Illit ranks No. 2 on Oricon chart with 3rd EP
EP 'bomb' sold over 326,000 copies on the day of release, marking a new first-day sales record for Illit and raising expectations that the group will beat the first-week sales record set with its previous EP. Illit's second EP, 'I'll Like You,' sold more than 382,000 units in the period, surpassing the record it set with its debut EP, 'Super Real Me.'
Meanwhile, the new EP's main track, 'Do the Dance,' entered Melon's Top 100 upon release, and all five tracks have taken over the top five spots on AWA Music's real-time chart in Japan.
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