BTS, ATEEZ, CORTIS top KM Chart July monthly rankings
KM Chart's July 2026 results dropped August 4: BTS's 'SWIM' back at #1, and CORTIS just claimed their fourth rookie crown of the year.
BTS's SWIM hit the top of KM Chart's K-MUSIC (digital) rankings for July, announced August 4. It's the track's second time at #1 this year—also happened in April.
PLAVE's Born Savage came in second. HATSUTOHATS's Lemon Tang took third. aespa's LEMONADE and IOI's Gapjagi rounded out the top five.
ATEEZ won the K-MUSIC ARTIST category for the month. BTS placed second. Lee Chan-won finished third.
The HOT CHOICE gender split went to Lee Chan-won on the male side and BABYMONSTER on the female.
CORTIS swept the male ROOKIE category for the fourth time in 2026—January, May, June, and July. HADES took the female ROOKIE crown.
The KMA (KM Chart Awards) 2026 ceremony happened July 25 at Korea University's Hwajeong Gymnasium in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. The monthly chart and the awards use separate tallies, though the same names tend to show up in both. TOMORROW X TOGETHER won Artist of the Year. BTS's fifth full-length album ARIRANG won Album of the Year. Hwasa's Good Goodbye took Song of the Year. CORTIS's second mini-album GREENGREEN won Record of the Year.
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