MUSIC
Aillet, Billboard K-pop girl group debut song's highest score
According to the latest chart released by the U.S. Billboard on the 2nd, the title song 'Magnetic' from Aillet's (Yoona, Minjoo, Mocha, Wonhee, Iroha) mini-album 1st 'SUPER REAL ME' ranked 'Global'. 200' and 'Global (excluding the United States)' ranked 63rd and 33rd, respectively. This is a new record for a debut song from a K-pop girl group, ranking highest on both charts.
'SUPER REAL ME' ranked 10th in 'World Albums' and 15th in 'Heatseekers Albums', a chart targeting emerging musicians who are attracting attention around the world. As a result, Aylet achieved an amazing achievement by entering a total of 4 Billboard charts in the first week of its debut.
The performance of Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, is also outstanding. 'Magnetic', the first K-pop girl group's debut song to chart on 'Daily Top Song Global' on the day of its debut, rose up the rankings for 8 consecutive days and peaked at 14th place (as of April 1).
This song also ranked 51st on ‘Daily Top Songs of America’. The cumulative number of plays of 'Magnetic' reaches over 22 million, and the cumulative number of listeners increases rapidly, reaching approximately 2.8 million.
Based on Hanteo Chart, 'SUPER REAL ME' sold more than 380,000 copies in the first week of release, setting a new record for the first K-pop girl group's debut album (album sales in a week based on the release date) and the highest debut album of all time for a K-pop group (regardless of gender). It is gaining sensational popularity, ranking in the ‘Top 5’ in the first week.
Aylit debuted on the 25th of last month with the album 'SUPER REAL ME', which contains the reality and imagination of teenagers who say, 'My real story is the best story.' They are capturing the hearts of K-pop fans at home and abroad through the title song 'Magnetic', which expresses the feelings of a teenage girl running at full speed to the person she likes.
Reporter Lee Min-kyung, Ten Asia 2min_ror@tenasia.co.kr
