
CLOSE YOUR EYES also wins the weekly album race, Lim Young Woong leads downloads, and ILLIT holds No. 1 on both social charts.

&TEAM lands at No. 1 on Circle Chart's September physical album chart with Mark on Me, their new Korean mini album.
Circle Chart posted its newest monthly and weekly rankings Wednesday, Soompi reports. For September, CLOSE YOUR EYES' 256th Note entered at No. 2, Young Tak's GOGO took No. 3, BOYNEXTDOOR's repackage HOME: DELUXE debuted at No. 4 and EVAN (Heeseung)'s first mini album, DEATH OF ME, placed No. 5.
On the weekly album chart, 256th Note debuted in first. BOYNEXTDOOR filled Nos. 2 and 3, since the regular and Weverse versions of HOME: DELUXE were counted separately. CRAVITY's EP sonorous came in at No. 4, and NiziU's Korean mini album Sour Grapes at No. 5.
RESCENE kept their monthly double crown, with the 2024 single "LOVE ATTACK" still No. 1 on both the overall digital and streaming charts. The group held three of the top five on each: "Deja Vu" climbed to No. 4 and "Pretty Girl" stayed at No. 5, while CORTIS's "REDRED" and I.O.I's "Suddenly" held Nos. 2 and 3.
On the weekly side, i-dle's Soyeon held onto her own double crown as "I'm gonna TOESA" stayed No. 1 on digital and streaming. Behind her on both lists came "LOVE ATTACK," "REDRED," "Deja Vu" and "Suddenly."
Lim Young Woong took three of September's top five downloads from IM HERO 10: "ToTo" debuted at No. 1, with "Please Be Happy" at No. 4 and "Baila" at No. 5. SHINee's Taemin jumped to No. 2 with "FLOAT," and aespa's Winter debuted at No. 3 with "Saddle Up."
Weekly downloads had "ToTo" still at No. 1 and "I'm gonna TOESA" at No. 2. CRAVITY's "LOUDER" debuted at No. 3, followed by GOSEGU's "NO CAT, NO LIFE!" and ALLDAY PROJECT's new title track "CRASH."
The monthly global K-pop chart kept the previous month's top five intact: HUNTR/X's "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters, BTS's "SWIM," ATEEZ's "BAD," Rosé and Bruno Mars' "APT." and "REDRED." On the weekly version, "APT." and "BAD" traded places at Nos. 3 and 4.
ILLIT led the September social chart over BTS, Jisoo of BLACKPINK at No. 3 after a jump, BLACKPINK and BABYMONSTER. ILLIT and BTS also kept the top two weekly spots, with aespa rising to No. 3, BLACKPINK at No. 4 and Soyeon at No. 5.
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