October 29th is turning out to be a wonderful day for global pop group, IZ*ONE.
Their debut mini-album “COLOR*IZ” which was released at 6 pm on October 29th, has debuted at #1 on iTunes in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Argentina, Vietnam, Israel, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore.
IZ*ONE also has the highest first day dales for a debut album by a girlgroup on Hanteo:
[LIST] Girlgroups with the highest first day sales for a debut album on Hanteo:
#1 IZ*ONE – COLOR*IZ: 34,295
#2 BLACKPINK – SQUARE UP: 19,094
#3 I.O.I – Chrysalis: 10,845
#4 Weki Meki – WEME: 4,693 pic.twitter.com/LpnYGRAdeY— IZ*ONE Charts #COLORIZ (@IZONEstats) October 29, 2018
In addition, the music video for their first music video “La Vie en Rose” has surpassed 3.6 million views in 16 hours and closing in on 4 million views before the day is over.
IZ*ONE (pronounced as “Eyez One”/IZ=12 and the meaning is 12 members coming together as ONE) features Jang Wonyoung, Miyawaki Sakura, Jo Yuri, Choi Yena, Ahn Yujin, Yabuki Nako, Kwon Eunbi, Kang Hyewon, Honda Hitomi, Kim Chaewon, Kim Minju and Lee Chaeyeon.
The 12 members are the finalists of Mnet’s “Produce48” which began with 48 trainees from South Korea and 48 members of Japan’s AKB48G (AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48, NGT48).