Boy Next Door's 2nd mini album sold over 700,000 copies

Group BOYNEXTDOOR's album sales soared once again.

According to Circle Chart, an album sales statistics site, BoyNextdoor's (Seongho, Liu, Myung Jaehyun, Taesan, Lee Han, Unhak) 2nd mini album 'HOW?', released on the 15th of last month, sold 716,487 copies as of May 11th, the last day of their activities. (General class, Weverse class, and kit combined) were sold.

This is a 1.5-fold increase based on the first month of sales (477,787 copies) of BoyNextdoor's 1st mini album 'WHY..'. This suggests that their global popularity and fandom scale are steadily expanding as their activities continue.

In fact, 'HOW?' ranked 93rd (as of May 4) on the US 'Billboard 200', up 69 places from the previous work, breaking the team's highest ranking. In Japan, 'HOW?' recorded almost twice the initial sales (sales in the first week of release) than the first mini album, and ranked first in Oricon's 'Weekly Album Ranking' and 'Weekly Total Album Ranking' (April 15-21). There is a bar.

BoyNextdoor also achieved good results in the music sector. On Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, BoyNextdoor's monthly listeners (number of listeners over the past 28 days) exceeded 2.55 million on the 20th. 'HOW?' This is an increase of more than double compared to the number of monthly listeners (approximately 1.12 million) as of April 16, immediately after release.

Boy Next Door impressed the public with their solid skills through their 2nd mini album, which showcased perfect live performances. They performed a rapid-fire live performance in the title song 'Earth, Wind & Fire' without wavering, and in the follow-up song 'So let's go see the stars', they conveyed the hot energy of youth with straight, cool vocals.

Thanks to the rapid rise in popularity, Boy Next Door will release its Japanese debut single 'AND' on July 10th and expand its scope of activities in earnest. Then, on August 18, they will participate in Japan's largest music festival 'SUMMER SONIC 2024' held at Zojo Marine Stadium and Makuhari Messe in Tokyo.

Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr