Best Newcomer Award at "58th The Japan Record Award" at the end of 2016 iKON(iKON), a boy group that succeeds the genealogy of the award-winning BIGBANG. iKON is a survival TV program organized by YG ENTERTAINMENT WIN:Who Is Next(Broadcast in 2013) and "MIX & MATCH" (broadcast in 2014) are the boys' group released on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. WELCOME BACK"ORICON first appeared in the Daily CD album rankings.And the Japanese original single "DUMB & DUMBER" released on Wednesday, September 28, ORICON weekly CD single ranking no. 1,He was ranked #1 on the Billboard JAPAN HOT100 and the no. 1 on the Billboard Japan Top Single SalesChart.
In addition, in the 31st THE JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD awarded the New Artist of the Year and was awarded "The Japan Record Award Best Newcomer Award," "THE JAPAN GOLD DISC AWARD New Artist of the Year", and the first artist to win the W NewComer Award in Japan won the NewComer Award in Japan, Korea, and China.

In 2016, as a Japan Arena Tour, [iKONCERT 2016 SHOWTIME TOUR IN JAPAN] was held, 146,000 people were mobilized in 14 performances in five cities nationwide in Fukuoka, Tokyo, Kobe, Chiba, and Osaka.In the same year, [iKON JAPAN TOUR 2016] mobilized 176,000 people in 16 performances in 6 cities,the highest number of new artists debuting in 2016322,000 people mobilized. Furthermore, in 2017, we held a dome tour [iKON JAPAN DOME TOUR 2017] in 1 year and 9 months, the fastest ever since the debut of overseas artists. In one year, more than 470,000 people in 35 performances in 10 cities nationwide were mobilized.

Since the beginning of 2018, "LOVE SCENARIO" has had a long-run hit in his home country MelOn Music Awards. The 33rd GOLDEN DISC AWARDS" "The 28th Seoul Music Awards" "2018 Asia Artist Awards" "The 8th GAON CHART MUSIC AWARDS" So he won the Best Song Award and proved that it was the biggest hit of 2018, including a music video TOP 10 no. 1 in "YouTube Rewind 2018". On Wednesday, September 26, they released their first Japanese original album "RETURN" in two and a half years, and won the first place in the ORICON Weekly Album Rankings for the second consecutive time. In addition, on December 22nd (Sat) and 23rd (Sun), KYOCERA DOME OSAKA performances will be held for the second consecutive year. As early as Wednesday, February 27, 2019, the new album "NEW KIDS" and the DVD & Blu-ray LIVE on Wednesday, March 20. iKON JAPAN TOUR 2018" released. "LOVE SCENARIO" also achieved 570 million views on YouTube and 250 million streaming on Spotify.
From Saturday, July 27, 2019, [iKON JAPAN TOUR 2019] will be held, mobilizing more than 137,000 people in 14 performances in 6 cities nationwide.
Since his debut, he has been active in many stages such as Nippon Budokan, city arenas, and even dome tours, and has been enthusiastic about "iKON JAPAN TOUR In 2019, the total number of visitors to the Japan Tour exceeded 1 million. The tour included LIVE DVD & Blu-ray (released in December 2019) and made its first appearance in two categories: ORICON Week Music DVD / Blu-ray Ranking and Weekly Music DVD Ranking.
The mini album "i DECIDE" released in February 2020 won the top album iTunes in 24 countries including Japan, proving its unwavering global power.
He made his first comeback in about a year with the single "Why Why Why" released in March 2016, and from April, six boys who competed in popularity and ability for the title of the K-POP world appeared on the survival program "KINGDOM: WARY WAR", a serious performance showdown.