▲This photo, provided by SM Entertainment, shows boy group NCT Dream. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

▲This photo, provided by SM Entertainment, shows fans lining up to purchase the "Candy" album. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

SEOUL, December 21 (Yonnahp) -- H.O.T.'s "Candy" (1996), remade by group NCT Dream, has been gaining popularity, and it has sold 1 million copies of the album in three days, as of Wednesday. 
 
NCT Dream's winter album "Candy," released on December 19, has sold 1 million and four thousand copies of the album as of Wednesday, 1 p.m. on Hunter Chart, according to the music industry. 

It is significant because it is a special mini-album, not a regular album, and it is a result made despite major music programs being canceled one after another as the year ends.
 
In particular, major album stores in Seoul, including "Kwangya@Seoul" at the SM Entertainment office in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, as well as Gwanghwamun, Gangnam, and Jamsil, were packed with fans lined up to buy albums even in the cold weather. 
 
Since the center of the music market has shifted from offline to online, it is unusual for hundreds of people to line up in time for store openings in the middle of winter.
 
More than 3,000 fans visited the "Candy" promotional stores set up by SM Entertainment in Seongsu-dong, Hongdae, and Yeonhui-dong on the first day, December 20, 
 
Not only the physical album chart, but the album "Candy" also topped major music charts, which is usually hard for boy groups. The song topped Korea's biggest music platform, Melon's "Top 100," and more music charts such as Bugs and Vibe.
 
NCT Dream is one of only three groups to top the Melon "Top 100" chart, along with Big Bang and BTS. 

An official from the K-pop industry said, "NCT Dream was able to kill two birds with one stone. As the group sang this hit song, the group maintained the original vibe of the song but also was able to express NCT Dream's liveliness and freshness in the song," adding, "The group was able to gain attention not only from Gen MZ, but also from Gen X, through song arrangements that go well with the present era, and effort on the musical perfection, outfits, and stage compositions." 
 
 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
 
 
 
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