IZONE News and Discussion Thread

So, that's a real surprise, no IZ*One on AKB48's Red-White Music Fest. What did they do in Japan then?

Nah. Koreans love gratefulness. If they properly tell Korean fans beforehand they will attend the send-off concert for a precious senior, fans will be understanding. Sasshi can't retire yearly. It will be even better if they need not to explain as AKS can find a way to squeeze the whole IZ*One into the concert. We can see now why OTR didn't say Sakura and Nako would never again participate 48 group's activity separately.

About Sasshi, like barely a month ago when she visited Thailand, she said she would like to come back with HKT48 team. She abruptly changed her mind it seemed.

 

What's Izone? I only know Ozone.

 

Comforting the HKT duo -they went mental breakdown yesterday
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IZ*ONE Updates
Girl Group Member Brand Reputation Ranking December 2018 (source: http://www.newskr.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=16206#_enliple)

#14 Wonyoung
#18 Yujin
#28 Sakura
#29 Minjoo
#33 Yena
#39 Chaewon
#40 Yuri
#41 Hyewon
#42 Eunbi
#43 Chaeyeon
No Nako + Hii @ Top 100
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IZ*ONE x nonno magazine

Spoiler: Links

Full group
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
#7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12

IZ*ONE got interviewed by HK news site (source: https://hk.entertainment.appledaily.com/enews/realtime/article/20181216/59032987)

 

I hope you understand that it was impossible to reveal beforehand nor even hint what was going to be anounced ?

 

This is not surprising since Nako and Hii didn't have many chances to shine.
They don't have relevant parts in LVER and can't show themselves a lot in reality shows since they just aren't fluent in Korean yet

They said they want to film a travel reality show. That would definitely be interesting, but I don't think they'll be able to within their 1st year since they have to build their popularity first.

 

you're really out of things to troll that you have to resort to those cheap puns, huh?

 

I am not trolling, I am always serious with my comments.

 

"Oh, a troll, teehee". That kind of argument is droll. Try something like the following.

if the video does not show watch the video here

 

Random statistics:
- LVER is now the 17th most watched debut MV ever (7th most watched girl group ever)
- IZ*ONE has the 7th most subscribed girlgroup fancafe

Gaon Yearly Girl Group Ranking

Top Artist

1. Twice
2. Red Velvet
3. Blackpink
4. MAMAMOO
5. GFRIEND
6. MOMOLAND
7. APINK
8. (G)I-DLE
9. IZ*ONE
10. AOA

Digital Charts

1. Twice
2. Blackpink
3. Red Velvet
4. MAMAMOO
5. MOMOLAND
6. GFRIEND
7. (G)I-DLE
8. APINK
9. AOA
10. SNSD OHGG
11. IZ*ONE
12. LOVELYZ
13. WJSN
14. LOONA

Physical Charts

1. Twice
2. Red Velvet
3. Blackpink
4. IZ*ONE
5. GFRIEND
6. MAMAMOO
7. WJSN
8. LOONA
9. LOVELYZ
10. APINK
11. MOMOLAND
12. SNSD OHGG
13. (G)I-DLE
14. AOA

 

IZ*ONE sold 200,000 albums! Really impressive numbers. For those who want some comparisons maybe here is one or two.
Their albums usually costed 19 dollars on average from what I saw (if anyone has any better sources) if their album was priced at an average 48 Girl Group single it'd be like they sold 316,000 in Singles which is really good. The only GG's to have surpassed 200K in the last 5 years have been (TWICE, SNSD, BP) and now IZ*ONE.

Really fantastic numbers.

The competition next year is going to be tough so lets hope they can have a hit in either JPN or KOR!
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I paid roughly $17 for my COLOR*IZ (Rose Ver.) album (plus $3 for shipping).
I paid roughly $13 for my NO WAY MAN (Regular Type A) single (plus $3 for shipping).

But the COLOR*IZ album offers a lot more than an AKB single. The CD itself is a photobook (not just a plastic case), you get a small foldable photobook of Wonyoung, two posters and two photocards (as opposed to one photocard in AKB singles and a second one you get depending where you pre-order). On AKB singles you also only get 3 songs (I wouldn't count the off-vocal versions) and COLOR*IZ has 8 songs. Because of the small number of songs I still wouldn't count it as an album but for the sake of argument, I paid $29 for Bokutachi wa Ano Hi no Yoake wo Shiteiru +$3 for shipping.

Because it isn't really comparable to either an AKB single nor an album, I wouldn't go as far and say "they would've sold 316k at AKB prices."

 

Isn't it the norm nowadays for korean releases? I bought Dreamcatcher's korean single and japan single, the packaging is so different.

In Japan? Depends on what kind of gimmick they will offer. If it goes with AKS' formula, they can break 300k easily I suppose. What is the highest number of Kpop artist sales in Japan?

 

https://www.allkpop.com/article/201...ng-k-pop-groups-of-all-time-in-japan-s-oricon

An article in bilboard about the best kpop song in 2018 selected by critics
(link: https://www.billboard.com/amp/artic...sic-2018/8490486/best-k-pop-songs-2018-top-20)
La vie in rose is #9

An article in gaon that said , izone is expected to be top 3 in girls group sales in gaon charts the next year
http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/article/m.view.gaon?idx=14757)

Translated by @izone_daily

 

^ thanks
I think they can easily enter that list next year.

 

GAON's yearly girl group charts in graphs showing Twice is a wall

Digital

7. (G)I-DLE
10. Girls' Generation-Oh! GG
12. Lovelyz
13. WJSN
14. LOONA

Physical

7. WJSN
8. LOONA
9. Lovelyz
13. (G)I-DLE

Overall

8. (G)I-DLE
11. WJSN
12. Lovelyz
14. LOONA

As (G)I-DLE lead IZ*One by a close gap (due to its digital single comeback) and has better vote power and is better loved by critics (as its both a-side tracks are composed by its member), likely, it will win Rookie of the Year at Seoul Music Awards.

But Sasshi's send-off concert, aka grad concert, has been announced?

I suppose the said top 3 means top 3 on physical chart only as you may see that there are quite some groups above by big gaps on digital and overall charts. As Black Pink won't ever release more than 1 album yearly (doubt if it will ever release any next year) while IZ*One will release at least 2 albums next year, it should be a piece of cake to surpass Black Pink's physical sale.

Chaeryung, Chaeyeon's younger sister, is expected to debut in first quarter of next year in JYP's new girl group with other 4 girls. Like her elder sister, Chaeryung also is a dope dancer but their dance styles are kinda different. It's gonna be moving to see them meet on TV show.

 

Sasshi grad concert was announced already, it will be around the end of april

 

Ah, I just used the official pricing for the No Way Man single. It's highest price and lowest price. Combined them and averaged them out at $12.01. So thats what I am saying. Though, we can agree to disagree . I hope you enjoyed that album!

 

Sakura talks about Aijeu on her radio show

if the video does not show watch the video here

Aijeu after show interview in Hongkong

if the video does not show watch the video here

 

Nako had the best part in LVER!

 

Izone is spotted filming in paju (southkorea) . It seems a new show .