu (On Stage)" Apink A Cube Entertainment
9 "200%" AKMU YG Entertainment
10 "Friday" IU feat. Yijeong LOEN Entertainment
2015
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[13]
# Song Artist Label
1 "Bang Bang Bang" Big Bang YG Entertainment
2 "Loser" BigBang YG Entertainment
3 "Living in the Same Time" Naul CJ E&M Music
4 "Bae Bae" BigBang YG Entertainment
5 "Eat" Zion.T Amoeba Culture
6 "Shouldn't Have" Baek A-yeon feat. Young K JYP Entertainment
7 "Call Me Baby" Exo SM Entertainment
8 "Wi Ing Wi Ing" Hyukoh Cashmier Record
9 "Sugar" Maroon 5 Interscope
10 "Leon" Park Myung-soo feat. IU MBC Entertainment
2016
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[14]
# Song Artist Label
1 "Cheer Up" Twice JYP Entertainment
2 "Anywhere" MC the Max 325 E&C
3 "Rough" GFriend Source Music
4 "This Love" Davichi Music&NEW
5 "I Don't Love You" Urban Zakapa MakeUs Entertainment
6 "You Are My Everything" Gummy Music&NEW
7 "I Am You, You Are Me" Zico Seven Seasons
8 "Making a New Ending for This Story" Han Dong-geun Pledis Entertainment
9 "The Love I Committed" Im Chang-jung NH Media
10 "Always" Yoon Mi-rae Music&NEW
2017
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[15]
# Song Artist Label
1 "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" Ailee YMC Entertainment
2 "Through the Night" IU LOEN Entertainment
3 "Like It" Yoon Jong-shin CJ E&M Music
4 "Shape of You" Ed Sheeran Warner Records
5 "You, Clouds, Rain" Heize feat. Shin Yong-jae CJ E&M
6 "Tell Me You Love Me" Bolbbalgan4 Shofar Music
7 "Palette" IU feat. G-Dragon LOEN Entertainment
8 "Knock Knock" Twice JYP Entertainment
9 "Last Goodbye" AKMU YG Entertainment
10 "Really Really" Winner YG Entertainment
2018
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[16]
# Song Artist Label Aggregate points
1 "Love Scenario" iKon YG Entertainment 1,232,928,610
2 "Good Old Days" Jang Deok Cheol Limez Entertainment 1,140,111,375
3 "Every Day, Every Moment" Paul Kim SM Entertainment 1,006,784,017
4 "Bboom Bboom" Momoland MLD Entertainment 968,978,861
5 "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Blackpink YG Entertainment 940,214,913
6 "Pass By" Nilo PurplePine Entertainment 939,050,840
7 "Gift" MeloMance Heaven Company 915,842,576
8 "Way Back Home" Shaun DCTOM Entertainment 877,004,722
9 "Only Then" Roy Kim MMO Entertainment 870,444,304
10 "Travel" Bolbbalgan4 Shofar Music 861,213,547
2019
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[17]
# Song Artist Label Aggregate points
1 "2002" Anne-Marie Warner Records 1,053,371,198
2 "If There Was Practice in Love" Lim Jae-hyun Kakao M 942,146,327
3 "Every Day, Every Moment" Paul Kim SM Entertainment 934,028,405
4 "The Day Was Beautiful" Kassy Nextar Entertainment 915,887,603
5 "Boy with Luv" BTS feat. Halsey Big Hit Entertainment 899,390,340
6 "After You've Gone" MC the Max 325 Entertainment 893,285,031
7 "Me After You" Paul Kim MMO Entertainment 880,765,876
8 "Gotta Go" Chungha MNH Entertainment 857,703,141
9 "Four Seasons" Taeyeon SM Entertainment 842,426,105
10 "For Lovers Who Hesitate" Jannabi Peponi Music 829,369,708
2020
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[18]
# Song Artist Label Aggregate points
1 "Any Song" Zico KOZ Entertainment 991,888,968
2 "Meteor" Changmo Ambition Musik 922,076,675
3 "Aloha" Jo Jung-suk JAM Entertainment 869,270,427
4 "Your Shampoo Scent in the Flowers" Jang Beom-june Stone Music Entertainment 856,383,986
5 "Blueming" IU Kakao M 837,811,441
6 "Eight" IU feat. Suga Kakao M 822,502,029
7 "Late Night" Noel C-JeS Entertainment 733,352,695
8 "How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love" AKMU YG Entertainment 694,653,300
9 "Psycho" Red Velvet SM Entertainment 693,910,356
10 "Start Over" Gaho Blending Entertainment 693,685,839
2021
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[19]
# Song Artist Label Aggregate points
1 "Celebrity" IU Kakao M 888,135,191
2 "Rollin'" Brave Girls Brave Entertainment 821,525,830
3 "Dynamite" BTS Big Hit Entertainment 739,835,798
4 "Lilac" IU Kakao M 701,774,685
5 "Next Level" Aespa SM Entertainment 694,838,658
6 "Peaches" Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon Def Jam 683,556,478
7 "Butter" BTS Big Hit Music 629,846,528
8 "Traffic Light" Lee Mu-jin Show Play 616,721,997
9 "Shiny Star (2020)" KyoungSeo Dream Engine 616,183,012
10 "Foolish Love" M.O.M Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation 558,981,702
2022
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[20]
# Song Artist Label Aggregate points
1 "Love Dive" Ive Starship Entertainment 808,096,095
2 "Tomboy" (G)I-dle Cube Entertainment 756,188,453
3 "Drunken Confession" Kim Min-seok Mint Paper, Label GHS 681,836,572
4 "Love, Maybe" MeloMance Abyss Company 668,696,709
5 "Love Always Runs Away" Lim Young-woong Mulgogi Music 635,225,646
6 "Eleven" Ive Starship Entertainment 595,892,371
7 "Still Life" Big Bang YG Entertainment 569,666,809
8 "That That" Psy feat. Suga P Nation 536,264,813
9 "If You Lovingly Call My Name" GyeongseoYeji and Jeon Gunho Monday Kids Company 514,888,578
10 "Beyond Love" Big Naughty feat. 10cm H1ghr Music 495,877,807
2023
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs[21]
# Song Artist Label Aggregate points
1 "Ditto" NewJeans ADOR 786,834,175
2 "Hype Boy" NewJeans ADOR 719,171,601
3 "I Am" Ive Starship Entertainment 703,001,603
4 "OMG" NewJeans ADOR 651,893,306
5 "Event Horizon" Younha C9 Entertainment 610,299,016
6 "Kitsch" Ive Starship Entertainment 566,904,927
7 "Queencard" (G)I-dle Cube Entertainment 498,811,513
8 "Let's Say Goodbye" Parc Jae-jung Stone Music Entertainment 488,345,371
9 "Attention" NewJeans ADOR 485,926,697
10 "After Like" Ive Starship Entertainment 479,479,119

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