On April 3, IU proved once again her "soloist power" as she remarkably secured a total of 16 positions on MelOn's Top 100 daily chart with her previous songs, alongside her new tracks from her latest album "LILAC," appeared on today's rankings.
IU Lands 16 Songs on MelOn's Top 100 Daily Chart
On April 3, Korean media outlets revealed that all 10 songs from IU's new album "LILAC" have entered the MelOn Top 100 Daily Chart.
In particular, the album's title tracks "LILAC" and "Coin" took the Nos. 1 and 4, respectively. The pre-release song "Celebrity" also appeared on the chart, claiming the No. 3 spot.
Some of the other songs from IU's album to rank on this day's MelOn Top 100 are "Hi Spring Bye" (No. 8), "Flu" (No. 9), "Troll" featuring DEAN (No. 9), and "My Sea" (No. 14).
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Apart from IU's new songs, her singles released in the past years also continue to appear on the Korean music chart. Her 2019 tracks "Blueming" and "Love Poem" claimed the Nos. 20 and 68, respectively.
IU's 2020 songs "Eight" and "Give You My Heart," her OST for the Korean drama "Crash Landing on You," are currently at Nos. 21 and 55, respectively.
Moreover, one of her previous songs rose to the top 10 of MelOn's Top 100. IU's "Hold My Hand," which was launched back in 2011 as an original soundtrack for the K-drama "The Greatest Love," has secured the tenth position on the chart.
It is all thanks to a video that shows IU performing the song at a live concert. This video has become a hot topic on YouTube Korea, making the song rise on MelOn's Top 100 Daily Chart starting from February. This scenario is called "reverse run," which also happened to Brave Girls' "Rollin'."
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On top of that, the song entitled "Not Spring, Love or Cherry Blossoms" by HIGH4 and IU has re-entered MelOn's Top 100. This track was released back in 2014 and helped the boy band gain fame at that time.
"Not Spring, Love or Cherry Blossoms" is currently at No. 99. This single has been rising to the chart since February. Not to mention, it re-appeared on MelOn's Top 200 on Feb. 22, jumping 65 spots from 260th place to 195th place.
Industry Expert and Music Critics Comment on IU's New and Previous Songs Charting on MelOn's Top 100 Simultaneously
It is quite unusual for more than a dozen of songs by a singer released over the years to enter MelOn's Top 100 at the same time.
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An industry expert says, "It is not common for all the latest songs by a singer to stay on top of the chart for more than a week, and for past songs not to 'chart out' for more than a year."
They added that in the case of an idol group, a song ranks first on the real-time chart at night, and the ranking declines within a few days on the daily chart.
Because of this, experts see IU's chart performance with her new and previous songs as something remarkable.
A pop music critic also commented on this case by stating that the songs from IU's album are the ones that suit the public's taste when it comes to music, considering that the tracks have never left the daily chart.
They continued that IU might be the only singer whose all songs from an album are being streamed by the public.
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
