Vocal group Forestella topped Favorite's weekly chart for the first week of June.

Favorite is a K-pop fan poll codeveloped by the digital streaming service Bugs and the JoongAng Ilbo, an affiliate of the Korea JoongAng Daily.

Weekly chart rankings are calculated through a combination of fan votes and an artist’s number of streams on Bugs.

Forestella topped the Weekly Favorite chart, receiving a score of 35.9 percent, accounting for 2,881,532 votes and 0.5 percent of Bugs' streaming data.

Xia, also known as Kim Jun-su, followed in second place with a score of 35.8 percent, accounting for 2,836,718 votes and 1 percent of Bugs' streaming data.

Forestella will be awarded a celebratory in-app banner visible on the Bugs phone app from Friday to Sunday, while Xia's celebratory banner will be featured in the chart categories of the app.

DAY6 landed third with a 12.2 percent score, accounting for 45,711 votes and 11.6 percent of Bugs' streaming data.

ZeroBaseOne’s Zhang Hao was voted No. 1 on Favorite’s July Birthday poll. Zhang Hao received a total of 1,048,094 votes, resulting in a 46.5 percent score, while Forestella's Ko Woo-rim landed in second place with 961,283 votes.

Zhang Hao's celebratory birthday advertisement will be placed on the 9004 bus that connects Seongnam, Gyeonggi, to Gangnam District, southern Seoul, from July 1 to 31.

Ko's celebratory advertisement will appear on Parnas Media Tower from June 29 to Aug. 2. Parnas Media Tower is located near COEX Mall in Gangnam District, southern Seoul.


BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]