TREASURE's "THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE" has set a new record for the group's highest album sales in their career yet it has just been three days since its release.
Read on to know how many copies were already sold in the past three days.
TREASURE's 'THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE' Album Sales Become Group's Highest to Date
On Feb. 19, YG Entertainment released an official statement to announce the cumulative sales of TREASURE's first mini-album "THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE" from Feb. 15 to 18.
According to the agency, "THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE" has already sold a whopping total of 700,000 copies as of 2 p.m. KST on Feb. 18 around the world. They added that this is TREASURE's highest record for album sales.
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YG Entertainment further said, "Looking at the sales ratio by country, more than 20% of the sales are accounted to the United States, surpassing South Korea, Japan, China and other countries in Southeast Asia."
Among the boy group's previous albums, none has reached more than half a million copies in sales. TREASURE only sold 240,000 to 280,000 copies of their three single albums in the first year of their debut.
Moreover, their first full-length album, "THE FIRST STEP: TREASURE EFFECT," which came out in January of last year, sold just about 360,000 copies.
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Previously, it was reported that TREASURE's "THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE" stock pre-orders have exceeded 600,000 copies, becoming the group's most pre-ordered album. With the mini-album selling 700,000 copies, it looks like they have surpassed the expected total sales.
As a comment to the group's latest achievement, YG Entertainment stated, "It is a part that shows a glimpse of the expansion of TREASURE's global fandom and presence in the music market."
Since it has been only three days since TREASURE's first mini-album was released, it is projected that its sales will continue to increase in the following days. Attention is now focused on whether the group will earn a "million seller" title with just one album.
Congratulations to TREASURE on achieving their highest album sales record with "THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE"!
TREASURE's 'THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE' Sweeps Top Spots of iTunes Album Charts
On the same day of its release, TREASURE's first mini-album secured the No. 1 positions on iTunes Album charts in at least 30 different countries. This is a huge achievement as their previous albums only scored 18 to 19 No. 1s in the past.
"THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE" ranked first in countries like Australia, New Zealand, India, Brazil, Mexico, Vietnam, Chile, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and more. The album even entered the top 5 in the United States at No. 4.
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Other than that, the mini-album debuted at No. 1 on the Worldwide iTunes Album Chart and stayed there for two consecutive days. It went down to No. 2 on Feb. 17.
Meanwhile, TREASURE's "JIKJIN," the album's title track, entered at No. 15 on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart. It also took first place on iTunes Song charts in more than 10 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Laos, Peru, Malaysia, Thailand and more.
The B-side tracks even made it to the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart. "DARARI" charted at No. 29, "U" at No. 32 and "It's Okay" at No. 33.
Check out TREASURE's "JIKJIN" music video here if you haven't seen it!
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
