MUSIC
New Jeans concludes promotions for single album ‘OMG’
New Jeans (Minzy, Hani, Daniel, Haerin, Hyein) concluded their new album activities with their appearance on SBS' 'Inkigayo' on the 29th. New Jeans also took first place on SBS' 'Inkigayo' that day, and achieved 10 wins on domestic music shows with this album 'OMG'.
On the 30th, New Jeans said through their agency ADOR, "We did not expect that both the title song 'OMG' and the b-side song 'Ditto' of the same name as the album would receive this much love, but we are truly grateful for always giving us love beyond our imagination. “He greeted.
They continued, "'OMG' is an album that we worked hard to prepare with excitement to show a new side of New Genes. We were happy that many people sympathized with the message and emotions we wanted to convey and enjoyed it together. We look forward to many more in the future." “I will grow by trying things and learning, and I will work hard to become a team that everyone can look forward to next time,” he said.
New Genes has proven to be an emerging 'music powerhouse' by sweeping the top of major domestic music sites with this single album 'OMG'.
'Ditto', which was pre-released on the 19th of last month, has not missed the top spot on the 'daily' and 'weekly' charts of domestic music sites such as Melon, Genie, and Bugs, and after the title song 'OMG' was released on the 2nd, 'OMG' They are sweeping 1st and 2nd places with .
New Jeans set a new record by entering the US Billboard main chart 'Hot 100' with the b-side song 'Ditto' and the title song 'OMG'. Entering Billboard's 'Hot 100' just 6 months after debut is the shortest record among K-pop artists, and New Jeans is the first K-pop artist to debut since September 2016. According to the latest chart released by Billboard (as of January 28th), 'Ditto' rose to 85th place on the 'Hot 100' and charted for two consecutive weeks, while 'OMG' entered the chart at 91st place.
'Ditto' charted for two consecutive weeks on the UK's official single chart 'Top 100', which is considered one of the world's two largest pop charts along with the US Billboard.
On the global 'Weekly Top Song' chart of Spotify, the world's largest music streaming company, 'Ditto' ranked 11th (as of January 13th), and 'OMG' ranked 24th (as of January 26th). In particular, 'Ditto' surpassed 100 million streams in about a month after it was announced, setting New Genes' own record of exceeding 100 million streams on Spotify in the shortest period of time.
Not only the sound source but also the album gained great popularity. The single album 'OMG' reached the top of Japan's Oricon weekly combined single ranking (as of January 16), broke New Genes' own record with over 700,000 copies sold in the first week (album sales in a week based on the release date), and was released within 3 weeks of release. The car sold over 1.01 million copies, giving New Jeans its first ‘Million Seller’ honor.
New Genes concluded their activities with their single album 'OMG', leaving behind 10 music broadcast wins, a steep increase in album sales compared to their debut album, and overwhelming domestic and international charts. In particular, the overseas chart performance is even more remarkable in that it was achieved by a rookie group that debuted less than six months ago without any significant local activities or promotions.
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr
