NU'EST is back with a new album, "Romanticize"! Within the third week of April, the group's new release earned the highest album sales on Hanteo Chart!
NU'EST Achieves Highest Album Sales on Hanteo Chart in 3rd Week of April with "Romanticize"
On April 26, Hanteo Chart revealed the K-pop act that took first place on the Weekly Physical Album Chart for the third week of April. The sales were accumulated from April 19 to 25.
"Romanticize" by NU'EST was announced to be the No. 1 bestselling album in the previous week. On the first day (April 19), a total of 91,416 copies were sold, the highest record of the boy group within that week.
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The sales on the following days are: 15,525 copies (Day 2), 5,405 copies (Day 3), 8,296 copies (Day 4), 12,550 copies (Day 5), 26,583 copies (Day 6), and 32,056 copies (Day 7).
In total, "Romanticize" sold 191,831 copies on Hanteo Chart in the first week of release. It is now NU'EST's second bestselling album in terms of first-week sales, following "Happily Ever After" which had 221,364 total sales.
With their new full-length album, NU'EST also managed to set a new record of not only the highest first-day sales but also the highest last-day sales within the first week. Their previous highest album sales on the first day on Hanteo Chart was 62,848 copies with their eighth extended play "The Nocturne."
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Meanwhile, their former highest sales on the last day in the first week was 21,587 copies with "W, Here," the debut extended play of their subunit NU'EST W. When it comes to the full-group album, the highest last-day sales were held by "The Table" with 20,948 copies.
Congratulations to NU'EST on their comeback success with "Romanticize"!
NU'EST Drops New Album "Romanticize" and 'INSIDE OUT' Music Video
On April 19, Pledis Entertainment's NU'EST, consisting of JR, Aron, Baekho, Ren, and Minhyun, made their comeback with their second full-length album titled "Romanticize" and the music video for the title track "INSIDE OUT."
Baekho is credited in composing and writing the lyrics for "INSIDE OUT," a chill house track with minimal music. The song is about pretending to be okay about an approaching breakup but soon figuring out your true feelings of hoping to be with your special someone.
Aside from topping the Hanteo Chart, NU'EST's "Romanticize" also ranked first on iTunes Top Album chart in seven countries including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. The comeback album also entered the top 10 in a total of 13 regions.
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The album's title track "INSIDE OUT" also debuted on various music charts. It claimed the No. 1 spot on the real-time charts of Bugs and Genie. This is the first time that the quintet topped on Genie.
It also ranked in the top 100 of iTunes Top Songs chart in countries like Argentina, the Philippines, Thailand, and more. Additionally, NU'EST's "INSIDE OUT" has surpassed 2.6 million streams on MelOn, and 1.4 million streams on Genie.
Meanwhile, the music video for the title track has already exceeded 10 million views on YouTube.
Check out the music video for NU'EST's "INSIDE OUT" below!
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
