ITZY Becomes The Best-selling New Artist In Japan

JAKARTA - The company in the field of Japanese music information services, Oricon, named the K-Pop group ITZY as a newcomer or rookie artist with the highest sales in the first half of this year in the sakura country.

"Oricon announced ITZY as the best-selling rookie artist in the market for the period from December 17, 2021 to June 20, 2021," JYP Entertainment said, quoted from Yonhap on Thursday, July 30.

It is known that every year since 2018, Oricon has always released a ranking of artist sales based on single and album sales, both physical and digital, as well as DVD, blu-ray disc, and streaming.

Meanwhile, last December, ITZY released the compilation album "It'z ITZY" in Japan. The album managed to occupy the fourth position on the Oricon weekly album chart.

Quoted from ANTARA, they also gained popularity through their first Japanese single entitled "Voltage" which was released in April.

On July 15, ITZY will release a new mini album titled "Checkmate". Then on August 6-7, they are scheduled to start their first world tour in Seoul.