Espero and Kim Ho-joong's 'Endless' dominates music charts for a month

Crossover group Espero has once again set an unusual record.

As of 8 am on the 22nd, Espero (Nam Hyung-geun, Heo Cheon-soo, Kenzie, Lim Hyun-jin) ranked 47th in Korea's largest music site Melon TOP 100 with the title song 'Endless' of their debut album 'Espero 1st, Romance on Classic', and has been ranked 47th for a month. It continues to rise thanks to its long-term dominance on the music charts.

Espero succeeded in entering the charts 5 days after the album was released with the title song 'Endless', which was released on December 20th last year. In KBS2's 'Music Bank', which was the first broadcast of their debut, they showed great interest by ranking 9th on the K-chart.

As such, Espero is leading the popularization of the crossover genre, setting a record of becoming the first crossover group to chart with full support from listeners.

'Endless' is a collaboration song that harmonizes classical sensibility and R&B, sampling Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14, Moonlight Sonata, as its theme. Hit song maker Cho Young-soo was in charge of producing, and Kim Ho-jung, known as Korea's Pavarotti, participated.

Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr