TXT-BTS' V and Lee Chan-won top the August KM chart, leading the K-pop summer.

[OSEN=Reporter Choi Yi-jeong] The main characters who heated up K-MUSIC in August, including Tomorrow X Together, BTS, and Lee Chan-won, have been revealed.

The global standard K-pop chart "KM Chart" (KM Chart) announced the results of its August monthly chart on its official website on the 31st of last month. Artists from various generations and genres made the rankings, demonstrating the diversity of K-pop.

First, the K-MUSIC category went to Tomorrow x Together's "Beautiful Strangers." "Beautiful Strangers" is a hip-hop genre song with a trap rhythm, captivating global music fans with its sophisticated melody and the team's signature youth narrative. Blackpink's "JUMP," aespa's "Dirty Work," Lee Chan-won's "Sky Trip," and Lim Young-woong's "Onki" rounded out the top 5.

In the K-MUSIC ARTIST category, V (BTS) took first place, followed by Stray Kids (2nd), Espa (3rd), Lee Chan-won (4th), All Day Project (5th), Tomorrow X Together (6th), Lim Young-woong (7th), Young Tak (8th), The Boyz (9th), and Ive (10th).

In the HOT CHOICE (popularity) category, Lee Chan-won took the top spot in the male category for the second consecutive month, followed by Lim Young-woong (2nd), RM (BTS) (3rd), Jang Min-ho (4th), Kang Daniel (5th), Nsign (6th), V (BTS) (7th), Jin (BTS) (8th), Jimin (BTS) (9th), and Jungkook (BTS) (10th). In the female category, Dreamcatcher took first place. Following them, Hwasa (2nd), Espa (3rd), I-dle (4th), Exyn (5th), Ive (6th), ITZY (7th), Nmix (8th), Oh My Girl (9th), and Seulgi (Red Velvet) (10th) made it to the top 10.

ROOKIE (rookie) AHOF took the top spot in the male category, followed by CLOSE YOUR EYES (2nd), IDID (3rd), NouerA (4th), NEXZ (5th), NOWZ (6th), NEWBEAT (7th), RIIZE (8th), SEVENTOEIGHT (9th), and Big Ocean (10th).

Also, the first place in the ROOKIE female category went to UNIS. They were followed by Hearts2Hearts (2nd), ILLIT (3rd), BABYMONSTER (4th), SAY MY NAME (5th), ifeye (6th), cosmosy (7th), USPEER (8th), Baby DONT Cry (9th), and HITGS (10th).

Meanwhile, KM Chart will begin its September preference survey on the 10th. Detailed chart rankings and survey methods can be found on the KM Chart official website.

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