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| ▲This photo, provided by SM Entertainment, shows Aespa. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, provided by Pledis Entertainment, shows group SEVENTEEN. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, proivded by JYP Entertainment, shows TWICE Nayeon. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲This photo, provided by Source Music, shows Le Sserafim. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- K-pop idols are achieving excellent results on the Billboard’s main album chart.
Girl group Aespa’s second mini album “Girls” ranked No.3 on Billboard’s main album chart “Billboard 200,” recording the highest rank for K-pop girl group on Wednesday(Local time).
They also ranked No.3 on “Artist 100,” and ranked No.1 on “Top Album Sales,” “Top Current Album Sales,” “World Album.” They ranked No.5 on “Tastemakers album,” No.6 on “World Digital Song Sales,” No.6 on “Hot Trending Songs,” and No.42 on “Billboard Global 200.”
Also, the new song “Girls” as well as “Illusion” and '“Life's Too Short” made “Billboard Global (excluding the US)” chart, proving the high popularity of Aespa.
K-pop group TOMORROW X TOGETHER successfully made “Billboard 200” chart for 9 weeks.
TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s fourth mini album “minisode 2: Thursday’s Child” rebounded to No.128, 8 places higher that the previous week, on “Billboard 200” chart.
This album ranked No.5 on “World Album,” No.6 on “Top Current Album,” and No.7 on “Top Album Sales.”
Group SEVENTEEN’s fourth full-length album “Face the Sun” succeeded in charting on “Billboard 200” for 6 weeks.
SEVENTEEN ranked No.187, 22 places lower than No.165. “Face the Sun” also ranked No.6 on “World Album,” No.11 on “Top Current Album Sales,” and No.12 on “Top Album Sales.”
Girl group TWICE’s Nayeon’s solo debut album “IM NAYEON” ranked No.86 on “Billboard 200,” making the chart for 3 weeks.
Nayeon ranked No.7 on “Billboard 200” with this album, becoming the first-ever K-pop solo artist to rank such high number
Girl group Le Sserafim’s debut song “FEARLESS” made the chart for 11 weeks, ranking No.127 on “Billboard Global.”
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)
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