IVE's "LOVE DIVE" has achieved an outstanding first-week sales amount. It earned a spot on the top 10 list of the highest first-week sales by K-pop girl groups in the history of the Hanteo Chart.
Keep on reading to know how big their sales figure is this time.
IVE's "LOVE DIVE" Doubles Previous First-Week Sales on Hanteo
On April 5, IVE made their very first comeback since their debut with a new single album entitled "LOVE DIVE."
The group's new release comes with two new songs called "LOVE DIVE" and "Royal," with the first song serving as the title track.
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On April 11, the official first-week sales of IVE's "LOVE DIVE" came to an end. It impressively surpassed 300,000 copies. To be precise, it sold a total of 338,130 copies.
To compare, the new girl group's debut single album "ELEVEN" only sold 152,229 copies in the first week of its release. This means the first-week sales amount of "LOVE DIVE" is more than twice.
Other than that, IVE's "LOVE DIVE" has now claimed the No. 6 spot on the top 10 list of highest first-week sales by K-pop girl groups in Hanteo history. It has dethroned TWICE's "MORE & MORE," which only sold 332,416 copies.
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The sextet now joins aespa as the only fourth-generation girl group in the top 10. The other spots on the list are held by BLACKPINK, Red Velvet, IZ*ONE, and TWICE.
Furthermore, IVE's "LOVE DIVE" now sits at No. 66 on the Top 100 list of highest first-week sales by K-pop groups in Hanteo history. The rookie girl group becomes the seventh female K-pop artist to land inside the top 70, following LISA, BLACKPINK, ROSÉ, Red Velvet, IZ*ONE, and TWICE.
Congratulations to IVE on their continuous success with their new single album "LOVE DIVE"!
IVE's "LOVE DIVE" Soars High on iTunes Charts Around the World
At the time IVE's "LOVE DIVE" came out, it immediately went up the iTunes charts across the globe.
Shortly after its release, the title track "LOVE DIVE" debuted at No. 6 on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart - the new girl group's highest peak to date. The single album also entered at No. 17 on the European iTunes Song Chart.
On April 11, the song came in at No. 32 on the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart - the third-highest position of a K-pop album on that day.
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What's more, the single album landed inside the top 10 on iTunes Album charts in various countries, including Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, and more, as of April 6.
In South Korea, IVE's "LOVE DIVE" is charting high on charts as well. The song sits at No. 2 on Bugs, No. 3 on FLO, and No. 4 on both Genie and MelOn, as of 9 a.m. KST on April 12. It has earned more than 370,000 unique listeners on MelOn, as of this writing.
In Japan, the title track ranked second on the LINE MUSIC real-time chart as of 8 a.m. JST on the 12th.
If you haven't seen IVE's "LOVE DIVE" music video, watch it here!
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Written by Maria Scott
