Red Velvet Seulgi Sets New First Week Sales Record by Female SM Soloist With '28 Reasons'
Red Velvet Seulgi continues to show success with her solo debut as she sets a new first week sales record among her fellow female SM Entertainment solo artists.
Keep on reading to know more.
Red Velvet Seulgi's '28 Reasons' Records Highest First Week Sales by Female SM Entertainment Solo Artist
Back on October 4, Seulgi became the third member of Red Velvet to officially make her solo debut, eight years after she debuted in the industry as an idol with the group back in August 2014.
She made her highly-waited solo debut with her first mini album "28 Reasons," featuring a title track of the same name, along with the b-side tracks "Dead Man Runnin," "Bad Boy, Sad Girl," "Anywhere But Home," "Los Angeles," and "Crown."
Not long after releasing her mini album, as well as the accompanying music video for "28 Reasons," Seulgi already set a new record in her career in terms of first day album sales.
A day after dropping the album, Hanteo Chart announced that "28 Reasons" had recorded more than 134,600 album copies sold in just 24 hours, setting a new career high record for the Red Velvet member.
In fact, "28 Reasons" even set a new record to become the album released by a female K-pop solo artist this year that sold the most album copies in just the first day after its release. This record was previously held by TWICE Nayeon's "IM NAYEON" solo album released in June of this year.
In addition, this also made "28 Reasons" the fourth best-selling album for first day sales by a female K-pop solo artist in Hanteo Chart history.
YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN: Red Velvet Seulgi Fashion: Here Are the Pieces From One of Her '28 Reasons' MV Attires
Now, a week after the album's release, Seulgi has once again hit a new milestone among SM Entertainment artists. According to Hanteo Chart on October 11, "28 Reasons" had sold a total of 184,413 copies in the first week of its release between October 4 to October 10.
With this new sales figure, this marks the highest first-week sales ever achieved by any female solo artist under SM Entertainment, Seulgi's agency.
In addition, Seulgi's solo debut album also rose in the ranks to become the fifth best-selling album by a female solo artist in terms of first-week sales in Hanteo Chart's history.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Red Velvet Seulgi Criticized For Doing '28 Reasons' Challenge With THESE Two SM Artists
"28 Reasons" follows behind BLACKPINK Lisa's solo debut album "LALISA," BLACKPINK Rosé' solo debut album "R," IU's fifth studio album "LILAC," and TWICE Nayeon's solo debut album "IM NAYEON."
Congratulations to Seulgi for her achievements!
Seulgi Drops Music Video for 'Bad Boy, Sad Girl' Collaboration With BE'O
Meanwhile, back on October 8, Seulgi released a special music video for her b-side track featuring rapper BE'O, "Bad Boy, Sad Girl."
"Bad Boy, Sad Girl" is an R&B track that features a "bouncing" piano. In the music video, Seulgi can be seen singing while the boy downstairs, BE'O, was also singing without her knowing.
Watch the music video here:
For more K-pop news, always keep your tabs open here on KpopStarz.
KpopStarz owns this article.
Written by Robyn Joan
