ATEEZ has landed their first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200!
On December 10 local time, Billboard announced that ATEEZ’s new album “THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL” had debuted at No. 1 on its famous Top 200 Albums chart, which ranks the most popular albums in the United States.
According to Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music), “THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL” earned a total of 152,000 equivalent album units during the week ending on December 7, marking their biggest U.S. sales week to date by far. The album’s total score consisted of 146,000 traditional album sales and 5,500 streaming equivalent album (SEA) units, which translates to 7.59 million on-demand audio streams over the course of the week. The album also racked up 500 track equivalent album (TEA) units in its first week.
ATEEZ is only the seventh Korean artist in history ever to top the Billboard 200, following BTS, SuperM, Stray Kids, BLACKPINK, TXT, and NewJeans.
“THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL” is ATEEZ’s fourth top 10 album and their sixth entry overall on the Billboard 200. The group previously entered the top 10 with “THE WORLD EP.2 : OUTLAW” (which peaked at No. 2), “THE WORLD EP.1 : MOVEMENT” (No. 3), and “SPIN OFF : FROM THE WITNESS” (No. 7).
Congratulations to ATEEZ on their exciting achievement!
cr: Soompi