Kakao Entertainment said on the 28th that the "Global-K Chart," which the music platform Melon, China's Tencent Music Entertainment, and Japan's Line Music will launch together in June, will reflect fandom activity indicators in its aggregation standards.
The Global-K Chart is an artist chart that shows at a glance the global influence of K-pop artists based on usage from major partners in Korea, China, and Japan: Melon (Korea), Tencent Music (China), and Line Music (Japan).
It consists of a global chart and platform-specific detailed charts and will be updated simultaneously on the Melon, Tencent Music, and Line Music platforms. Scores are calculated based on the previous day's 24-hour usage by adding up each platform's music streaming usage and various activity indicators of fans on the platforms.
For Melon, it plans to reflect a combined total of music usage, such as the number of users streaming and downloading tracks, and fan activity indicators, such as following artists and likes. Some detailed items may differ depending on each country's service environment and platform characteristics.
A Melon official said, "The Global-K Chart goes beyond simply tallying artists who are listened to a lot and captures various traces of fans reacting to and taking real actions on artists' activities," adding, "We hope it will be a meaningful springboard for K-pop artists to communicate more deeply with global fandoms and expand more broadly."