ENHYPEN shows their remarkable popularity by surpassing 370,000 album pre-orders sold.
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ENHYPEN Surpasses 370,000 Album Pre-Orders Sold
According to the group's agency, Belift Lab on April 8, ENHYPEN's second mini-album "BORDER: CARNIVAL," that started accepting pre-orders on April 5 at 11 a.m. KST, had surpassed 370,000 album copies sold on its third day of pre-order.
Compared to their pre-order period for the group's debut album "BORDER: DAY ONE," which was released in November 2020, "BORDER: CARNIVAL" album pre-orders had an increase of 2.5 times.
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In the case of their debut album, it took twenty days to break through 300,000 copies in pre-order, but this time the new album recorded a phenomenal number of 370,000 copies in just three days.
The global fan-made group, ENHYPEN, showed amazing growth through its second album to be released in just five months and proved their remarkable popularity in both domestic and international.
ENHYPEN's upcoming mini-album, "BORDER: CARNIVAL," will be available in three versions: "HYPE," "UP," and "DOWN."
The album's tracklist will be made available on April 16; the album preview on April 19; the official music video teasers on April 22 and 24; and on April 26, ENHYPEN will finally release their official music video and album.
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Who is ENHYPEN?
ENHYPEN is a boy group under Belift Labs, a company joint venture by Hybe Corporation and CJ E&M.
Its group lineup, which consists of Ni-ki, Jungwon, Sunoo, Sunghoon, Jake, Jay, and Heeseung were formed through the survival show "I-Land" that was aired by Mnet in 2020.
In the survival show, the members had to compete against sixteen other contestants. "I-Land" was split into two parts, where only 12 out of the 23 contestants made it through to the second. In the series finale, the seven members were chosen out of the nine contestants left, forming ENHYPEN.
ENHYPEN's Debut
On Oct. 22, 2020, the group's official Youtube channel announced their debut would be in November 2020.
By Oct. 28, Belift Lab announced the title of their debut album, "BORDER: DAY ONE," that would be officially released on Nov. 30.
In just two days of pre-orders for the album going live, it had already amassed more than 150,000 album copies sold. By Nov. 21, their album pre-orders exceeded 300,000 copies.
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In addition, before the group even made their debut, they already had an amazing social presence and following - gaining more than a million followers from various platforms such as Instagram, Youtube, Twitter, Tiktok, and V-Live.
On Nov. 30, the group made their official debut and debuted at no.2 on Gaon's Album Chart with 318,528 album copies sold, making it the highest-selling album by a group that made its debut in 2020.
Additionally, they ranked at no.2 on Oricon's Albums Chart with more than 71,000 albums sold in Japan.
By February 2021, ENHYPEN received their first-ever platinum certification with their debut album.
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Written by Robyn Joan
