ATEEZ performed stellarly on Billboard’s World Albums chart for the week ending July 6. The 8-member boy group from KQ Entertainment was the only non-Big 4 (HYBE, SM, JYPE and YG) K-pop music artist among the week’s high-ranking global albums. The octet’s 10th mini-album “Golden Hour: Part 1” dominated the list at #1, marking its well-deserved return to the top rank for its fourth week.
Enjoying its third consecutive week at the top of the chart, ATEEZ’s EP also enjoyed its fourth consecutive week on the Top 100 Albums on the Billboard 200 at #93.
Right behind it, TWICE Nayeon’s brand new solo mini-album “NA” slipped to #2 after topping it last week. Like “Golden Hour,” “NA” also charted on the Billboard 200. As her latest record stayed on the chart for two consecutive weeks, Nayeon also achieved a historic milestone as the first female K-pop soloist to rule the chart with two different albums for multiple weeks.
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Groups from HYBE labels that made it to the Top 15 World Albums Chart on Billboard
HYBE Labels’ TOMORROW X TOGETHER came in next. The quintet’s sixth Korean mini-album, “MINISODE 3: TOMORROW,” held firmly at its fifth spot for a 13th consecutive charting week.
Following this, their colleagues under the agency’s multi-label system, Seventeen, maintained their hold on the chart at #7 with their 2024 compilation album, “17 Is Right Here,” marking the 13-member boy group’s ninth week on the World Albums Chart.
Several other musical pieces from the same organization made it to the charts again. HYBE’s girl groups, ILLIT and NewJeans, and boy group ENHYPEN made it to the top 15.
Solo releases from the company’s beloved veterans, BTS and Jimin, also added golden stars to the roster.
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While rookie girl group ILLIT’s debut mini-album, “Super Real Me,” remained at #8 in its 14th week, BTS Jimin’s solo debut album, “FACE,” secured the 9th rank for his long-running record of 60 weeks on the roster. Similarly, BTS further extended their incredible record of 107 weeks on the chart with their two-year-old anthology album, “PROOF,” which stayed at #10.
NEWSEN’s “Get Up” reached #12 in its 49th week. ENHYPEN also reached #14 with “Orange Blood,” as their fifth EP maintained its 32-week long streak.
Status of other Big 4 K-pop label groups
As far as groups from other South Korean labels go, SM Entertainment’s Aespa and JYP Entertainment’s Stray Kids complete the list.
While the former girl group’s debut studio album, “Armageddon”, charted at #13 in its fifth week, the latter boy group’s eighth Korean EP, “Rock-Star”, finished at #15 in its 33rd week.
