IVE's latest comeback song "After LIKE" has climbed up to number one on MelOn's real-time chart. As of 9 AM, August 29, Korean time, the song has achieved its 7th real-time all-kill (RAK) by being number one at Bugs, FLO, Genie, and MelOn!
They are the only 4th generation girl group to have different songs achieving real-time all-kill on the charts.
IVE's 'After LIKE' Peaks At No. 2 on MelOn TOP 100 Chart
Rookie monster IVE has surpassed "Pink Venom" by BLACKPINK in the TOP 100 Chart of MelOn as of August 28. The pre-release single of BLACKPINK went down by a notch as IVE's After LIKE" bumped it down to number three.
At the number one spot is still another super rookie girl group NewJeans with their debut song "Attention."
Fans are guessing that they will dethrone NewJeans for the TOP 100 chart if they continue with their real-time all-kill charts.
Their unique listeners on MelOn have also reached their highest peak at 506,193. An additional 28,097 in the last hour compared to their unique listeners at 8 AM KST of the same day.
Meanwhile, their music video has reached more than 66 million views in just a week.
Also, the girl group is at number 2 on YouTube South Korea Top Songs Weekly charts with "After LIKE" and at number 5 with "LOVE DIVE."
Their second single "LOVE DIVE" is climbing back up the charts again as it reached number 6 on August 28 at 1 PM Korean time on the real-time MelOn chart
On the other hand, "After LIKE" remains at its peak of number 1 on the Spotify South Korea Chart with 61,217 streams. It has only been 5 days and it has not moved down from number 1.
IVE's Total Album Sales For 'After LIKE'
IVE first week sales for their 3rd single album "After LIKE" on Hanteo Chart have reached a total of 924,363 copies. Their recorded first-day sales for the same album were at 464,690 copies.
IVE's "After LIKE" surpasses their record for 1st week sales on Hanteo chart.
For their 2nd day, "After LIKE" sold a total of 136,109 copies. They sold 46,085 album copies on the third day and 90,459 album copies on the fourth.
It went up again on its 5th day with 144,699 album copies sold. While its sixth day was the lowest record with only 12,576 album copies sold. On its last day of the week, they sold 29,745 albums of "After LIKE".
They are now the second girl group after aespa with the highest 1st-week sales.
However, it might not last as TWICE's latest album, "BETWEEN 1&2," has surpassed a million pre-orders plus BLACKPINK's "BORN PINK" album has surpassed two million pre-orders.
Nonetheless, they are still number two when it comes to 4th generation girl groups.
IVE Winning Awards
In the recently held 2022 Brand of the Year Awards, IVE has won the "Female Idol - Rising Star." This award event is held by the Korea Economic Daily & the Korean Consumer Forum.
IVE on JTBC's "Knowing Brothers".
They have also recently won the K Global Heart Dream Awards their first-ever Bonsang award. They also received the K Global Super Rookie Award that night.
Are you one of IVE's fans who are happy for their achievements?
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Written by Jaswin Singh
