It has been almost a week since CIX released their fourth extended play titled "Hello Chapter Ø: Hello, Strange Dream," and the EP continues to sell more copies.
On Feb. 2, CIX dropped their new mini-album "Hello Chapter Ø. Hello, Strange Dream," together with the music video for its title track "Cinema." This single has a vibrant melody and the lyrics talk about the beautiful days in the past. The EP is the boy group's first release in almost four months since their third EP.
CIX's New Album Takes No. 1 Spot on Hanteo's Physical Album Chart in 1st Week of February
On Feb. 8, Hanteo Chart, Korea's only music chart that totals music and album sales in real-time, revealed the Weekly Physical Album Chart of the first week of February. The data were gathered from Feb. 1 to Feb. 7. And according to the report, CIX's "Hello Chapter Ø: Hello, Strange Dream" takes the No. 1 position on the chart after recording a weekly album sales of 19,759 copies within the last week.
The initial album sales of CIX's new mini-album are collected from the day of its release, which is Feb. 2, to the midnight of Feb. 8. On the first day of the EP's release, it already sold a total of 7,387 copies, while on its sixth day 761 album sales were added. Not to mention, the EP ranked in first place on the Daily Album Rankings both on Feb. 2 and 4.
CIX's 2020 Releases
"Hello Chapter Ø: Hello, Strange Dream" is CIX's first release and marks their first comeback this 2021. Last year, they only made one comeback with their third extended play titled "Hello Chapter 3: Hello, Strange Time." This was initially set to be dropped in June 2020, however, CIX Bae Jinyoung injured himself during a practice session so they had to postpone the release. The EP was then issued on Oct. 27.
"Hello Chapter 3: Hello, Strange Time" consists of the title track "Jungle," which is a pop dance song that is about being unable to avoid the person who appears to be one's savior and being taken over by them instead. Moreover, the mini-album is the group's highest-selling work so far, achieving 40,962 album sales in its first week and setting a new personal record.
CIX's third EP even topped the iTunes K-pop Music Album Charts in 24 different countries and landed on the Apple Music Album Charts in 17 regions as well. Besides the Korean album, the band also launched their first Japanese song titled "Revival" in April 2020.
About CIX
CIX is a five-member boy band under C9 Entertainment that consists of BX, Seunghun, Yonghee, Jinyoung, and Hyunsuk. The group made its debut in South Korea in July 2019 with the EP "Hello Chapter 1: Hello, Stranger," which includes the lead single "Movie Star." Within two months, the album sold 70,000 copies. Just a week after they debuted, CIX won a trophy on "The Show," earning the title of one of the fastest winning K-pop acts.
In October 2019, the quintet made their Japanese debut with the Japanese version of "Hello Chapter 1: Hello, Stranger." In the following month, CIX launched its second EP "Hello Chapter 2: Hello, Strange Place."
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
