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Reporter Lee Jae-hoon = Trending boy group ‘NCT DREAM’ also exceeded 4 million pre-orders.
According to the agency SM Entertainment on the 12th, NCT Dream’s 3rd regular album ‘ISTJ’, which will be released at 6 pm on the 17th, has exceeded 4.1 million pre-orders (as of the 10th).
In particular, this pre-order amount is a number that has increased nearly twice the pre-order amount of 2.07 million copies of the regular 2nd album ‘Glitch Mode’ released by NCT Dream in March last year.
Pre-order is an indicator that can confirm the size of the group’s fandom. In most cases, actual album sales exceed pre-orders.
The album that has recorded the most pre-orders among K-pop albums so far is the third regular album ‘★★★★★ (5-STAR)’ (Five Star) (2023) of the group ‘Stray Kids’ (SKZ). This album recorded 5.13 million pre-orders. There are not many teams that have recorded 4 million pre-orders. Trending group ‘Seventeen’ (SVT) sold 4.64 million copies with their 10th mini album ‘FML’ (2023), global super group ‘BTS’ (BTS) released their 4th regular album ‘Map of the Soul: 7’ (2020) It recorded 4.02 million orders.
After the 4th full-length album of BTS, no albums with more than 4 million pre-orders have been released for three years, but only this year, three albums by different teams are recording more than this order amount in succession.
NCT Dream’s ‘ISTJ’ has about 5 days left until the release date, so the number of pre-orders is expected to increase further. ‘ISTJ’ contains a total of 10 songs, including the title song ‘ISTJ’. The title song ‘ISTJ’ of the same name as the album title is a hybrid hip-hop dance song. The lyrics contain an ENFP’s confident story of breaking the stereotyped framework of MBTI and having his own way of interpreting an ISTJ opponent.
NCT Dream will hold a showcase commemorating the release of their 3rd regular album at Olympic Hall, Olympic Park, Seoul from 8:00 pm on the day of the album release. On this day, the scene will be broadcast live simultaneously around the world through YouTube’s NCT Dream Channel, TikTok’s NCT Channel, and Idol Plus.