ATEEZ Achieves THIS Impressive Feat As 1st Non 'Big 4' K-pop Boy Group
ATEEZ has accomplished THIS impressive achievement with their newest album "THE WORLD EP.2: OUTLAW," becoming the first boy group who isn't from the "Big 4" agencies to do so.
Read more about their achievement here.
ATEEZ's 'THE WORLD EP 2: OUTLAW' Surpasses 1 Million Album Sales on Hanteo Chart
On June 19, Hanteo Chart announced that ATEEZ earned their first-ever album to exceed one million album sold-outs in its first week with "THE WORLD EP. 2: OUTLAW."
By June 20, KST, "THE WORLD EP. 2: OUTLAW" garnered an amazing figure of 1,267,862 copies.
The achievement also led ATEEZ to become the first non "Big 4" (SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, HYBE) K-pop boy group to have an album exceed one million sales for its first week, marking another triumph in their career.
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"THE WORLD EP.2: OUTLAW" and its highly anticipated title track "BOUNCY (K-HOT CHILLI PEPPERS)" was both released on June 16.
Regarding the album's first day sales, "THE WORLD EP.2: OUTLAW" successfully sold a total of 756,748 copies, surpassing their previous score of 353,483, collected by their 2022 album "SPIN OFF: FROM THE WITNESS."
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Outside of Hanteo, ATEEZ also broke the Top Albums charts on iTunes worldwide by claiming the No. 1 spot with "THE WORLD EP. 2: OUTLAW," spanning across 34 different regions including Chile, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and many more.
As for its title track "BOUNCY (K-HOT CHILLI PEPPERS," the music video currently garners a total of 25,042,101 (million) views on YouTube, as of June 21.
Watch the full MV for "BOUNCY (K-HOT CHILLI PEPPERS)" here:
ATINYs commented on the group's exciting comeback.
"A bit late, but I'm so proud of them all! they have come such a long way. This song is such a bop, and the music video is phenomena! 24M views so far. ATINYs, let's keep fighting!"
"ATEEZ world domination! This song is f**king good and gives me a king vibe! You all are the best! Legendary comeback ever!"
"I haven't been following K-pop for a few years now, but this brought me back! Congrats ATEEZ and ATINY! This is where ATEEZ deserves to be!"
"Thank you ATEEZ for working so hard on this comeback! You guys are so talented."
"They said we're gonna bring some fun back and they did it successfully."
Meanwhile, on September 8, 2022, ATEEZ also became the first non "Big 4" K-pop boy group to attain "million seller" status with album "THE WORLD EP. 1: MOVEMENT."
According to Circle Chart, the album had sold over 1 million copies. ATEEZ has achieved this historic feat after being active in the industry for three years and four months at that time.
Congratulations to ATEEZ for this amazing accomplishment!
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