MUSIC
ZeroBase One sold 1.82 million albums in the first week of debut
According to Hanteo Chart, an album sales tally site on the 17th, ZEROBASEONE (Sung Han-bin, Kim Ji-woong, Jang Ha-oh, Seok Matthew, Kim Tae-rae, Ricky, Kim Kyu-bin, Park Gun-wook, Han Yu-jin) released on the 10th, released on the 10th. Youth in the Shade)' sold a total of 1,822,028 copies in the first week of release.
With this, ZEROBASEONE became the first K-pop group to go directly to the 'Million Seller' for the first time in their debut album. In addition, they entered the TOP5 in terms of the highest sales volume by K-POP group in the first week of the album's release.
ZEROBASEONE stands out not only on albums but also on domestic and international music charts upon debut. Right after the release of the album, the title song 'In Bloom', all six songs from the debut album, including 'Back to ZEROBASE', 'New Kidz on the Block', 'Cosmic Dust (and I)', 'Our Season', and 'Always' were released. It entered major domestic music charts such as Melon, Genie, and Bugs.
In particular, the title song 'In Bloom' exceeded 3.35 million cumulative streams on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, and ranked second on the Line Music Daily Chart, Japan's largest music site, for 5 consecutive days.
'YOUTH IN THE SHADE' is an album that depicts the youth of this era, the beauty of brilliant youth and the instability behind it. ZEROBASEONE has solidified their position as the leader of the 5th generation K-pop idols with brilliant visuals, trendy music that tells their own stories, and energetic performances with a sense of freshness.
Reporter Yoon Jun-ho, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr
