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[내외뉴스통신] Reporter Kim Hee-jung
Girl group NewJeans’ ‘Ditto’ has achieved a new record on the domestic music site Melon.
On the 7th, according to the agency, Adorre, New Jeans’ ‘Dito’ re-occupied the top spot on the Melon daily chart the previous day. It has been number one for 77 days in a row since its release on December 19 last year.
As a result, New Jeans’ ‘Dito’ has surpassed the previous record (75 times) of BTS’ hit song ‘Dynamite’ and is establishing itself as the most cumulative number one song on Melon’s daily chart.
New Jeans also set a new record on the Melon weekly chart. “Ditto” also held the top spot on the Melon weekly chart (February 27 – March 5, 2023) for 11 consecutive weeks. This is the longest period since Melon service started in 2004.
‘Dynamite’ was also ranked first for a total of 11 weeks, but starting from the chart from August 24 to 30, 2020, it rose to number one for 7 weeks, gave up the top for 2 weeks, and then took first place once more for 4 weeks, so it is 1 in a row above is not
In addition to Melon, New Jeans has been ranked 1st to 3rd on Genie and Bugs charts for 7 consecutive weeks. All three companies took first place with ‘Ditto’. In Melon and Bugs, ‘OMG’ and ‘hype boy’, and in Genie, ‘hype boy’ and ‘OMG’ changed their order and ranked 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
In addition to ‘hype boy’, New Jeans’ debut song ‘Attention’ ranked 6th on Genie and 7th on Melon and Bugs. The two debut songs, released more than 7 months ago, continued to maintain the ‘Top 10’ along with the new songs, leading the New Jeans popularity march.
In terms of musicality, New Jeans also received favorable reviews. At the ’20th Korean Popular Music Awards’ held on the 5th, New Jeans won three categories: ‘Rookie of the Year’, ‘Best K-Pop Album’, and ‘Best K-Pop Song’. At the awards ceremony, which focused on musical achievement rather than commercial popularity, New Jeans was praised for “changing the paradigm of K-pop beyond a simple girl group generation change.”
