Circle Chart

The Circle Chart (), previously known as the Gaon Music Chart or the Gaon Chart (), tabulates the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in South Korea. Founded in 2010, it is produced by the Korea Music Content Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

History

Gaon Chart was launched in February 2010 by the Korea Music Content Association, under the sponsorship of the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with the aim to create a domestic national chart similar to the Billboard charts of the United States and the Oricon charts of Japan. The word gaon, which means 'middle' or 'center' in Korean, was chosen to represent fairness and reliability. The chart started tracking sales from the beginning of that year. A small awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the launch ceremony on February 23, at the Westin Chosun hotel in Seoul. Girl group Girls' Generation was awarded the Top Artist of January, boy band Super Junior won Best Album of 2009, and Jo Kwon and Ga-in's "I Happen to Love You" won Best Weekly Mobile Ringtone.

In February 2011, Gaon published online and offline album sales information for 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data. This was the first time that offline album sales had been released since 2008 when the Music Industry Association of Korea stopped compiling data.

On July 7, 2022, the Gaon Chart was rebranded as Circle Chart. A new Global K-pop Chart was introduced alongside the retention of existing charts. The Gaon Chart Music Awards were also rebranded to the Circle Chart Awards.

Music charts Song charts Chart title Chart type Number of positions Ranking methodology Global K-pop Chart streaming 200 Worldwide K-pop streaming usage Digital Chart streaming +download +background music +V Coloring sales 200 South Korea standard song popularity chart Streaming Chart streaming 200 Streaming usage volume in South Korea One of four component charts of the Digital Chart Download Chart download 200 Download sales volume in South Korea One of four component charts of the Digital Chart BGM Chart background music 200 Background music sales volume in South Korea One of four component charts of the Digital Chart V Coloring Chart video ringback tones 100 V Coloring app usage volume in South Korea One of four component charts of the Digital Chart

Album charts Chart title Number of positions Ranking methodology Album Chart 100 Album distribution volume (tape, LP, CD, USB, KiT, platform album, etc.) Retail Album Chart 50 Total sales of offline albums at retail stores (tape, LP, CD, USB, KiT, platform album, etc.)

Other music charts Chart title Number of positions Ranking methodology Singing Room Chart 200 Number of times song played in noraebang Bell Chart 100 Ranking of ringtones of South Korea mobile carriers Ring Chart

Social charts The Circle Social Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the top 50 most popular K-pop artists using data from YouTube, Mubeat, Higher, and Keytalk AI.

The Gaon Weibo Chart was a weekly chart that ranked the top 10 most popular K-pop groups and the top 30 most popular individual K-pop artists in China using data from Weibo.

Certification

In April 2018, the Korea Music Content Association introduced music recording certifications for albums, downloads and streaming. Album certifications are awarded based on shipment figures provided by record labels and distributors. Download and streaming certifications are awarded to songs based on online data provided by web-based music providers. Albums and songs released on or after January 1, 2018, are eligible for certification.

Album Thresholds per award Platinum 2× Platinum 3× Platinum Million 2× Million250,000500,000750,0001,000,0002,000,000

Download Thresholds per award Platinum 2× Platinum 3× Platinum Diamond2,500,0005,000,0007,500,00010,000,000

Streaming Thresholds per award Platinum 2× Platinum 3×Platinum Billion100,000,000200,000,000300,000,0001,000,000,000

Awards Circle Chart Music Awards

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