Circle Chart Reveals Midyear Album And Digital Charts For 1st Half Of 2024

Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has published its midyear charts for the first half of 2024!

As the midyear chart results are based on accumulated weekly data since the beginning of January 2024, albums and songs released earlier in the year have more weekly points included in their scores.

Album Chart

SEVENTEEN topped the midyear physical album chart with their best-of album “17 IS RIGHT HERE,” which has sold over 3 million copies since its release in April.

NCT DREAM’s “DREAM( )SCAPE” came in at No. 2, TXT’s “minisode 3: TOMORROW” at No. 3, IVE’s “IVE SWITCH” at No. 4, ATEEZ’s “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.1” at No. 5, TWICE’s “With YOU-th” at No. 6, aespa’s “Armageddon” at No. 7, (G)I-DLE’s “2” at No. 8, LE SSERAFIM’s “EASY” at No. 9, and RIIZE’s “RIIZING” at No. 10.

The top 50 albums on the midyear chart (listed with the number of copies recorded) are as follows:

1. SEVENTEEN – “17 IS RIGHT HERE” [3,080,490]
2. NCT DREAM – “DREAM( ) SCAPE” [2,217,517]
3. TXT – “minisode 3: TOMORROW” [1,654,991]
4. IVE – “IVE SWITCH” [1,625,294]
5. ATEEZ – “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.1” [1,352,629]
6. TWICE – “With YOU-th” [1,127,238]
7. aespa – “Armageddon” [1,100,907]
8. (G)I-DLE – “2” [1,087,293]
9. LE SSERAFIM – “EASY” [1,069,384]
10. RIIZE – “RIIZING” [962,509]
11. ZEROBASEONE – “You had me at HELLO” [926,677]
12. NewJeans – “How Sweet” [894,622]
13. NewJeans – “Supernatural” [863,016]
14. Kim Ho Joong – “A LIFE” [828,996]
15. NMIXX – “Fe304: BREAK” [758,764]
16. BOYNEXTDOOR – “HOW?” [664,906]
17. (G)I-DLE’s Yuqi – “YUQ1” [633,746]
18. Lee Chan Won – “bright;燦” [601,225]
19. (G)I-DLE – “2” (POCA version) [600,000]
20. SEVENTEEN’s Jeonghan x Wonwoo – “THIS MAN” [559,960]
21. ITZY – “BORN TO BE” [546,545]
22. BTS’s RM – “Right Place, Wrong Person” [546,545]
23. ZEROBASEONE – “You had me at HELLO” (POCA version) [490,156]
24. TWS – “SUMMER BEAT!” [489,200]
25. PLAVE – “ASTERUM : 134-1” [481,787]
26. ILLIT – “SUPER REAL ME” [460,217]
27. BTS’s j-hope – “HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1” [446,501]
28. TWICE’s Nayeon – “NA” [422,740]
29. BABYMONSTER – “BABYMONS7ER” (Nemo version) [419,898]
30. TWS – “Sparkling Blue” [400,521]
31. NCT’s Doyoung – “YOUTH” [385,638]
32. IU – “The Winning” [380,368]
33. NCT WISH – “WISH” [359,533]
34. CRAVITY – “EVERSHINE” [349,398]
35. WayV – “Give Me That” [346,092]
36. THE BOYZ – “[PHANTASY] Pt. 3 Love Letter” [319,913]
37. NCT’s Taeyong – “TAP” [285,548]
38. SEVENTEEN – “17 IS RIGHT HERE” (Weverse version) [277,233]
39. ENHYPEN – “MEMORABILIA” [262,234]
40. PLAVE – “ASTERUM : 134-1” (POCA version) [255,687]
41. n.SSign – “Happy &” [239,776]
42. xikers – “HOUSE OF TRICKY : Trial And Error” [230,240]
43. SEVENTEEN’s Jeonghan x Wonwoo – “THIS MAN” (Weverse version) [230,000]
44. NewJeans – “How Sweet” (Weverse version) [226,665]
45. P1Harmony – “Killin’ It” [217,889]
46. ASTRO’s Cha Eun Woo – “ENTITY” [217,295]
47. SEVENTEEN – “Face the Sun” [215,471]
48. SEVENTEEN – “17 IS RIGHT HERE” (KiT version) [211,792]
49. ILLIT – “SUPER REAL ME” (Weverse version) [209,983]
50. BABYMONSTER – “BABYMONS7ER” [206,362]

Digital Chart

TWS topped the midyear digital chart with their hit debut track “plot twist.” All of the top three songs on the 2024 midyear chart were January releases: IU’s hit single “Love wins all” took No. 2, with (G)I-DLE’s viral B-side “Fate” at No. 3.

