fromis_9's 'Midnight Guest' Nearly Triples the Group's Previous First-Week Album Sales
fromis_9's album sales amount for "Midnight Guest" in the first week is now the group's highest to date.
Continue reading to find out how many copies were sold.
fromis_9's "Midnight Guest" Attains the Group's Highest Album Sales in the First Week
On Jan. 24, Hanteo Chart officially revealed fromis_9's album sales in the first week since their fourth mini-album "Midnight Guest" was dropped on the 17th until the 23rd.
According to Hanteo, a total of 104,438 copies of "Midnight Guest" were sold within the seven-day tracking period. This is the first time the girl group has surpassed 100,000 copies in the first week, which means they have set a new personal record.
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Before fromis_9's "Midnight Guest" was released, the nonet's highest first-week sales record was held by "9 WAY TICKET," which sold over 37,000 copies from May 17 to 23 of last year.
This only shows that "Midnight Guest" almost tripled their previous highest album sales in the first week with "9 WAY TICKET."
Based on Hanteo's data, fromis_9 quickly broke their first-week sales on the first day after "Midnight Guest" sold more than 500,000 copies. With this, the mini-album becomes the girl group's fastest work to reach the number of sales.
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Moreover, fromis_9's "Midnight Guest" swept the top spots of several album charts during its seven-day tracking period. It took first place on the real-time, daily, and weekly album charts of Hanteo. It even ranked first on the real-time retail album chart of the Gaon Chart.
Congratulations to fromis_9 on achieving a new first-week sales record with their fourth mini-album "Midnight Guest"!
fromis_9's "Midnight Guest" and "DM" Enter Album and Song Charts
Shortly after its release on Jan. 17, fromis_9's fourth mini-album climbed to No. 1 on iTunes Album charts in four countries and entered the top 10 in 18 countries. "Midnight Guest" also debuted on the Worldwide iTunes Album chart at No. 6 and the European iTunes Album chart at No. 12.
Meanwhile, the title track "DM" entered at No. 89 on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart and debuted on a few real-time charts like Bugs (No. 1) and Genie (No. 104). On the daily Korean music charts, the song debuted at No. 2 on Bugs, No. 144 on MelOn, No. 214 on Genie, and No. 237 on VIBE.
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Over on YouTube, fromis_9's "DM" MV gained more than 4.3 million views and 189,000 likes in the first 24 hours of its release. It became the group's second most-viewed music video within 24 hours, following "Talk & Talk," which garnered 4.5 million views.
fromis_9's "DM" MV went on to reach 20 million views on YouTube on Jan. 23 at approximately 2:45 p.m. KST. It becomes the group's fastest MV to achieve the feat, doing so in only five days. The "Talk & Talk" MV previously held the record, hitting 20 million views in about a month.
"DM" becomes the group's fifth music video to accumulate 20 million views, following "We Go," "Love Bomb," "Feel Good (Secret Code)," and "Talk & Talk."
If you haven't seen it, check out fromis_9's "DM" MV here!
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
