&TEAM received ‘Gold’ certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan for ‘First Howling’

&TEAM has obtained 'Gold' certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

According to the Japan Record Association on the 8th (Korean time), &TEAM (Uiju, Fuma, Kei, Nicholas, Yuma, Joe, Harua, Taki, Maki)'s first full-length album 'First Howling: NOW', released on the 14th of last month, The disc received ‘Gold’ certification (as of November 2023) with cumulative shipments of over 100,000 units.

The Recording Industry Association of Japan awards gold disc certifications such as gold (more than 100,000 copies), platinum (more than 250,000 copies), and double platinum (more than 500,000 copies) based on cumulative album shipments every month.

&TEAM, which previously obtained 'Gold' (as of December 2022) and 'Platinum' (as of June 2023) certifications respectively with their debut album 'First Howling: ME' and 2nd mini album 'First Howling: WE', is making their debut with this. Three consecutive works, from the album to the latest work, were certified by the Record Association.

&TEAM also achieved remarkable results in the Billboard Japan year-end settlement chart (counting period from November 28, 2022 to November 26, 2023) released on the same day. In the 2023 album chart 'Hot Album' category, 'First Howling' series albums such as 'First Howling: WE' (26th), 'First Howling: ME' (28th), and 'First Howling: NOW' (46th) They were all ranked in the ‘Top 50’. &TEAM ranked 54th on the top artist chart ‘Artist 100’.

&TEAM will appear at the '2023 Music Bank Global Festival' held in Saitama, Japan on the 9th.

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