ATEEZ has once again reached a pinnacle position on the U.S. Billboard's main chart.
On the 22nd (local time), according to a chart preview article released by the American music authority Billboard, ATEEZ's latest release, 'GOLDEN HOUR: Part.3', launched on the 13th, has secured the 2nd spot on Billboard's primary chart, the 'Billboard 200'.
The 'Billboard 200' ranks albums based on a combination of physical and digital album sales, stream-equivalent albums (SEA), and track-equivalent albums (TEA). ATEEZ's sales figures include 101,500 physical copies, 3,000 SEA units, and 500 TEA units, totaling 105,000 units sold.
With this achievement, ATEEZ has placed seven consecutive albums, starting from their 8th mini album 'THE WORLD EP.1: MOVEMENT' to their 12th mini album 'GOLDEN HOUR: Part.3', within the 'Top 7' of the 'Billboard 200'. Notably, including their 2nd full album 'THE WORLD EP.FIN: WILL' and their 11th mini album 'GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2', six of these albums have entered the 'Top 3'.
ATEEZ continues to exert a unique influence in the global music market with their 12th mini album. Since its release, the album has dominated various charts, including Hanteo's real-time and daily physical album charts, Circle's real-time and daily retail album charts, Circle's weekly album chart, and topped the iTunes album charts in 26 countries, including the Worldwide and European iTunes album charts.
It's particularly noteworthy that in South Korea, only one version of the album was released. Despite being a limited edition due to its American license, it swept various album charts, underscoring ATEEZ's popularity.
The lead single 'Lemon Drop' has topped the Bugs real-time and daily charts, entered the iTunes Top Songs chart in 51 countries including number ones in 10 countries, ranked third on Korea's Spotify Daily Top Songs chart, fourth on the Worldwide iTunes Songs chart, and sixth on the European iTunes Songs chart, reaffirming ATEEZ's status as 'world-class'.
Furthermore, the music video for 'Lemon Drop' surpassed 10 million views in about 24 hours. It became the most-watched YouTube video in that time frame, also trending worldwide on YouTube, proving its hot reception.
Meanwhile, ATEEZ is set to kick off their 2025 world tour 'IN YOUR FANTASY' with a spectacular start on July 5th and 6th at the Inspire Arena in Yeongjongdo, Incheon.
(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Kyung-youn)