On March 1, the list of best-selling albums on Hanteo in February 2022 has been revealed. Works of rookie groups including TREASURE and NMIXX along with new releases of soloists like Taeyeon and Wonho made it to the list.
Read on to know which album had the No. 1 highest sales.
Best-Selling Albums on Hanteo (February 2022): Rookie Groups TREASURE, NMIXX, STAYC Secure Top 3 Spots
TREASURE's "THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE" emerged as the No. 1 best-selling album in February after selling a total of 567,775 copies. Impressively, the album only had a 14-day sale tracking period since its release on Feb. 15.
Additionally, "THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE" holds the record for the highest first-week sales of any album by a K-pop artist released this 2022. It also topped Hanteo's daily album chart on Feb. 15 and 16, as well as on the 18th and 21st.
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TREASURE's first mini-album even ranked first on Hanteo's weekly chart for the third and fourth week of February. While it sold 241,434 copies within the third week, a total of 319,486 copies were sold in the fourth week.
The second best-selling album on Hanteo in February 2022 is NMIXX's "AD MARE." This debut single album sold 227,399 copies. Notably, this total is only the rookie group's first-week sales.
"AD MARE" ranked first on Hanteo's daily album chart on Feb. 25 when a total of 163,772 copies were sold. This is the group's highest daily sales to date.
On the weekly chart for the fourth week of February, NMIXX's "AD MARE" ranked second, bested only by TREASURE's "THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE."
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Completing the top 3 on Hanteo's monthly album chart for February is STAYC's "YOUNG-LUV.COM." The mini-album sold 156,884 copies, which were tallied for only eight days from Feb. 21 to 28.
A total of 153,301 copies of "YOUNG-LUV.COM" was sold in the first seven days of release. This marks STAYC's first time surpassing 150,000 copies in the first week, which means they have broken their previous first-week sales record held by "STEREOTYPE."
Best-Selling Albums on Hanteo (February 2022): Girls' Generation Taeyeon, BTOB Enter Top 5
Coming behind the albums of TREASURE, NMIXX and STAYC is Girls' Generation Taeyeon's "INVU." Released on Feb. 14, this studio album sold 149,496 total copies, 142,019 copies of which were sold in the first week of its release.
Ranking at No. 4 on the list, "INVU" becomes the best-selling album by a K-pop female soloist and K-pop solo artist overall in February 2022.
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Meanwhile, BTOB's "Be Together" secured the No. 5 spot on the list with 114,070 copies. "Be Together" marks the group's first full-group comeback in almost four years.
"Be Together" was No. 1 on Hanteo's daily album charts in several days, particularly on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th.
Here Are Top 6-15 Best-Selling Albums on Hanteo in February 2022:
6. Super Junior - "The Road: Winter for Spring" [90,204 copies]
7. Apink - "HORN" [58,641 copies]
8. Wonho - "OBSESSION" [53,973 copies]
9. VIVIZ - "Beam of Prism" [43,638 copies]
10. DAY6 Wonpil - "Pilmography" [33,668 copies]
11. NCT - "Universe" [32,647 copies]
12. Billlie - "the collective soul and unconscious: chapter one" [27,640 copies]
13. Gil Byeong Min - "The Road to Classics" [23,317 copies
14. ENHYPEN - "DIMENSION: ANSWER" [22,838 copies]
15. TXT - "minisode1: Blue Hour" [20,573 copies]
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Written by Mhaliya Scott
