Baekhyun, Rose, Wendy greets fans with new albums as solo artists

▲ This photo provided by SM Entertainment shows EXO's Baekhyun, who released his third mini solo album, "Bambi". (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, April 6th (Yonhap) -- Idol group members such as EXO's Baekhyun, Rose from BLACKPINK, Red Velvet's Wendy, and Hoshi from Seventeen have all recently distinguished themselves with solo albums.

Baekhyun, who has impressive record sales as a male solo artist, surpassed 830,000 pre-orders for his third mini album "Bambi," which was released on the 30th last month.

"Bambi" topped the iTunes Top Album Chart in 60 regions around the world and recorded "Double Platinum" for the first time this year on China's largest music site, QQ Music.

Baekhyun has sold more than 1 million copies of his second solo album "Delight," which was released last year, ultimately becoming a founding singer who has made both his group and solo album as million sellers since Seo Tae-ji.

"Bambi" will also win the title of "Double Million Sellers" if his record sales exceed 1 million.

On the other hand, BLACKPINK's main vocalist, Rose, also recently released a solo album, breaking the Korean female solo record on the British and American pop charts.

Rose's solo single title track "On the Ground" set new Korean female solo records, ranking 70th and 43rd respectively on the U.S. Billboard "Hot 100" chart and the official U.K. Singles "Top 100" Chart.

▲ This photo provided by YG Entertainment shows a scene from Rose's "Gone" music video. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

The music video for Rose's sub-title track "Gone," which highlights Rose's emotional acting, also surpassed 10 million views in half a day after its release on YouTube on April 5th.

In addition, Red Velvet's Wendy, who made her first solo debut out of the other group members, swept the iTunes Top Album Chart in 30 regions around the world with her first mini-album "Like Water," which was released on April 5th.

▲ This image provided by SM Entertainment shows Wendy from Red Velvet. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Lastly, Seventeen's performance team leader, Hoshi's first solo mix tape "Spider" was well received as it ranked within the top 10 on iTunes song charts in 48 regions.

As the size of fandoms for K-pop idol groups continue to grow, solo performances from one member of a group are also becoming popular.

Additionally, since K-pop groups are not able to tour around the world due to the pandemic, they tend to diversify their performances through various solo works by each individual members.

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