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BLACKPINK sold over 600,000 copies of their new album “The Album” in just two days to set the largest initial sales record in K-pop girl group history.
Korea’s Hanteo Chart revealed the sales figures for “The Album,” which was released in physical form on October 6 after it was released online on October 2.
According to the chart, “The Album” sold 589,310 copies on the first day of release alone on October 6, compared to “How You Like That,” which had 204,334 copies in first day sales. It sold 20,363 copies on the second day for a total of 609,673 copies in two days.
From day one sales alone, Hanteo said that BLACKPINK set a new record for first week sales in the history of K-pop girl groups. He said “The Album” reached the sales mark of 500,000 copies in less than seven hours after its release.
Hanteo added that this is the first time in the history of a K-pop girl group that an album reached 500,000 copies in sales in a short period of time.
“Considering that the accumulation excludes part of the sales made in the United States and Europe, we suspect that the actual sales were indeed higher,” said YG Entertainment, BLACKPINK’s agency, according to their blog.
The agency revealed on October 2 that “The Album” had garnered more than a million copies in pre-orders worldwide: 670,000 copies in South Korea and 340,000 copies in the United States and Europe.
On Chinese music streaming platform QQ Music, “The Album” has sold 839,216 copies at the time of writing. “The Album” topped the iTunes album charts in 57 countries and territories, including the United States.
In addition, the largest music streaming platform, Spotify, listed “The Album” at No. 1 in the Top 10 Debut World Albums and No. 3 in the Top 10 US Albums for the period of the year. October 2-4. “Lovesick Girls” ranked first in the Top 10 of world song debuts during the same period.
YouTube previously told Manila Bulletin Entertainment that the “Lovesick Girls” music video garnered 61.4 million views in the first 24 hours after its release on October 2 to become the sixth largest 24-hour music video debut on YouTube. of all times.
The premiere of the “Lovesick Girls” MV drew more than 1.4 million concurrent viewers on October 2 compared to the 1.66 million peak concurrent viewers at the “How You Like That” music video premiere on June 26.
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