Ive took over the monthly charts with ‘Kitchie’ and ‘I.M.’
Ive took over the monthly charts with ‘Kitchie’ and ‘I.M.’
‘MZ Wannabe Icon’ Ive (IVE: An Yu-jin, Ga-eul, Ray, Jang Won-young, Liz, Lee Seo) dominated April.

Ive dominated the monthly, weekly, daily, and 24-hour charts of major domestic music sites such as Melon, Genie, Bugs!, Naver VIBE, and FLO, ranking 4th. One month was made ‘Ives Month’.

First, 'Kitsch' took first place on the monthly chart of Melon, Korea's largest music site. 'Kitchi', which was pre-released on March 27, immediately rose to the top of the weekly chart (4th week of March - 2nd week of April) and maintained its position for 3 consecutive weeks, reaching #1 on the monthly chart.

The double title song 'I AM', released on April 10, also ranked first on the weekly chart for two consecutive weeks (3rd week of April to 4th week of April), following 'Kitchie', and ranked 3rd on the monthly chart. occupied.

On the Genie monthly chart, ‘Kitchi’ took first place and ‘I.M.’ took second place. Additionally, 'Kitchi' maintained first place on the weekly chart for 3 weeks (4th week of March to 2nd week of April). After that, as if handing over the throne, 'I.M' achieved first place on the weekly chart for two weeks (3rd week of April to 4th week of April).

In the case of Bugs, 'Kitchi' ranked first on the weekly chart for 2 consecutive weeks (4th week of March - 1st week of April), and 'I.M' ranked 1st on the weekly chart for 3 consecutive weeks (2nd week of April ~ April). (4th week) and dominated the charts for a month.

In Naver Vibe's 'Today's Top 100', 'Kitchi' ranked first for 19 consecutive days (March 31 to April 18), and 'I.M' ranked first for 12 consecutive days (April 19 to April 30). ) and occupied the top spot on the charts for the month of April. Additionally, 'Kitchi' was selected as 'Song of the Month for April' by Vibe.

In the flow chart, where the chart ranking is updated every hour with a 24-hour tally, 'Kitchi' ranked first for a total of 360 hours from 23:00 on March 28 to 23:00 on April 12. Following this, 'I.M' occupied first place for a total of 516 hours from 23:00 on April 12th to the present (as of 10:00 am on May 4th), remaining as the main character on the charts for 24 hours in the month of April and even to this day. there is.

Meanwhile, Ive successfully completed his first full-length album 'I've IVE' on SBS' 'Inkigayo' on the 30th of last month (Sunday), and has been airing every Monday at 11 PM on the official YouTube channel since the 1st. We are meeting fans through season 3 of our own reality show '1,2,3 IVE'.

Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr