Itzy grabs #1 spot for album sales on Billboard chart with first studio album 'Crazy In Love'
Looks like fans have gone loco for Itzy’s first studio album. ‘Crazy In Love’ and its title track ‘Loco,’ was released on September 24. It’s one of their most successful comebacks to date. From the get-go, it broke personal records as the music video crossed 1 million views within 26 minutes of its release on YouTube. It passed 10 million views in 24 hours and is currently at 66 million views. The album also spent two days straight in the #1 spot on the iTunes Worldwide Album Chart. And now it has broken their own Billboard record too.
As of October 5, Itzy is the second-highest fourth-gen K-pop act and highest fourth-gen female K-pop act on the Billboard 200 chart. ‘Crazy In Love’ debuted at #11 on the chart. Following third-gen leading girl groups like Blackpink and Twice, Itzy is the third girl group to debut in the top 15 on the Billboard 200. They’re also the only fourth-gen girl group to debut in the top 15 of Billboard 200. Not only that, but they have also topped five other Billboard charts.
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Itzy enter 10 Billboard charts and get their first 'Number 1'
Billboard has revealed that Itzy was #1 on their Top Album Sales Chart. This is the girl group’s first #1 on a Billboard chart. This is their highest entry on a Billboard chart. It makes ‘Crazy In Love’ the highest charted album of Itzy. Their last album to enter the chart had been in April as ‘Guess Who’ that had debuted at #148. It had been their first entry on the Billboard chart ever. Along with ‘Crazy In Love’ becoming the highest-charted fourth-gen album on Billboard 200, Itzy has made one more record.
Thanks to ‘Guess Who’, they’re the only fourth-gen girl group to have multiple entries on Billboard 200. The album’s title track ‘Loco’ also debuted at #29 on Global 200 Excl. US chart and #44 on Global 200. They were also at #12 on the Artist 100 Chart. The album ranked #1 on the Current Album Sales chart and World Albums chart while ‘Loco’ was #4 on the World Digital Song Sales chart. ‘Crazy In Love’ is also #1 on the Independent Albums chart and Tastemakers chart. Itzy also increased their sales with over 259k sales for ‘Crazy In Love’ on Hanteo in the first week.
In total, the group has charted on 10 Billboard charts -- Billboard 200, Top Album Sales, Global 200 Excl. US, Global 200, Artist 100, Current Album Sales, World Albums, World Digital Song Sales, Independent Albums and Tastemakers charts. Itzy and 'Crazy In Love' were also on Billboard Japan with #34 on Hot Albums, #61 on Artist 100, #96 on Download Songs and #9 on Download Albums charts.