ITZY is now the K-pop girl group with the third-highest first week album sales on the Hanteo Chart in history, thanks to their new mini-album "CHECKMATE." Continue reading to know many copies the EP sold in its first seven days.
ITZY Becomes K-pop Girl Group With 3rd Highest First Week Album Sales in Hanteo History
On July 15, ITZY dropped their highly-anticipated mini-album "CHECKMATE," which contains the title song "SNEAKERS" and its English version, along with five B-side tracks.
Now, according to this tweet, "CHECKMATE" sold a total of 472,395 copies from July 15 to 21- marking the K-pop girl group's highest first-week album sales in their career. It nearly doubled the quintet's previous first-week sales record of 259,705 copies set by their first studio album "CRAZY IN LOVE" in September of last year.
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Notably, it took the mini-album just two days to break ITZY's personal record for first-week sales. The EP sold 251,059 copies on Day 1, and 25,450 copies units on Day 2, totaling more than 275,000 copies.
In addition to setting a new record for ITZY, "CHECKMATE" has also now attained the third-highest first-week album sales of any K-pop girl group in Hanteo history. The mini-album has surpassed Red Velvet's "The ReVe Festival 2022 - Feel My Rhythm," which sold 443,922 copies from March 21 to 27.
Moreover, ITZY now becomes the only fourth K-pop female group to ever sell 400,000 copies in the first week, following BLACKPINK, Red Velvet, and aespa.
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To date, the other girl group albums that sold the most copies in its first week are aespa's "Girls" (with 1.12 million copies), BLACKPINK's "THE ALBUM" (with 689,066 copies), and IZ*ONE's "Oneiric Diary" (with 389,334 copies).
Furthermore, ITZY's "CHECKMATE" entered the top 100 highest first-week sales of all K-pop albums at No. 49, taking the spot from Stray Kids' "Christmas EveL," which sold 471,312 copies.
Congratulations to ITZY on their new historic achievement!
ITZY's 'CHECKMATE,' 'SNEAKERS' Enter Latest Circle Charts
In other news, ITZY's "CHECKMATE" is revealed to be the No. 1 best-selling album during the week of July 10 to 16. The mini-album sold a total of 700,000 copies in South Korea in just two days since its release on July 15.
Remarkably, "CHECKMATE" is the only album to surpass half a million copies during the said week. The EP also debuted at No. 1 on the Circle Retail Album Chart with 278,645 copies sold.
The album's title song "SNEAKERS" made it to various Circle Charts as well. The track ranked 106th on the digital chart with 3,454,258 digital points.
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"SNEAKERS" also entered the streaming chart at No. 197, and the download chart at No. 16. The B-side songs from "CHECKMATE" debuted on the download chart as well, with "RACER" sitting at No. 74, "WHAT I WANT" at No. 75, "DOMINO" at No. 77, "Free Fall" at No. 81, "365" at No. 86, and "SNEAKERS" (English Version) at no. 106.
ITZY's "SNEAKERS" even made it to the BGM chart at No. 68. Finally, ITZY rose to No. 30 on the latest Circle Social Chart after ranking 38th in the previous week. They are the sixth highest-charting fourth-generation girl group on the social chart, following aespa, IVE, (G)I-DLE, LE SSERAFIM, and Secret Number.
Watch ITZY's "SNEAKERS" music video, which has 72.9 million views, here!
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Written by Maria Scott
