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Jan 29, 2021
On Saturday, Jan. 30, the Korean Business Research Institute released their brand reputation rankings for individual idols for January. Want to know who made the top 10? Then keep on reading to learn more.
The rankings were determined by analyzing an idol s consumer participation, media attention, interaction, and community awareness. They were able to do so by analyzing big data collected from Dec. 30 to Jan. 30.
10. BTS s RM
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RM, who was formerly known as Rap Monster, is the leader and main rapper of BTS. In 2020, the idol remained to focus on his work with BTS but did dabble in some solo activities. On Jan. 6, 2020, he featured on Younha s song Winter Flower. In Dec. 2020, RM was named one of the 10 2020 Patron of the Arts by the Arts Council of Korea.
BTS is scheduled to launch a new version of their most recent album BE !
On Monday, Jan. 25 at midnight KST, BTS took to the fan community platform, Weverse, to officially announce that they will be launching a new edition of their BE album. Following the release of BE (Deluxe Edition) in November 2020, the world-renowned boy group will be dropping BE (Essential Edition) on Feb. 19.
As per Big Hit Entertainment, while the new version of BTS s BE will also consist of eight songs that were previously included in the Deluxe Edition, some parts of the upcoming album will be different from the first one. The record label also shared that BTS will be giving surprise gifts to fans, which will be revealed one after another before the album s release in February.