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Seventeen. 2023.05.29. (Photo = Provided by Pledis Entertainment) photo@newsis.com *Resale and DB prohibited
Reporter Lee Jae-hoon = Groups belonging to ‘K-pop famous house’ HYBE swept Japan’s Billboard Japan ‘2023 first half chart’.
According to the ‘2023 first half chart’ (counting period, November 28, 2022 – May 28, 2023) announced by Billboard Japan on the 9th, the 10th mini album ‘FML’ of the group ‘Seventeen’ (SVT) is on the comprehensive album chart. It peaked at number 3 on the Hot Albums chart.
Group ‘BTS’ Jimin’s first solo album ‘FACE’ ranked 8th on the chart.
1st and 2nd on this chart are the best album ‘Mr.5’ by idol group ‘King and Prince’ of Johnny’s Office in Japan, and ‘I Dom’ (i Dome) of ‘Snow Man’, also a member of Johnny’s idol group. DOME)’ took over.
In addition, ‘FML’ also ranked 3rd in the album sales chart ‘Top Album Sales’ on the Billboard Japan first half settlement chart. Along with this, Japan’s first EP ‘DREAM’ also ranked 10th on the ‘Top Albums Sales’, and Seventeen entered the top 10 of this chart with two albums.
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BTS Jimin. 2023.03.17. (Photo = Provided by Big Hit Music) photo@newsis.com *Resale and DB prohibited
Separately, TXT’s 5th mini album ‘The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’ was ranked 8th and Jimin’s ‘FACE’ was ranked 9th in ‘Top Album Sales’.
In addition, on the ‘Japan Download Album’ chart, which counts the number of downloads, Jimin’s ‘Face’ ranked 6th, and another member of BTS, Suga, released a solo album under the solo activity name Agust D, ‘D-DAY’ )’ ranked eighth.
The song ‘Ditto’ from the first single ‘OMG’ of the syndrome girl group ‘New Jeans’ ranked 17th on the Billboard Japan comprehensive song chart ‘Hot 100’. This is the highest position ever recorded by a K-pop artist on that chart.
In addition, ‘OMG’ title song ‘OMG’ and debut song ‘Hype boy’ also ranked 22nd and 64th on the same chart, respectively. With this, New Jeans vomited the spirit of entering the ‘Hot 100’ with three songs, the most among K-pop artists.
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New Jeans. 2023.05.24. (Photo = Courtesy of Adore) photo@newsis.com *Resale and DB prohibited
New Jeans also ranked 11th on the ‘Artist 100’ chart, which combines the points of comprehensive songs and comprehensive albums. This is the highest ranking among foreign artists in this category. Other K-pop artists to enter the chart include Seventeen (No. 14), Stray Kids (No. 16), Twice (No. 19), and Le Seraphim (No. 21).
In addition, ‘Dito’ ranked 13th on the ‘Streaming Songs’ chart. ‘Hype Boy’ and ‘Attention’ were ranked 3rd and 6th respectively on the ‘Heatseekers Songs’ chart. The ‘Heat Seekers Song’ chart counts the number of radio, download, streaming, and weekly video views among the data that make up Billboard Japan’s ‘Hot 100’, and ranks the rapidly rising songs among them. As New Jeans gained popularity in Japan through the single ‘OMG’, it seems that New Jeans’ debut songs have settled in the ‘Top 10’ belatedly, according to the agency Ador.