Kiki, 'WhyKiiiKiii' Global Sensation... #1 on QQ Music and Kugou Music, Top 10 on iTunes in 13 Countries

The group KiiiKiii showed remarkable achievements on major overseas music charts with their third mini-album, ″WhyKiiiKiii.″ According to Starship Entertainment, ″WhyKiiiKiii,″ released on August 10, immediately ranked high on charts in various countries around the world. In particular, the title track ″Pop Off Pop Off″ showed strong performance on major Chinese music platforms. It simultaneously entered QQ Music’s new song chart, popular song chart, rising chart, and Korean chart, ranking 2nd on QQ Music’s Korean chart and 3rd on the rising chart on the 11th. On the 14th, it reached 1st place on Kugou Music’s Korean chart. It also appeared on various charts within Kugou Music, including the new song chart and Korean language chart, attracting local fans’ attention. It also made records on global platforms. The music video for ″Pop Off Pop Off″ ranked 1st on YouTube Music Video Trending Worldwide, and the album ″WhyKiiiKiii″ took 1st place on the iTunes Top K-Pop Music Album chart in three countries—France, the Netherlands, and Australia—on the 17th. It entered the top 10 in 13 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, and Japan. On Spotify, it ranked 1st daily and 3rd weekly on the Korean chart and also entered the Taipei and Hong Kong charts. On the Apple Music Top 100 chart, it ranked 1st in Korea and appeared on the charts in Taipei, Hong Kong, Macau, and China. Beyond chart performance, KiiiKiii was active on offline stages as well. They recently performed at the ″2026 TIMA″ held at Hong Kong Kai Tak Stadium, where they received the newly established ″Melon Music Choice″ award for the first time this year. This award is given to artists who have achieved significant results on the Melon chart throughout the year, and KiiiKiii was recognized for their musical accomplishments through this award. Meanwhile, KiiiKiii participated in singing the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) season song and is scheduled to appear in the opening ceremony of the LCK finals, which will be held on September 13 at KSPO Dome in Songpa-gu, Seoul.