Hi Engenes!

This post is to provide you with info on what you can do to support Enhypen's comeback!

Content:

• Winning on Music Shows
• Global Charting
• Other tips

I. Music Shows

What music shows are we focusing on?

1. M Countdown – counts global streaming
2. Music Bank – digitals are spread so other criteria weighs more
3. Music Core – hard to win without good domestic digitals
4. Inkigayo (or Inkigayo Hot stage) – can't win without very good domestic digitals
5. Show Champion – hard to win without attendance

Enhypen has stopped attending ‘Show Champion’ and ‘The show’. The Show requires attendance to be nominated, and Show Champ gives high points for attendance. Most music shows track from Monday to Sunday so we will only have 3 days of tracking, and the chances for week 2 are incderibly low with many other big comebacks lined up!

How can you contribute to Music Show wins:

• Listen to the album/title track on official platforms available to you (e.g. Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube Music, Melon etc. – not lyric/reupload videos)
• Watch the MV on Youtube and give it a like, comment, share so it also gets recommended to more people
• Engage with/create shortform content with the songs on Tiktok, IG Reels, YT Shorts
• Pre-order or purchase the physical album during the tracking period, if you are planning to buy
• Download, collect on voting apps (more info below under the shows)

Here is an overview of the tracking, voting and airing dates for all the music shows:

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M Countdown – Thursday

Win criteria

• Digital 50% – Circle Global K-pop chart (Global Streaming, Downloads, BGM on Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube Music, Melon, Genie, Bugs, FLO, VIBE)
• Physical album 15% – Circle album chart
• Pre-vote 10% – Mnet Plus app (1 vote/account/day)
• SNS 15% – Youtube MV views, # of Tiktok/YT Shorts using the audio
• Broadcast 10% – Song played on Mnet broadcasts, show attendance
• Live-vote 10% – Mnet Plus app 1 vote/acc (first place nominees only)

Voting: Register with email on the Mnet plus app, join the MCountdown Community and cast your votes daily during the prevote period. If Enhypen is nominated, the live voting will open during the show (starts at 6PM KST), cast your vote(s). 1 vote per account&device per day. Guide

Note: M Countdown is the only music show that counts global streaming so we have a good chance!

Music Bank – Friday

Win criteria

• Digital 60% – Position on weekly top 200 on Melon, Genie, Bugs, FLO, VIBE (needs entry on at least 1 to be eligible)
• Physical album 5% – Circle Album chart
• Pre-vote 20% – Allchart app
• SNS 5% – Circle Social Chart (Youtube MV views, Tiktok/YT Shorts amount)
• Broadcast 20% – Song played on KBS broadcasts, Music Bank attendance

Voting: Register with email on the Allchart app, collect hearts to use or voting. App and collection guide.

Music Core – Saturday

Win criteria

• Digital 50% – Circle Digital chart weekly (Domestic streaming+Download+BGM)
• Physical album 10% – Circle Album chart
• SNS 10% – Youtube MV views
• Broadcast 10% – Song played on MBC broadcasts
• Pre-vote 5% – Mubeat app
• Live Voting 10% – Mubeat app (global), Text message (Korea)
• Viewer Commitee 5% – Survey sent to random MBC viewer panel registrants

Voting: Register on the MuBeat app. “Heart Beats” have to be collected for voting. Vote during the live broadcast on Saturday from 3:30 PM KST.
Pre-vote: unlimited (3 beats=1 vote)
Live vote: need 5 live voting tickets (can be purchased or exchanged for 150 beats). App collection and voting guide

Inkigayo – Sunday

Win criteria

• Digital 55% – Melon, Genie, FLO for points (entry on Circle Digital chart weekly top 200 to be eligible)
• Physical album 10% – Circle Album chart
• Pre-vote 5% – Diggus (international), Melon (domestic)
• SNS 30% – Youtube MV views
• Broadcast 20% – Song played on SBS broadcasts
• Live Vote 5% – Superstar X

Bonus Award: Hot Stage – 100% fan voted via Superstar X the week after their performance (might be our only option for an Inkigayo trophy without strong domestic digitals).

