YG’s Newcomer BABYMONSTER Tops K-pop Radar Fandom Chart
[아시아투데이=김영진 기자] YG Entertainment’s rookie group BABYMONSTER has clinched the top spot on the weekly fandom chart of the K-pop dedicated chart program, ‘K-pop Radar’.
According to the weekly fandom chart released by K-pop Radar on April 12, BABYMONSTER’s debut song ‘SHEESH’ music video recorded 49.87 million views for the second week of April (April 4 to April 10), securing first place. Despite being just in the second week of release, the video nearly reached 50 million views in one week, proving its popularity. Additionally, their Spotify followers increased by 90,000, far exceeding the K-pop average of 2,100 new followers.
K-pop Radar also reported significant social media growth for BABYMONSTER during the same week. Their Instagram followers increased by 188,000, and their Twitter followers by 12,000. In comparison, the average K-pop artist gained about 9,600 new Instagram followers and 275 new Twitter followers during the same period, highlighting BABYMONSTER’s exceptional popularity.
Other groups also made notable movements on this week’s fandom chart. Group KISS OF LIFE’s ‘Midas Touch’ rose to third place, EPEX’s ‘Youth2Youth’ reached sixth place, and group ONF entered the chart at ninth place with ‘Bye My Monster’.
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