100 Remarkable Achievements TWICE Was The First One To Achieve

Sofia Sayson
8 min readAug 17, 2021

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1. First Korean group to get a viewership as high as 42.7% on Kohaku Uta Gassen with over 54 million live streamers

There were 54 million live streamers, more than the Korean population and twice as much as Grammy viewership.

The NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen is a year end music broadcast in Japan that invites top artists based on their success and public popularity.

TWICE is the first and only foreign girl group yo be invited for 3 consecutive years in a row. They are the first Korean artist to appear on the show since the 2011 edition of Kohaku.

TWICE is also listed as one of the Notable Asian participants along with other Korean groups such as BoA, Girls' Generation and TVXQ. They're the only 3rd generation K-pop group who's in the list.

2. First idol group to achieve 100 Perfect-All-Kills (PAKs)

TWICE had 91 PAKs for TT and 25 for Cheer Up (2016), had 69 PAKs for Knock Knock (2017) & had 12 PAKs for Yes or Yes (2018). TT and Cheer Up alone already surpassed more than 100 PAKs alone, making them the first idol group to achieve this. Currently, they have 197 PAKs all in all.

3. First girl group to be #1 for 5 consecutive years for being the best-selling girl group on both Gaon and Oricon combined

4. First foreign female artist to receive a Triple Crown on Oricon

5. First female k-pop artist to top both of Billboard’s World Chart (World Album & World Digital Song Sales)

6. First group to win triple crown 5 times in a row in SBS 'Inkigayo'

7. First female artist to earn a Platinum Certification by the Korean Music Copyright Association

8. First idol group to have 5 albums certified as platinum on Gaon

9. First korean girl group to hold two consequestive Tokyo dome concerts

10. First kpop girl group to achieve 15 daesangs

11. First girl group to become a half million seller in Gaon

12. First Asian artist to win 5 awards in Japan Golden Disc Awards

13. First girl group ever to score the Perfect Maximum Score of 11,000 points with 'FANCY' in the history of MCountdown

14. First ever girl group that surpassed 1 billion streams on Gaon chart

15. First girl group to have 5 songs with over 2 million unique listeners on Genie Music

16. First girlgroup to reach 100M views for debut on YouTube

17. First kpop group to win soty in both MNET Asian Music Awards (MAMA) and Melon Music Awards (MMA) in the same year (Cheer Up)

18. First girl group in history to have 3 albums surpassing 500,000 copies in Gaon Chart

19. First female kpop girl group in history to win digital bonsang & album bonsang for 3 years straight on Golden Disc Awards

20. First K-pop girl group ever to achieve 10 consecutive RIAJ Platinum Certifications for all of their 10 releases in Japan, be it album or single

21. First idol group to achieve Perfect-All-Kills (PAKs) for three consecutive years

22. First idol group to win Artist of The Year for 2 months for 2 different songs in the digital category for a whopping streak of 3 years in a row at the GAON chart Awards

23. First Korean girl group till date to have 13 Music Videos with over 100 million views each on YouTube

24. First Kpop Girl Group in history to reach #1 on MelOn for 5 consecutive years

25. First artist to win a daesang for 4 straight years ever since the Soribada Best K-music Show started

26. First girl group to win "Melon Weekly Award" 5 times which is the limit for wins

27. First Korean artist to reach 800 weeks on Japan Billboart Hot 100

28. First Korean act to spent 2 consecutive weeks at #1 on YouTube Japan’s Top Artist chart

29. First K-pop artist to reach 100 weeks for a song on Japan Billboard Hot 100

30. First girl group to have 2 songs which charted at least 1 year (52 weeks) on MelOn

31. First kpop girl group to hit #1 on MelOn for 5 consecutive years
32. First idol group to have 10 songs that surpassed 1 million unique listeners on Genie

33. First K-pop girl group to surpass 100 million views for a Japanese Music Video

34. First foreign female group to earn a double Platinum Certification by the RIAJ

35. First K-pop idol group to reach 100 million views for debut music video on YouTube

36. First K-pop girl group that reached 1 million likes on YouTube in their Japanese Music Video 'Breakthrough'

37. Giest kpop girl group to have 7 music videos with over 300 million views

38. First foreign artist to have a music video surpassing 50 weeks charting on YouTube Japan

39. First female foreign artist to achieve an “All Kill” by ranking #1 on Oricon (Daily+Weekly+Monthly Charts with BDZ)

40. First kpop group to have eight (8) Korean albums with over 100,000 on Oricon Chart

41. First K-pop girl group to have an album surpassing 170,000 copies sold on Oricon Chart

42. First overseas female artist to achieved triple crown for rookies on the 50th Oricon Annual Ranking

43. First K-pop group to have a song chartinf over 100 weeks on Japan Billboars Hot 100

44. First girl group and first K-pop artist to surpass 400,000, 500,000, 600,000, 700,000 & 800,000 followers on Line music

