BTS Million Seller that took 3 years... Zero Base One, 'first runner of the 5th generation' achieved in one day of debut

Following the genealogy of the Mnet audition boy group, Zero Base One became a million-seller on the first day of their debut. With a record far exceeding Wanna One's record, attention is focusing on how much further Zero Base One will grow in the future.

On the 11th, according to Hanteo Chart, the largest album sales aggregation site in Korea, Zero Base One (Sung Han-bin, Kim Ji-woong, Jang Ha-o, Seok Matthew, Kim Tae-rae, Ricky, Kim Gyu-bin, Park Gun-wook, Han Yu-jin) released their first mini-album 'Youth in the It was tallied that 1.24 million copies of 'YOUTH IN THE SHADE' were sold on the day of release alone. With this, Zero Base One became the first K-pop group to become a million-seller on the first day of release with their debut album.

Not only in albums, but also in domestic and foreign music charts, they achieved "out-of-rookie" achievements. Including the title song 'In Bloom', the b-side songs 'Back to ZEROBASE', 'New Kidz on the Block', 'Cosmic Dust (and I)', ' All six songs, including “Our Season” and “Always,” entered the top ranks of major domestic music sites such as Melon, Genie, and Bugs immediately after their release.

There was also interest from abroad. It reached the top of the real-time TOP 100 on Line Music, Japan's largest music site. On another Japanese music site, AWA, four songs, including the title song, took the 1st to 4th places side by side. China's Sina.com said, "Zero Base One became the first K-pop idol to achieve a 'Million Seller' with their debut album, and all the songs in the album entered major Korean music charts and achieved good results in Japan's Line Music and AWA. They are making achievements on both digital and album charts.”

Zero Base One is a boy group composed of nine members selected through a survival audition by Mnet. The 11-member boy group Wanna One, who was selected through Mnet's another audition program, the 'Produce' series, exceeded 1.01 million album sales on the 101st day of their debut. Compared to this, Zero Base One's record is amazing. Furthermore, in the case of Wanna One, it is a record set by combining the sales of two albums, the debut album and the repackage album. The fact that Zero Base One became a million-seller all at once with only one debut album is a more surprising reason.

Even compared to BTS, Seventeen, and Stray Kids, who have the title of 'Quadruple Million Seller', this record is much faster. BTS, which debuted in 2013, recorded their first million-seller record in 2016 when they released their 2nd regular album 'WINGS'. Seventeen, who debuted in 2015, also finally became a million seller in 2020 with their 7th mini album 'Hengare'. After winning Mnet's 'Kingdom: Legendary War' in 2021, Stray Kids enjoyed the joy of becoming a million-seller three years after their debut with their 2nd full-length album 'NOEASY', which was released under great anticipation from global fans.

ZeroBase One has just taken its first steps. As they were selected through an audition program, they have already secured numerous global fans. This is why the records that those who announced the beginning of the 5th generation idols will write are more anticipated.

Reporter Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia bella@tenasia.co.kr