TXT's second full-length repackaged album lands No.2 on Japan's Oricon albums chart

▲ This photo, provided by Big Hit Music, shows boy group Tomorrow X Together (TXT). (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together has ranked second on the latest Oricon weekly album chart with its second full-length repackage album "Chapter of Chaos: FIGHT OR ESCAPE."

During the week between Aug. 16-22, TXT's repackaged album was placed behind Japanese rock band Official Hige Dandism's "Editorial" album, which topped the charts after selling 65,400 album copies.

Released on Aug. 17, "Chapter of Chaos: FIGHT OR ESCAPE" went straight to the top of the Oricon daily album chart and kept its top spot for two consecutive days.

According to the album sales tracker Hanteo Chart, the repackaged album's first weekly sales volume was about 483,900 copies.

"This is the third highest sale record for a K-pop group's repackage album," according to the K-pop act's agency Big Hit Music.

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