Dubbed "Monster Rookie", iKON first showcased their skills and attainable in survival programs, "WIN" and "MIX MATCH", gaining them fans from Korea and in all placesthe sector even sooner than they officially debuted. With their stylish, powerful, explosive songand function style, iKON acheived unparalleled popularityin an instant later their debut. Their first single, "My Type", swept top positions on Korean music charts soon after its free up and crowned8 music charts adding Melon, Mnet, NAVER Music, etc. The team went directly to release their first complete album, "Welcome Back", where hits like "Dumber Dumber", "What's Wrong " and "I Omit You So Bad" tipped the head of the charts all at once, atmospherean excellent record.
Living up to their name of "Monster Rookie", iKON is the primaryneighborhood in eight years to accomplish "Grand Slam" by sweeping all rookie comparable awards at the 2015 Melon Music Awards, 2015 MAMA, the Seoul Music Awards, the Golden Disc Awards, and the 5thGaon K-POP Chart Awards. Also they arethe 1st always artist to win either "Rookie of the Year" and "Artist of the Year" at the 5th Gaon K-POP Chart Awards, extra attesting their popularity and potential.
In the similar year, iKON held their debut concert "SHOWTIME" at the Olympic Gymnastics Hall, one of the most important concert halls in Korea, and was the first rookie organizationto hanga wide scale concert at the prestigious venue. Their ambitiousprice ticket draw was shown when all 13,000 tickets to the concert were sold out right away upon launch. When the group held their 2nd concert, "iKONCERT 2016 SHOWTIME" tour in Seoul, Daegu and Busan, over 40,000 tickets to the 4presentations were sold out in mere 10 minutes.