NewJeans takes top three spots on MelOn charts from January to March

Girl group NewJeans [ADOR]

Girl group NewJeans took the top three spots of Korea's largest music streaming service's monthly song chart from January through March, becoming the first band to do so.

NewJeans' 2022 hit dance track "Ditto" was the most-listened-to song on MelOn, the largest domestic music service, from January to March, followed by the band's songs "OMG" (2023) and "Hype boy" (2022) in the second and third spots.

This is the first time for a single band to top the charts for three straight months since MelOn started its service in November 2004, NewJeans' agency ADOR said.

Of the three tracks, "Ditto" sat at No. 1 on MelOn's daily song chart for 99 days, since its release on Dec. 19 through March 27. The previous record was held by BTS's English track "Dynamite" (2020), which topped the daily song chart for 75 days straight.

NewJeans also sits high on U.S. music chart Billboard, with "OMG" and "Ditto" taking its place on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the sixth and fifth consecutive weeks, respectively.

BY YOON SO-YEON [yoon.soyeon@joongang.co.kr]