Last Updated: September 2, 2025

Source: @kowatermelon

🥇 Best Male Artist – Prediction

Rank Artist Digital (25%) Album Sales (40%) Global (15%) Judges (20%) Total Score
1 JIN 0.62 40.00 15.00 — 55.62
2 G-Dragon 25.00 23.02 2.91 — 50.93

🏆Artist of the Year (Daesang) – Prediction

Rank Artist Digital (25%) Album Sales (40%) Global (15%) Judges (20%) Total Score
1 SEVENTEEN 5.14 40.00 1.87 — 47
2 ROSÉ 23.05 3.49 15.00 — 41.55
8 JIN 0.62 11.15 6.96 — 18.73

🎶 Best OST – Prediction

Rank Song Digital (40%) Points Global (20%) Points Judges (40%) Total Score
1 Never Loved This Way Before 99,651,315 40.00 6,481,029 3.19 0.00 43.19
2 Heavenly Ever After 93,298,680 37.45 10,650,341 5.24 0.00 42.69
3 When the Day Comes 81,530,371 32.73 18,231,062 8.98 0.00 41.70
4 Forever 63,394,322 25.45 5,790,702 2.85 0.00 28.30
5 Close To You 20,244,408 0.81 40,616,247 20.00 0.00 20.81

🔢 Numbers Breakdown

Month 🇰🇷 Digital Streams (Circle) 💿 Album Sales (Circle) 🌍 Global Streams (Spotify)
May 3 299,540,89 1,064,656 738,386,233
May 31 357,341,11 1,904,206 948,665,585
June 28 357,341,11 1,904,206 1,143,940,554
July 26 357,341,11 1,904,206 1,279,513,481
August 30 357,341,11 1,904,206 1,465,178,960

✅ Jin is currently ranked #1 in Best Male Artist

Thanks to outstanding album sales and top-tier global streaming numbers 🎉

⚠️ However, his Korean digital score remains low

Korean platforms like Melon, Genie, and VIBE do not disclose stream counts, making tracking difficult.