

[엑스포츠뉴스=김미지 기자] iKON successfully finished their 2017 Japan Tour with the Christmas live concert.

iKON wrapped up their activities in Japan on ‘iKON JAPAN X’mas LIVE 2017’ held on Yokohama Arena for two days, during December 9 and December 10.

The concert was broadcasted live throughout Japan with a local channel called CS Tereasa. iKON stated, “Thanks to all of you, we were able to perform live in many different stages. We will evolve and improve. We will come back with new songs next year”, promising their comeback.

iKON had their ‘first-ever’ dome tour in Japan this year. As the tour was held in 1 year and 9 months since debut, they wrote a new record on the quickest dome tour debut of a foreign artist.

Starting with the Arena Tour held on February, iKON gathered 470,000 audiences during 35 concerts over the course of the year, proving their popularity in Japan.

iKON’s tour also made headlines in 6 major Japanese Sports Newspapers, including Tokyo Junichi Sports, Sports Hochi, Daily Sports, Sports Nippon, Nikkan Sports, and Sankei Sports.

Members of iKON ‘worked hard’ this year in and out of Korea, including both group and individual activities.

They released ‘NEW KIDS: BEGIN’ on May 2017, breaking their own record by securing the no. 1 spot on Itunes Charts in 13 different countries. They also dominated the Oricon Daily and Weekly Chart in Japan.

They also made appearance in their first group reality program, JTBC’s ‘iKON PICNIC’, which aired its last episode on December 10. iKON displayed unexpected charms on the show, providing great material for the show.

Also, BOBBY released his first solo album and topped the Itunes chart in 22 different countries. It’s the top 3 record for Korean solo artists, following G-DRAGON and TAEYANG. The results were more meaningful as all songs in the album were produced by BOBBY himself.

iKON is currently planning to make comeback in the K-Pop scene on January 2018.

As they are a ‘self-producing idol group’, people are wondering what kind of songs and melodies they will release to become the big-time artist of 2018.

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