JYP Entertainment, Sony Music Labels Inc.

The girl group NiziU (Niju) has taken the top spot on major weekly album rankings in Japan with its new album.

On April 1, NiziU released its second Japanese EP ‘GOOD GIRL BUT NOT FOR YOU’ (Good Girl But Not For You) and the title track ‘Too Bad’ (Too Bad), marking its comeback. Spotlighting the self-driven energy of its nine members, the new release topped the Oricon Weekly Album Ranking and Weekly Combined Ranking in Japan, dated April 13 (2026.03.30~2026.04.05), confirming its popularity.

After first reaching No. 1 on the Oricon Weekly Combined Album Ranking in July 2020 with the pre-debut digital mini album ‘Make you happy’ (Make You Happy), NiziU achieved its seventh No. 1 overall with ‘GOOD GIRL BUT NOT FOR YOU’, becoming the female artist with the most No. 1 titles on that chart. Since first topping the Weekly Album Ranking with its first studio album ‘U’ (U) released in December 2021, six releases in a row have reached the summit, which adds significance as the second-best record ever for a female group.

The new release also claimed the highest position on the Billboard Japan April 8 ‘Top Albums Sales’ chart (26.03.30~26.04.05), securing a triple crown across major local weekly album charts. The title track ‘Too Bad’ reached No. 1 on the iTunes J-Pop Songs chart in nine regions, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Turkey, Austria, Thailand, Peru, and Kazakhstan, demonstrating strong fan interest in NiziU and its first comeback release of 2026.

Unveiled about one year and nine months after the first EP ‘RISE UP’ (Rise Up) in July 2024, the new EP ‘GOOD GIRL BUT NOT FOR YOU’ embodies a bold mood of venturing anywhere to get what one wants. Led by the title track ‘Too Bad’, the release contains three tracks in total: the fan song ‘Light it Up’ (Light It Up), for which the members directly took part in lyric writing, and the pre-released track ‘Dear…’ (Dear), a cover of a hit by popular local singer Kana Nishino. It has been garnering praise as ‘the more you listen, the more it captivates’.

Riding this momentum, NiziU will hold its second dome tour, ‘NiziU Live with U 2026 DOME TOUR’ (Niju Live with U 2026 Dome Tour), in June. Set to expand the excitement of the recently completed solo arena tour across five regions of Japan with 12 shows, ‘all dates sold out’, ‘NiziU Live with U 2026 “NEW EvoNUtion”’ (“New EvoNUtion”), the dome tour will take place at Kyocera Dome Osaka on June 6 and 7, and at Tokyo Dome on the 13th and 14th.