BOYNEXTDOOR VIRAL Wins First Music Bank Trophy With 14,877 K-Chart Points

BOYNEXTDOOR secured the first music-show trophy for “VIRAL” on KBS2’s “Music Bank,” topping the program’s K-Chart for the June 8-14 tracking period. The result was announced through the “Music Bank” official website after the June 19 episode did not air, with BOYNEXTDOOR leading the ranking on 14,877 points. ¹

The win gives the group a confirmed broadcast-chart milestone for the title track of its first full-length album “HOME,” released on June 8. It also places BOYNEXTDOOR VIRAL at the center of a promotion cycle that has included album sales, domestic chart entries, Japanese chart performance and official music-show stages.

BOYNEXTDOOR VIRAL Tops Music Bank K-Chart

The June 19 “Music Bank” trophy was determined by the K-Chart result for the June 8-14 period. BOYNEXTDOOR’s “VIRAL” finished first with 14,877 points, ahead of izna’s “METRONOME,” which ranked second with 4,650 points, and CORTIS’s “REDRED,” which ranked third with 3,684 points. ¹

The size of the gap between first and second place was clear in the announced point totals. “VIRAL” led “METRONOME” by 10,227 points, while the top three were separated by more than 11,000 points from first to third. The published K-Chart data is the central confirmed basis for the music-show win.

The trophy is specifically identified as the first music-show win for “VIRAL.” That detail matters because the song is the title track of “HOME,” rather than a separate digital single, and the award is tied to the group’s first full-length album era.

Album Momentum Around HOME

“HOME” was released on June 8, and the album’s early sales supplied broader commercial context for the “Music Bank” result. NewsPim reported, citing Hanteo Chart, that “HOME” sold 1,085,715 copies in its first week after release. The figure made BOYNEXTDOOR a million-seller for a fourth consecutive album, following “19.99,” “No Genre” and “The Action.” ²

The same reporting noted that “VIRAL” continued charting on domestic music services after its release. While the “Music Bank” result is the focus of the June 19 news, the surrounding release data shows that the title track’s promotion was backed by measurable album demand during the first week of availability.

Other chart figures also framed the early performance of the release. Sports World reported that “HOME” entered Oricon’s weekly album ranking at No. 1 after selling about 159,000 copies in Japan during its first local week. The report also cited Melon’s weekly chart for June 8-14, where “VIRAL” entered at No. 50, and said the song reached No. 33 on Melon’s daily chart dated June 15. ³

Spotify Korea provided another source-backed data point for the same release window. “VIRAL” ranked No. 57 on Spotify Korea’s weekly top songs chart for June 5-11, according to the Sports World summary. ³ These figures do not replace the “Music Bank” K-Chart result, but they show that the track had activity across several measured platforms during the opening week of “HOME.”

Release, Video and Broadcast Context

“VIRAL” was introduced as the title track of “HOME” through a music video released via the HYBE Labels YouTube channel on June 8. Maeil Business Newspaper’s Star Today described the video’s settings as including an incineration plant, a chimney and an open field, and identified the song as one about hoping the group’s music reaches more people. ⁴

The music video also generated an early view-count benchmark. Sports Kyunghyang, via Daum, reported that the “VIRAL” video surpassed 10 million YouTube views around 12:10 p.m. KST on June 11, after being released with the album at 6 p.m. KST on June 8. The report said the video entered Korea’s YouTube daily popular music video chart at No. 4 on release day and rose to No. 2 on June 9. ⁵

The “Music Bank” connection was already established before the trophy announcement. KBS Kpop posted BOYNEXTDOOR’s official “VIRAL” stage from the June 12 broadcast of “Music Bank,” one week before the June 19 K-Chart win was announced. ⁶ That official performance upload served as part of the group’s broadcast promotion for the track during the same cycle.

The June 19 K-Chart result gives “VIRAL” its first confirmed music-show trophy, supported by a 14,877-point finish on “Music Bank” for the June 8-14 period. With first-week album sales, Japanese album-chart placement, domestic chart entries and video metrics already recorded, the win stands as the clearest broadcast-chart marker of BOYNEXTDOOR’s “HOME” promotion period.

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