45. First female group with 10 million pure records certified by Gaon since 2018

46. First K-pop girl group to hold the first two stops of their Japanese dome tour

47. First K-pop girl group EP to debut inside the top 10 of Billboard 200

48. First Girl Group to chart inside the Top 10 of the Artist Chart of both the first & second biggest music markets in the world

49. First girl group to surpass 200,000 copies in the 1st day in Hanteo Chart

50. First girl group to have 8 consecutive songs to debut at #1 on Gaon

51. First foreign artist to open the stage at Tokyo Girls Collection 2018

52. First idol group to have 5 songs that surpassed 100 million streams on Gaon

53. First girl group to have all their title songs with 1 million or more unique listeners on Genie

54. First foreign act to spent 50 weeks on YouTube Japan’s Top Music Videos Chart

55. First K-pop girl group to spent 50 weeks on Gaon Social Chart

56. First girl group to win ‘Digital Daesang’ at ‘Soribada Best K-Music Awards’ for 2 consecutive years

57. First song by a girl group who debuts on MelOn chart at no.1, after the change of chart rules

58. First kpop girl group to spent 520 weeks on Gaon digital chart

59. First kpop girl group to have 5 songs with over 50 million streams on Genie

60. First third gen idol group to spent 10 weeks on Gaon digital chart

61. First third generation idol group & kpop girl group to spent 10 weeks on Gaon download chart

62. First idol group to have 10 songs that surpassed more than 100 million streams on Gaon Chart

63. First female idol group to have 5 songs that surpasses 2.5M downloads on Gaon chart since 2013

64. First kpop girl group album 'Fancy You' to surpass first week album sales of 150,000 as recorded by Hanteo chart

65. First K-pop act to achieve this to be certified as gold in Japan for 50 million streams (Feel Special)

66. First K-pop artist to have a 35 music show wins in a single year

67. First Korean act to surpass 2 billion streams in less than 1000 days on Spotify

68. First idol group song to spend 2,000 hours on Genie top 5

69. First girl group to spend 10 weeks on #1 on K-pop Hot 100 overall

70. First idol group to have 5 #1s on Billboard K-pop Hot 100

71. First 3rd gen girl froup to win 3 consecutive bonsang awards at Melon Music Awards (MMA)

72. First artist to win bonsang for four consecutive years on soribada (along with Red Velvet and Mamamoo)

73. First artist to win 10 awards on soribada k-music awards (along with BTS)

74. First K-pop act to surpass 100,000 followers on AWA fm (One of the biggest Japanese music platforms)

75. First international artist to have RIAJ streaming streaming certification

76. First song (TT) in history to receive a streaming certificate by RIAJ in two versions

77. First girl group to win Artist of the Year (Grand Prize - Daesang) for two consecutive years on Asia Artist Awards

78. First Asian girl group to average more than $3 million gross and 40,000 tickets sold on their tour 'Dreamday’

79. First artist to have 7 competitive awards at MAMA

80. First artist to accumulate over 180 weeks on Oricon album chart - twicecoaster

81. First K-pop girl group with multiple Japanese MVs with +100 MILLION views on YouTube for "Candy Pop" and "TT -Japanese Ver.-".

82. First Korean Song appeared on Tokyo Tower (TT)

83. First K-pop Idol Group to have 10 songs surpassing 4 Million+ Unique Listeners on MelOn

84. First girl group song to surpass 250 million streams on Melon’s history (Cheer Up)

85. First girl group in the MelOn’s history to have 3 songs reaching 200 million streams

86. First K-pop girl group to enter Hot 100 on Billboard Philippines

87. First K-pop mini album to surpass 500,000 pre-orders

88. First Girl Group ever to have sold out 210,000 attendance on dome tour

89. First K-pop girl group to reach 15 wins on Show Champion

90. First foreign female artist to top the weekly singles + album chart
and then achieve one more record by topping the monthly chart as well

91. First K-pop girl group that were announced by GAON to be the only Acts to have 3 Songs with Platinum Certification for Streaming on Gaon Chart ever since certifications system began

92. First K-pop girl group to hit 4M, 5M, 6M, 7M & 8 Million followers on their official Twitter account

93. First K-pop group to win all three awards in one year at the Japan Gold Disc Award
2011 - 2018 (K-POP)

94. First Korean act to preform on music station with a Korean song in Japan

95. First K-pop girl group to rank no.1 in Singer Brand Reputation for 8 consecutive months

96. First third gen idol group & kpop girl group to spent 10 weeks on Gaon download chart

97. First idol group to spent 20 weeks on Gaon streaming chart

98. First K-pop gg to surpass 105, 110 & 115 music show wins in history

99. First K-pop girl group to have 20 #1’s for digital singles (all charts worldwide)

100. First girl group in history to hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart with an EP

With all these achievements, TWICE don’t even try, they already won! No doubt for their success since they’ve been releasing hits after hits throughout their career as an artists.

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