Twice's Jihyo tops Favorite Weekly Chart for first week of February
Twice’s Jihyo took the crown on Favorite's first Weekly Chart of February.
Favorite is a K-pop fan voting service co-developed by Bugs and the JoongAng Ilbo, an affiliate of the Korea JoongAng Daily.
Weekly chart rankings are calculated by a combination of fan votes and an artist's number of streams on Bugs.
Jihyo received a score of 36.2 percent, accounting for a total of 35,356 votes and 0.1 percent of Bugs streaming data, to top the Favorite Weekly Chart for the first week of February.
Trot singer Lim Young-woong followed in second place, with a total score of 29.2 percent, accounting for a total of 24,036 votes and 4.8 percent of Bugs streaming data.
Zhang Hao from boy band ZeroBaseOne landed third, with 17.1 percent, accounting for 16,635 votes and 0.1 percent of Bugs Streaming data.
A celebratory video of Jihyo and Lim will play at the Parnas Media Tower from Friday to Feb. 16. The Parnas Media Tower is located near COEX Mall in Gangnam District, southern Seoul.
BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]