IVE Dominates April Charts: Confidence of a 4th Generation Representative Girl Group
Iconic girl group IVE (An Yu-Jin, Gaeul, Rei, Jang Won Young, Liz, and Lee Seo) has taken over the music charts.
IVE secured the top spot on major domestic music sites Melon, Genie, Bugs!, Naver VIBE, and FLO in the monthly, weekly, daily, and 24-hour charts.
In Melon's monthly chart, "Kitsch" took first place. The pre-released song "Kitsch" on March 27th climbed straight to the top of the weekly chart (4th week of March to 2nd week of April) and held its position for three consecutive weeks, achieving first place in the monthly chart. The double title track "I AM," released on April 10th, followed "Kitsch" with two consecutive weeks at number one (3rd week of April to 4th week of April) and took third place in the monthly chart.
In Genie's monthly chart, "Kitsch" ranked first, and "I AM" ranked second. "Kitsch" also held the top spot in the weekly chart for three weeks (4th week of March to 2nd week of April). Afterward, "I AM" achieved first place in the weekly chart for two weeks (3rd week of April to 4th week of April).
In Bugs!, "Kitsch" topped the weekly chart for two consecutive weeks (4th week of March to 1st week of April), and "I AM" topped the weekly chart for three consecutive weeks (2nd week of April to 4th week of April), dominating the chart for an entire month.
In Naver VIBE's "Today Top 100," "Kitsch" held the top spot for 19 consecutive days (March 31st to April 18th), and "I AM" held the top spot for 12 consecutive days (April 19th to April 30th), ruling the chart for the entire month of April. "Kitsch" was also selected as one of the "Songs of the Month for April" in VIBE.
In the FLO chart, which updates rankings every hour based on 24-hour aggregation, "Kitsch" held the number one spot for a total of 360 hours from March 28th 11 PM to April 12 11 PM. Following that, "I AM" immediately took first place for a total of 516 hours from April 12 11 PM to the present (as of 10 AM on May 4).
Meanwhile, IVE concluded their activities for their first full-length album "I've IVE" with SBS "Inkigayo" on April 30th and has been meeting fans through their own reality show "1,2,3 IVE" Season 3 every Monday at 11 PM on their official YouTube channel since May 1.
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