ENHYPEN Becomes the First Act in 6 Years to Break the Highest 1st Week Sales Record for a Japanese Debut Album
ENHYPEN has broken the record for the highest first-week sales of a Japanese debut album of a K-pop boy group in history, which was set by EXO almost six years ago.
On July 6, the rookie group dropped their first single album in Japan and has since been selling thousands of copies in the country.
July 11 was the sixth day of sales and yet ENHYPEN has already set a new record for the highest first-week sales on the Oricon Chart for a debut album by a K-pop boy group.
ENHYPEN "BORDER: Transient" Claims the Record for Highest 1st Week Sales of a Japanese Debut Album of a K-pop Boy Group
On the Oricon Daily Chart for single albums on July 11, ENHYPEN's "BORDER: Transient" remained at No. 1 with a total of 5,556 copies sold.
"BORDER: Transient" becomes the boy group's longest-running album at No. 1 on the Oricon Chart, surpassing "BORDER: CARNIVAL," which stayed at the top spot for four days.
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If the 5,556 copies are added to the group's album sales in the past five days, they have now sold almost 200,000 copies in only six days.
Overall, ENHYPEN's Japanese debut album has already sold 195,637 total copies from July 6 to July 11. This is more than twice the first-week sales of the group's "BORDER: CARNIVAL," which only sold 83,218 copies.
In addition to this, ENHYPEN's "BORDER: Transient" is now the Japanese debut album by a K-pop boy group with the highest first-week sales on the Oricon Chart.
The septet beat the record of 146,892 copies sold, which was set by EXO back in November 2015 with their Japanese debut single album, "LOVE ME RIGHT."
"BORDER: Transient" is also now the best-selling album by a fourth-generation K-pop boy group. Moreover, it is now the second-best-selling album by a K-pop boy group in history, following EXO's "LOVE ME RIGHT" with cumulative sales of 197,008 copies.
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It remains to be unseen whether ENHYPEN's Japanese debut album can ultimately surpass EXO's "LOVE ME RIGHT" and be the all-time best-selling album by a K-pop boy group on the Oricon Chart.
Furthermore, ENHYPEN now joins EXO and SEVENTEEN as the only K-pop boy group to sell more than 100,000 copies of their Japanese debut album in the first week.
EXO's "LOVE ME RIGHT" sold 146,892 copies, while SEVENTEEN "WE MAKE YOU" sold 127,985 copies.
Additionally, ENHYPEN becomes the second K-pop boy group in history to sell over 190,000 copies of their Japanese debut album on the Oricon Chart, following EXO.
Congratulations to ENHYPEN on their continued success with "BORDER: Transient"!
ENHYPEN Enters YouTube Japan Chart with Two Versions of "Given-Taken" Music Video
Meanwhile, the rookie group recently landed two entries on the latest "Top Music Videos" list of YouTube Japan.
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ENHYPEN's "Given-Taken" MV secured the No. 57 spot with 690,000 views. The music video for the Japanese version of the song also made it to the YouTube Japan chart.
ENHYPEN's "Given-Taken" MV (Japanese version) claimed the No. 63 spot with 506,000 views.
The new K-pop boy group has also entered the Top Artists list of YouTube Japan, taking the No. 79 spot with 1,390,000 views.
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
