The Circle Digital Chart is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles in South Korea. Managed by the domestic Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), its data is compiled by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and published by the Circle Chart.[1][2] The ranking is based collectively on each single's download sales, stream count, and background music use.[2] The Circle Chart provides weekly (listed from Sunday to Saturday), monthly, and yearly lists for the chart.
Weekly charts
NewJeans' "Ditto" broke the record set by "Dynamite" for the most weeks at the top, with 13 weeks. It is also the second song in Circle Chart history to reach number one on the monthly chart three times.Ive topped the chart for 12 weeks and the monthly chart three times with "Kitsch", "I Am", and "Baddie".
†
Indicates best-performing single of 2023[3]
List of number-one songs on the weekly Circle Digital Chart in 2023
Week ending date
Song
Artist(s)
Ref.
January 7
"Ditto" †
NewJeans
[4]
January 14
[5]
January 21
[6]
January 28
[7]
February 4
"Ay-Yo"
NCT 127
[8]
February 11
"Ditto" †
NewJeans
[9]
February 18
[10]
February 25
[11]
March 4
[12]
March 11
[13]
March 18
[14]
March 25
[15]
April 1
"Kitsch"
Ive
[16]
April 8
[17]
April 15
[18]
April 22
"I Am"
[19]
April 29
[20]
May 6
[21]
May 13
[22]
May 20
[23]
May 27
[24]
June 3
"Queencard"
(G)I-dle
[25]
June 10
"Grain of Sand" (모래 알갱이)
Lim Young-woong
[26]
June 17
"Queencard"
(G)I-dle
[27]
June 24
[28]
July 1
[29]
July 8
[30]
July 15
"Super Shy"
NewJeans
[31]
July 22
[32]
July 29
[33]
August 5
[34]
August 12
[35]
August 19
[36]
August 26
[37]
September 2
[38]
September 9
"Love Lee"
AKMU
[39]
September 16
[40]
September 23
[41]
September 30
[42]
October 7
[43]
October 14
"Do or Die"
Lim Young-woong
[44]
October 21
"Love Lee"
AKMU
[45]
October 28
"God of Music" (음악의 신)
Seventeen
[46]
November 4
"Baddie"
Ive
[47]
November 11
[48]
November 18
[49]
November 25
"Perfect Night"
Le Sserafim
[50]
December 2
[51]
December 9
[52]
December 16
[53]
December 23
"The First Snow" (첫 눈)
Exo
[54]
December 30
"Be There for Me"
NCT 127
[55]
Monthly charts
List of number-one songs on the monthly Circle Digital Chart in 2023
Month
Song
Artist(s)
Ref.
January
"Ditto" †
NewJeans
[56]
February
[57]
March
[58]
April
"Kitsch"
Ive
[59]
May
"I Am"
[60]
June
"Queencard"
(G)I-dle
[61]
July
"Super Shy"
NewJeans
[62]
August
[63]
September
"Love Lee"
AKMU
[64]
October
[65]
November
"Baddie"
Ive
[66]
December
"Perfect Night"
Le Sserafim
[67]
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^"2023 Digital Chart". Archived from the original on January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 1" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 2" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 3" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 4" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 5" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 6" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 7" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 8" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 9" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 10" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on March 16, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 11" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 12" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 13" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 14" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 15" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on April 20, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 16" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 17" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 18" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 19" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 20" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 21" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 22" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on June 8, 2023. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 23" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on June 15, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 24" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 25" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 26" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on July 6, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 27" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on July 13, 2023. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 28" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 29" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 30" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 31" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 32" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on August 19, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 33" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 34" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on September 2, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 35" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 36" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 37" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on September 21, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 38" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 39" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 40" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on October 12, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 41" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 42" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 43" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 44" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 45" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 46" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 47" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on November 30, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 48" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 49" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 50" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 51" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
^"Digital Chart 2023 Week 52" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
^"2023.01 Digital Chart" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
^"2023.02 Digital Chart" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^"2023.03 Digital Chart" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
^"2023.04 Digital Chart" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on May 5, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
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^"2023.06 Digital Chart" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
^"2023.07 Digital Chart" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
^"2023.08 Digital Chart" (in Korean). Circle Chart. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
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