BTOB has broken their three-year-old record for highest first-week sales on the Hanteo Chart with "Be Together" in less than a week!
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BTOB's 'Be Together' Records Group's New Highest First Week Sales in Just 4 Days
On Feb. 21, BTOB's new album "Be Together" came out with the music video for the title track "The Song." The 13-track album is their first group release in nearly four years since "This Is Us" was dropped in June 2018.
Based on Hanteo Chart's daily album sales ranking on Feb. 24, "Be Together" secured the No. 1 spot after selling a total of 16,394 copies. That day marks the album's fourth day since its release.
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On the first day alone, BTOB's latest album impressively sold 34,722 copies, which is the band's third-biggest first-day sales and the eighth-highest first-day album sales among 2022 K-pop albums. It has since sold more than 15,000 copies daily.
As of the 24th, BTOB's "Be Together" has sold a total of 94,385 copies, becoming the group's fastest album to sell more than 90,000 copies and the third one to do so after "Hour Moment" and "This Is Us."
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"Be Together" has also now claimed BTOB's record for highest first-week sales on Hanteo. It has beaten the previous record of 91,200 copies set by "Hour Moment," which remained the group's best record for three years.
With three more days to go before the official first-week sales of BTOB's new album end, it is projected that the sales will go even higher.
Congratulations to BTOB on their new highest album sales with "Be Together"!
Watch the music video for BTOB's "The Song" here to commemorate their new highest first-week sales.
BTOB to Be Next Guest on 'Knowing Bros'
In other news, BTOB will appear on the upcoming episode of JTBC's "Knowing Bros." All six members have finally reunited in four years after Yoo Sungjae and Lim Hyunsik have finished their mandatory military service in November 2021.
A preview of the next episode was revealed last week, and it shows the five members of BTOB who introduced themselves as cutie (Sungjae), innocent (Changsub), refreshing (Minhyuk), angel (Peniel), and muscle (Hyunsik). Eunkwang is not included in the preview as he was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier that week.
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One point in the preview shows Sungjae and Minhyuk showing off their diverse talents, which were described as "not likely to make them any money." The boys will also play the headphones game, which fans can expect to be chaotic and hilarious.
At the end of the video, the BTOB members go head-to-head with the "Knowing Bros" cast, with flour balloons and water guns awaiting as their punishments.
This is the first time in five years that BTOB will guest on the variety program as a full group. As this is the first time in years, fans are expressing their excitement to see funny moments of the boys with the "Knowing Bros" cast.
This episode will be broadcast tomorrow, Feb. 26, at 8:40 p.m. KST. While waiting, check out the preview here!
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
