PLAVE Tops FANNSTAR Global Hot Star Ranking for 98 Consecutive Weeks, Just Two Weeks Away From 100-Week Milestone

 [THE FACT | Reporter Choi Soo-jung] Group PLAVE has ranked No. 1 on FANNSTAR’s Global Hot Star Ranking for 98 consecutive weeks, moving one step closer to the major milestone of 100 weeks.PLAVE claimed the top spot in FANNSTAR’s first-week-of-September Global Hot Star Ranking vote, held from August 24 to 31, with 2,965,775 votes. Stray Kids ranked second, followed by TOMORROW X TOGETHER in third.PLAVE also secured the 2026 THE FACT MUSIC AWARDS (TMA) trophy by taking the final No. 1 spot in FANNSTAR’s Global Hot Star Award. The Global Hot Star Award is a category where direct fan participation plays an important role, and PLAVE connected its long-running ranking performance to an awards ceremony trophy.PLAVE’s consecutive No. 1 record on the Global Hot Star Ranking will continue to be maintained. Voting for the 2027 Global Hot Star Ranking will resume on the third Monday of September, and until then, PLAVE’s consecutive No. 1 record and cumulative vote count will remain intact.Attention is now focused on whether PLAVE will achieve 100 consecutive weeks at No. 1. If the group maintains the top spot for two more weeks, it will set the symbolic record of ranking No. 1 for 100 consecutive weeks. Once the milestone is achieved, PLAVE will receive a digital billboard advertisement benefit through the 9TO9 CUBE at COEX Mall in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.Benefits based on cumulative vote counts are also continuing. PLAVE has currently surpassed 100 million cumulative votes and earned a digital billboard benefit at the GALLERIA CORPORATE CENTER in the Philippines. If the group reaches 200 million, 300 million, 500 million, and 1 billion cumulative votes in the future, digital billboard benefits in major locations around the world will be provided in sequence.Meanwhile, the 2026 THE FACT MUSIC AWARDS (TMA) will be held on September 19 at Busan Asiad Main Stadium.