NMIXX Surpasses Kep1er as Korean Female Artist With Highest First-Week Sales in 2022
NMIXX has now beaten Kep1er's record for highest first-week sales on Hanteo for a Korean female artist in 2022.
Learn how many copies the new JYP girl group has sold.
NMIXX Overtakes Kep1er as Korean Female Act with Highest First-Week Sales in 2022
On March 1, Hanteo Chart announced that NMIXX's "AD MARE" had sold an impressive total of 227,399 copies in the first week of its release (Feb. 22 to 28), marking a promising start for a rookie girl group.
NMIXX Surpasses Kep1er as Korean Female Artist With Highest First-Week Sales in 2022
On the first day of sales, the debut single album sold 20,300 copies. The highest daily sale figure was recorded on the fourth day (Feb. 25) when a whopping 138,526 copies were sold.
The album's second-highest daily sale amount was on the seventh day (Feb. 28) when an additional 60,758 copies were sold.
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NMIXX Surpasses Kep1er as Korean Female Artist With Highest First-Week Sales in 2022
With over 227,000 copies, NMIXX's "AD MARE" now has the highest first-week sales on Hanteo of any Korean female artist that released albums this 2022. They overtook the previous record of 206,554 copies sold by Kep1er with their debut mini-album "FIRST IMPACT."
What's more, NMIXX has broken Kep1er's record for the second-highest first-week sales of any girl group debut album in Hanteo history (bested only by aespa with "Savage").
NMIXX Surpasses Kep1er as Korean Female Artist With Highest First-Week Sales in 2022
Only four other girl groups have ever successfully surpassed 100,000 first-week sales with their debut album: BLACKPINK ("SQUARE UP" - 102,001 copies), aespa ("Savage" - 276,877 copies), Kep1er ("FIRST IMPACT" - 206,569 copies), and IVE ("ELEVEN" - 152,229 copies).
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Further, NMIXX's "AD MARE" now falls at No. 11 on the list of highest first-week sales by a K-pop girl group album overall and lands at No. 97 on Top 100 first-week sales of K-pop albums of all time.
NMIXX Surpasses Kep1er as Korean Female Artist With Highest First-Week Sales in 2022
The debut single album of the new JYP girl group initially went on sale as a limited edition "Blind Package" in July of last year for a total of 10 days. The agency advertised the package as an exclusive item ahead of releasing details about its new girl group.
It can be recalled that a total of 61,667 pre-orders for the "Blind Package" were tallied from July 16 to 25.
Meanwhile, NMIXX will hold a debut showcase called "New Frontier: AD MARE" later today, March 1, at 8 p.m. KST.
NMIXX's Debut Song 'O.O' Enters Spotify Daily Charts in Various Countries
In other news, the title track of NMIXX's "AD MARE," titled "O.O," is also showing great popularity on Spotify.
NMIXX Surpasses Kep1er as Korean Female Artist With Highest First-Week Sales in 2022
On Feb. 27, the debut song was charting in 10 different countries around the world, eight of which where it ranked inside the top 100. "O.O" ranked No. 30 in South Korea, No. 51 both in Singapore and Malaysia, No. 62 in Thailand, No. 75 in Indonesia, No. 81 in the Philippines, No. 86 in Vietnam, and No. 95 in Taiwan.
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While it was charting at No. 101 in Hong Kong, the "MIXX POP" genre song placed No. 104 in Japan.
When it comes to streams, NMIXX's "O.O" has more than 3.1 million streams as of Feb. 27. The B-side song "TANK," meanwhile, has over 1.6 million streams.
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
