IVE Breaks Into the Billboard 200 for the First Time as 'Looks Can Kill' Debuts at No. 126

IVE is on the Billboard 200 for the first time. The group's new mini album Looks Can Kill debuts at No. 126 on the chart dated November 14, Soompi reported on November 10, the first appearance for the group on Billboard's U.S. album ranking.

The debut arrived with a cluster of other placements. IVE took No. 1 on the Emerging Artists chart this week and re-entered the Artist 100 at No. 66, according to Soompi.

Looks Can Kill also opened at No. 2 on World Albums and No. 6 on Top Album Sales, which made it the sixth best-selling album of the week in the U.S.

The title track, released ahead of the mini album, ranked No. 98 on Billboard's Global Excl. U.S. chart in its second week.

Fan accounts that track the numbers filled in the rest. @chartsive posted on X a rundown of the week's placements that included a No. 19 debut on Independent Albums alongside the Billboard 200 figure.

@IVE_Museum posted on X that the entry makes IVE the 13th K-pop girl group to reach the Billboard 200, a tally the account traced back to 2012.

The same account posted on November 3 that IVE now has 14 entries on the Billboard Global 200, a count it placed behind BLACKPINK's 23, aespa's 16 and NewJeans' 15 among girl groups.

The sales number is the one to watch. A No. 6 finish on Top Album Sales, alongside a first Billboard 200 entry, puts a number on how much of IVE's U.S. audience is buying the album, not just playing it.