BIBI’s “Bam Yang Gang” ranked No. 4, followed by Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon’s “To. X” at No. 5, Lim Jae Hyun’s “Rhapsody of Sadness” at No. 6, ILLIT’s “Magnetic” at No. 7, LE SSERAFIM’s “Perfect Night” at No. 8, and Lee Mujin’s “Episode” at No. 9.

Finally, DAY6’s beloved 2019 hit “Time of Our Life” rounded out the top 10 for the first half of the year.

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The top 50 songs on the overall digital chart (listed with their total scores) are as follows:

1. TWS – “plot twist” [355,801,057]
2. IU – “Love wins all” [333,448,308]
3. (G)I-DLE – “Fate” [331,906,334]
4. BIBI – “Bam Yang Gang” [326,276,301]
5. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “To. X” [315,756,701]
6. Lim Jae Hyun – “Rhapsody of Sadness” [301,739,841]
7. ILLIT – “Magnetic” [282,649,065]
8. LE SSERAFIM – “Perfect Night” [270,458,524]
9. Lee Mujin – “Episode” [252,634,215]
10. DAY6 – “Time of Our Life” [250,711,257]
11. Nerd Connection – “If I have you only” [249,860,467]
12. aespa – “Drama” [241,649,996]
13. DAY6 – “You Were Beautiful” [239,722,263]
14. Parc Jae Jung – “Let’s Say Goodbye” [229,650,858]
15. RIIZE – “Love 119” [225,748,478]
16. LE SSERAFIM – “EASY” [222,155,061]
17. BUMJIN – “A Letter” [214,896,291]
18. aespa – “Supernova” [213,929,841]
19. BTOB’s Changsub – “Heavenly Fate” [209,088,808]
20. IVE – “I AM” [203,375,195]
21. Block B’s Zico – “SPOT!” (featuring BLACKPINK’s Jennie) [200,236,039]
22. NewJeans – “Hype Boy” [194,902,623]
23. QWER – “T.B.H” [194,445,492]
24. NewJeans – “ETA” [183,392,537]
25. VIVIZ – “MANIAC” [182,145,962]
26. NewJeans – “Super Shy” [177,443,403]
27. NewJeans – “Ditto” [172,661,426]
28. BTS’s Jungkook – “Seven” (featuring Latto) [171,572,949]
29. Sung Si Kyung – “Every Moment of You” [168,238,593]
30. IVE – “HEYA” [166,837,682]
31. Crush – “Love You With All My Heart” [166,566,095]
32. AKMU – “Love Lee” [164,876,158]
33. RIIZE – “Get A Guitar” [163,430,851]
34. IVE – “Baddie” [157,364,205]
35. Lim Young Woong – “Love Always Runs Away” [156,892,943]
36. LE SSERAFIM – “Smart” [155,517,416]
37. IU – “Holssi” [150,313,392]
38. Woody – “Flower in the Desert” [150,069,675]
39. (G)I-DLE – “Queencard” [147,937,395]
40. NewJeans – “How Sweet” [146,687,598]
41. Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon – “Dream” [146,513,745]
42. Eclipse (from “Lovely Runner”) – “Sudden Shower” [144,169,767]
43. Younha – “Event Horizon” [144,142,615]
44. AKMU – “How can I love the heartbreak, it’s you I love” [142,716,959]
45. BLACKPINK’s Jennie – “You & Me” [141,201,556]
46. aespa – “Spicy” [140,305,441]
47. MeloMance – “Love, Maybe” [139,049,398]
48. Jannabi – “for lovers who hesitate” [138,244,406]
49. (G)I-DLE – “Super Lady” [137,644,595]
50. BABYMONSTER – “SHEESH” [135,193,975]

Which albums and songs have you listened to the most so far in 2024? Let us know in the comments!

source: Soompi