K-pop rookie girl group Ive makes Spotify history, beats Big Bang and Red Velvet on music show
By Bryan Ke
Just four months after their debut, rookie K-pop girl group Ive have beaten veteran group Big Bang on a music show, sold more than 300,000 copies of their second single album and made Spotify history.
Ive’s single “Love Dive” was streamed more than 11.1 million times in the first week of its release on Spotify, the music streaming company revealed in its latest update on Wednesday.
On Spotify’s global Top 200 chart for April 13, “Love Dive” placed No. 50 for most-streamed songs worldwide.
With their hit single, Ive was also crowned the winner of this week’s “Show Champion,” a South Korean weekly music broadcast. The group beat Big Bang with “Still Life,” NCT Dream with “Glitch Mode,” Red Velvet with “Feel My Rhythm” and Oh My Girl with “Real Love.”
Ive, which consists of members Yujin, Gaeul, Rei, Wonyoung, Liz and Leeseo, debuted on Dec. 1, 2021.
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