Voting: For pre-vote register on Diggus app, cast your votes daily during the prevote period. For Hot stage and live voting collect “rubies” on the Superstar X app. If Enhypen is nominated, the live voting will open during the show, cast your vote(s). Diggus guide / SuperstarX guide

Show Champion – Wednesday

Voting: Register and collect on IdolChamp. App collection and voting guide

II. Charting

Album charts:

Most countries have an album and physical album chart. Album charts count a combination of physical sales, digital sales and streams. In general premium/paid (Spotify premium, YT Music, Apple Music, etc.) weighs much more than free streams. Many countries also have restrictions on physical/digital copies per person or the album inlcusions (e.g. UK charts will only count digitals and vinyl sales due to a restriction on randomized inclusions).

Examples: Billboard 200 (US/PR), Oricon (JP), SNEP (FR), Arya (AUS)

There are also platform specific album charts e.g. on Apple Music and Spotify.

Song charts:

Song charts usually count a combination of streams on different platforms, downloads, song purchases and radio play.

Examples: Billboard Hot 100 (US/PR), Billboard Japan Hot 100, Circle Digital Chart (KR)

There are also platform specific song charts (most important: Spotify Daily, Youtube Weekly, Shazam) – if a song charts well (high and consistently!) it can be added to more playlists, gain more attention, be played on radio – all can help Enhypen get more listeners!

For streams platforms have restrictions to keep in mind: continuously looped, vpn streams are often filtered, and there could be a daily cap on how many times your streams on the same song counts for charts. For Spotify we have a fanbase and guides here.

Enhypen charting high on local country charts also shows Belift the regional demand for tours/festivals and gets Enhypen recognition and brand power.

How to support:

• Listen to the album/title track on official platforms available to you (e.g. Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube Music, Deezer, Pandora, etc. – not lyric/reupload videos) – if you have the means sign up for premium or for a free trial that will last you during comeback
• Like, Share, Shazam the songs and play them from platform curated playlists (e.g. Spotify New Music Friday, YT Music K.ing, etc.) – this can help with the song getting better playlisting and reach more listeners
• Buy physical albums during the first week of tracking if you can – check your countries copy # restrictions (e.g. BB counts up to 4, Arya counts only 1)
• Buy digital copies of the album during the first week of tracking if you can – buy the title track first than complete the album to maximize the count
• Watch the MV on Youtube and give it a like, comment, share so it gets on the country trending page – some country charts also count Youtube streams (e.g. Billboard)
• Create or engage with shortform content using the songs to help reach more listeners

Other Tips

If you still would like to do more there are other things you can participate in.

• Stationhead – I you have Spotify premium or Apple Music using Stationhead is a good way to stream, Enhypen holds oficial streaming events during cbs and fanbase Stationhead DJs also host 24/7, you can just join and they play the songs and rotate between playlists for you!
• Duckad – Duckad is a voting app that lets you donate collected votes or domestic streams on Bugs, Genie and Melon.
• Local fanbases – Many country fanbases do projects and fund digital purchases or streaming passes to support the comeback, they are mainly on Instagram and Twitter
• Voting and Streaming teams – Voting teams are a way to get guidance and strategies for the apps or even extra accounts to vote with. Streaming teams are usually focused on domestic apps, but some have teams for Spotify or other platforms and they fund the passes! If you have time to dedicate but no money to spend they are a good option.

Let me know if there is anything else you would like to see or if you see any mistakes! I will also try to drop fanbase details in the comments that could help you with digital funding, voting etc. feel free to add any useful fanbase/info links you have!

You can use this thread to discuss ideas or ask for help about anything related to this topic! Hope you enjoy this comeback and we can witness a very successful Enhypen era!