Le Seraphim, ranked 6th on ‘Billboard 200’

‘K-Pop Top Player’ LE SSERAFIM set its own record by being named in 11 categories on the US Billboard charts.

According to the latest chart (as of May 20) released by Billboard, an American music media outlet, on the 16th (local time), Le Seraphim's first full-length album 'UNFORGIVEN' entered the 'Billboard 200' at number 6 and ranked 1st on the 'World Album' list. It ranked 2nd in ‘Top Album Sales’ and ‘Top Current Album Sales’, 8th in ‘Tastemaker Album’, and 63rd in ‘Canadian Album’.

The title song 'UNFORGIVEN (feat. Nile Rodgers)' ranked 7th in 'World Digital Song Sales', 14th in 'Billboard Global (excluding the US)', 23rd in 'Billboard Global 200', and 92nd in 'Canadian Hot 100'. In addition, Le Seraphim ranked 6th on ‘Artist 100’, breaking its own record. Their rapid growth is evident in the fact that their previous highest ranking was 39th.

In particular, Le Seraphim ranked 6th on the main album chart 'Billboard 200', showing off their spirit by entering the 'Top 10' in the shortest period of time in the history of a K-pop girl group. Le Seraphim took their first step on the 'Billboard 200' at number 14 (as of November 15, 2022) with their 2nd mini album 'ANTIFRAGILE', setting a record for entering the chart in the shortest period of time in the history of a K-pop girl group. After establishing the , new history was written once again.

With this new album, Le Seraphim showed off their heightened status by setting new records in Korea, the United States, and Japan. 'UNFORGIVEN' surpassed 1.25 million copies in the first week (album sales in a week based on the release date) based on Korea's Hanteo Chart, achieving the first million seller in the shortest period of time among K-pop girl groups in history. In addition, this album ranked first in the Japanese Oricon chart's weekly album ranking, weekly digital album ranking, and weekly combined album ranking as of the 15th, and Le Seraphim is the first foreign female artist to win three Oricon weekly rankings this year.

The attention of music fans around the world is focused on the progress of Le Seraphim, who is rocking the global music charts just one year after their debut.

Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr