ASTRO Claims No. 1 Spot on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart for the First Time
ASTRO's comeback album "All Yours" has proven the group's increasing popularity in Japan after rising to the top of the Oricon Weekly Album Chart for the first time since their debut.
On April 5, ASTRO dropped their new album "All Yours," consisting of 10 songs, one of which is titled "ONE," which serves as the title track.
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Following the release of their comeback album, ASTRO attained multiple achievements and set numerous personal records on music charts, showing the boy group's growth in fame. And now, the band has again attained a new milestone.
ASTRO Climbs to No. 1 on Oricon Weekly Album Chart with "All Yours"
On April 20, ASTRO's comeback album "All Yours" was revealed to have ranked first on the weekly album chart of Oricon for the week of April 12 to 18. This is the first time that the boy group ranked No. 1 on the Oricon album chart since their debut back in 2016. What makes this feat more meaningful is that "All Yours" was released in Korean and not Japanese.
For the week of April 12 to 18, a total of 31,765 copies of "All Yours" were sold, jumping four positions to No. 1. As of last week, there are 39,138 copies sold in Japan. "All Yours" is now the No. 4 bestselling Korean album on Oricon this year so far, following BTS's "BE," NCT's "Resonance Pt. 1," and Baekhyun's "Bambi."
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Apart from the new album, ASTRO's first studio album "All Light" and their sixth mini-album "Blue Flame" made it to the latest weekly Oricon album chart, ranking No. 7 and No. 8, respectively. This means the band has three entries in the top 10 of the album chart for this week. With this, ASTRO has become the first Korean group to land three albums on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart's Top 10 in the same week.
ASTRO's "All Yours" Ranks No. 1 on Tower Records' Album Chart for 2 Weeks in a Row
Apart from taking first place on the Oricon Album Chart, ASTRO's new album also impressively maintained its position at No. 1 on Tower Records' overall total album chart for the week of April 12 to 18. "All Yours" has now spent two consecutive weeks on the album chart.
ASTRO Earns Three Music Show Wins for "ONE" So Far
In other news, ASTRO has already taken home three trophies from various music shows for their new track "ONE." Their first victory was on the April 13 episode of "The Show." The boy group eventually secured first place with a total of 9,500 points.
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Next, they snagged their second win on the April 14 episode of "Show Champion. And their latest music show trophy was on the April 15 episode of Mnet's "M Countdown" after earning 9,097 total points. This becomes ASTRO's very first win on "M Countdown" since their debut.
Congratulations to ASTRO on their success with their new full album "All Yours" and its title track "ONE"!
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
