Kep1er achieves more milestones as the rookie girl group enters Japan's Oricon Weekly Album ranking chart in second place!
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Kep1er Enters The Oricon Weekly Album Ranking in Second Place
Kep1er proved its hot popularity by climbing to the second spot of the Japanese Oricon Weekly Album rankings.
On January 14, Oricon Japan announced that Kep1er's debut mini-album "FIRST IMPACT" took second place in the "Oricon Weekly Album Rankings" and "Oricon Weekly Digital Album Rankings."
The ranking aggregates the estimated number of sales nationwide and the number of downloaded copies based on package album sales within the counting period - from January 3 to January 9. In Billboard Japan, it also ranked #2 in the download album charts (January 3, 2022 - January 9, 2022). In addition, it was ranked No. 1 on YouTube Japan Music Rankings (December 31, 2021 - January 6, 2022). In this way, Kepler proved his passionate interest in Japan in just one week.
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Moreover, the Japanese media "THE TIME" also announced the news of Kep1er's debut on Oricon's Weekly Digital Album Rankings. This proves the Japanese fan's passionate support for Kep1er.
Furthermore, "FIRST IMPACT" topped the all-genre and K-Pop genre albums in both Apple Music and iTunes Japanese album charts. Meanwhile, in Japan Line music, all of the tracks in the album entered the real-time charts.
In Billboard Japan, the album also ranked second in the album download charts. It also swiped the top spot on YouTube Japan Music Rankings. Because of this, Kep1er proved its popularity in Japan.
Kep1er Receives Worldwide Attention
In addition, Kep1er has been receiving lots of attention from foreign media worldwide as soon as it debuted. They had interviews with major foreign media such as Forbes, a leading American magazine, and Nikkan Sports, a Japanese sports newspaper.
To increase their popularity even further, the music video for the title song "WA DA DA" exceeded 30 million views in just six days after its release. The rookie girl group is still showing a steady upward trend.
Just 10 days after their debut, Kep1er is continuing their worldwide popularity increase with the favorable results shown in various charts in Korea and different countries. It is also building a strong fandom, the group's social networking sites gathered 1.6 million followers on Instagram, 1.3 million YouTube subscribers, and 2 million followers on TikTok.
Kep1er's Achievements With 'FIRST IMPACT'
Kepler is a girl group consisting of nine girls selected through Mnet's survival program, "Girls Planet 999: Girls' War." Their debut album "FIRST IMPACT" immediately sold 200,000 copies after its release and topped all-genre charts in 11 major global countries on the iTunes chart and K-Pop genre chart.
Aside from that, the title song "WA DA DA" debuted on the charts of 20 countries, ranking 3rd in the US, Japan, UK, Australia, Germany, Indonesia, and Thailand.
Meanwhile, the "Super Rookie" Kep1er, who took first place in their debut showcase through Mnet's "M Countdown," continues their entertainment activities through different music shows and contents.
