RIIZE Rose All the Way to No. 1 on Oricon and the Pun Writes Itself
the group’s second EP ‘II’ hit the top of Oricon’s Weekly Album Ranking. rookies no more — these boys are charting like veterans.
RIIZE named the EP 'II' and then rose to no. 1, and we refuse to be mature about it. the second EP took the top of oricon's weekly album ranking, which is not a small room to be the loudest voice in.
the good part is HOW. 'II' entered that chart at no. 31 after its june release and then climbed for four straight weeks until it hit the top. that's not a launch-week spike, that's japan falling in love slowly and in public.
the rest of the receipts: over a million copies moved in four days, making it their fourth million-seller, no. 1 on itunes' top albums chart in six regions, and a platinum certification from QQ Music in china. six members, zero filler.
they'd already pulled an oricon no. 1 with 'RIIZING' back in 2024, so at this point it's a pattern and not a fluke. and they did this one while running the 'RIIZE Playing Game' fan meetups through fukuoka, tokyo and kobe, because rest was never on the itinerary.
BRIIZE, go scream. responsibly, but loudly.
Reported by Korea Herald. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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Yeonjun Sold 661K Albums on Day One and We're All a Little Unwell About It
the man released a solo mini and immediately bodied every other soloist of the year. no notes, only screaming.
661,924 copies. ONE day. yeonjun released 'NO LABELS: PART 02' at 1 p.m. kst on july 10 and by the time hanteo finished counting he had the highest first-day sales of any korean soloist in 2026. the girlies are simply not okay.
for scale, because scale is the entire point here: his first solo mini needed a full WEEK to reach 601,105. he cleared that number before dinner on day one. the man is competing exclusively against himself and still not losing.
'Ice Cream' fronts the set and went straight to no. 1 on bugs' realtime chart at 2 p.m. kst — one hour after release. itunes fell in line right after: the album hit no. 1 in at least 11 regions, the single in at least 10. japan, thailand, saudi arabia, the UAE, vietnam, the philippines. it's a world tour, but of chart positions.
MOAs called this from the first solo teaser and were, annoyingly, correct. ate, left no crumbs, sent BIGHIT straight to the press release factory. 😮💨
Reported by Soompi. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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the tame impala duet hit No. 1 on billboard's pop airplay chart dated july 11 — a career first for BOTH of them. it also peaked at No. 10 on the hot 100. mother does not miss.
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