Within the first week of sales, TXT has sold an impressive amount of copies of their new album "The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE," becoming the eighth K-pop artist to attain this milestone.
TXT Becomes the Eighth K-pop Artist to Reach More Than 600,000 Copies in the First Week of Sales
On June 4, the fifth day after TXT's comeback, the group's new album "The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE" recorded more than 20,000 copies sold on Hanteo Chart. When these June 4 sales are added to the past four days, the total sales would be over 600,000 copies.
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To be more precise, TXT's "The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE" has sold 612,715 cumulative copies from May 31 to June 4.
Because of this, TXT has become the eighth K-pop artist to sell more than 600,000 copies on Hanteo Chart in the first week of sales. The other Korean acts to obtain this feat are BTS, NCT Dream, BLACKPINK, SEVENTEEN, EXO Baekhyun, NCT, and EXO.
TXT's new album "The Chaos Chapter" FREEZE" now holds the No. 16 highest first-week sales on Hanteo Chart. What's more, TXT has set a new record of highest first-week album sales for fourth-generation boy groups.
Considering that it is only the album's fifth day of sales, it is expected that it will increase in the next two more days.
Congratulations to TXT and MOA!
TXT's "Magic" Takes No. 1 on the Top 40 Mediabase Add Board Chart for US Radio
In other news, TXT has landed their first full-English song "Magic" on the US radio chart. "Magic" is one of the B-side tracks from TXT's new album "The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE." It presents a gift to the group's fans, collectively called MOA, with a magical performance.
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On June 1, this week's Top 40 Add Board chart was released by Mediabase, a data-analyzing chart that tallies the number of US radio broadcasts. On the chart, TXT's "Magic" took the No. 1 spot and tied the song with Olivia Rodrigo's "good 4 u."
The Top 40 Mediabase Add Board chart keeps track of the number of radio stations in the United States that have registered a song to play during their broadcast. Out of the 180 radio stations, TXT's "Magic" was added to 36 different radio programs. This is the same count achieved by American pop star Olivia Rodrigo with her new song "good 4 u."
What makes this feat more impressive is that it is very unusual for a song by a K-pop artist to occupy the top spot of the Top 40 Add Board chart.
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TXT's "The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE" album is also doing well on other charts. Over on MelOn, the release has surpassed 10 million total streams as of June 4. Additionally, all eight songs from the album have exceeded one million streams.
The most streamed on MelOn among TXT's new songs is the title track, "0X1-LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)" featuring Seori, which has three million streams so far.
Watch the music video for TXT's "0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)" featuring Seori below!
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
