(KQ Entertainment)
(KQ Entertainment)

K-pop boy group ATEEZ has claimed the No. 1 spot on the US Billboard 200 chart once again.

According to a chart preview published by Billboard on July 5, ATEEZ’ 14th mini album, GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5, released on June 26, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the magazine’s main albums chart.

The album earned a total of 228,000 equivalent album units, driven by 223,000 pure album sales and 5,000 streaming equivalent album (SEA) units, among other metrics.

(KQ Entertainment)
(KQ Entertainment)

The achievement marks ATEEZ’s biggest first-week sales in the United States to date, surpassing the group’s previous personal best of 195,000 first-week units, set earlier this year with GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4, released in February.

With the new milestone, ATEEZ has now topped the Billboard 200 three times, following their second full-length album THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL, their 11th mini album GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2, and now GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5.

Meanwhile, ATEEZ has continued its U.S. promotions, including an appearance on NBC’s The Kelly Clarkson Show on July 1.

Reported by Herald Muse Staff Writer Park Seo-hyun

Reviewed by Herald Muse Editor-in-Chief Kim Hae-yeon


pshyun@heraldcorp.com