DAY6 tops Favorite's weekly chart as Riize, QWER complete top three

DAY6 topped Favorite’s weekly chart for the first week of May. Boy band Riize landed in second place and QWER were third.

DAY6 was the winner of Favorite's weekly chart [NHN BUGS]

DAY6 topped Favorite’s weekly chart for the first week of May.

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.

DAY6 received a score of 39.6 percent, accounting for 168,753 votes and 5.2 percent of Bugs’ streaming data.

Boy band Riize landed in second place with 25.1 percent, which accounted for 168,753 votes and 5.2 percent of Bugs’ streaming data.

Band QWER landed third with 11.3 percent, accounting for 47,172 votes and 1.7 percent of Bugs' streaming data.

DAY6 will be awarded a celebratory in-app banner visible on the Bugs phone app from Friday to Sunday, while Riize’s celebratory banner will be featured in the charts categories of the app.

Vocal group La Poem was the winner of Favorite's Weekly Comeback chart [NHN BUGS]

Vocal group La Poem was the winner of the Weekly Comeback Artist poll for the first week of May. The group landed first with a 37.4 percent score, accounting for 196,796 votes and 0.4 percent of Bugs' streaming score.

La Poem dropped its latest single, “Mirror,” on April 24.

Riize landed in second place with 22.4 percent, accounting for 101,515 votes and 3.3 percent of Bugs' streaming score, while ZeroBaseOne landed in third.

Celebratory videos of La Poem and Riize will be displayed at the Parnas Media Tower, located near COEX Mall in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, from Saturday to May 24.

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