LE SSERAFIM Tops Japan's Daily Oricon Chart Again: 7th Consecutive Korean Album to Reach No. 1

Group LE SSERAFIM has proven their unwavering local popularity by topping Japan's Oricon chart.

LE SSERAFIM's second studio album 'PUREFLOW' pt.1 topped Japan's Oricon 'Daily Album Ranking' by recording sales of 68,497 copies on June 1, its first day of release. With this, LE SSERAFIM set a record by placing all seven of their albums released in Korea (excluding singles) at the top of the Oricon 'Daily Album Ranking.' This is the only such achievement among fourth-generation K-pop girl groups.

'PUREFLOW' pt.1 is achieving meaningful results not only in Japan but also in Korea and the United States. The album previously topped Billboard Japan's 'Download Albums' chart, and domestically, it reached the summit of the weekly album charts on Hanteo Chart and Circle Chart.

They also made their presence felt in the United States. The album landed at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, the main U.S. album chart. LE SSERAFIM also set a record as the only fourth-generation K-pop girl group to land five consecutive albums (excluding singles) in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.

The title track 'BOOMPALA' is also continuing its steady rise. It has been climbing the ranks on major domestic music platforms such as Melon, Bugs, and Genie. Notably, on Bugs, it entered at No. 79 on its first day of release and rose to No. 15 as of June 2.

On the global music platform Spotify, the song surpassed 13.71 million cumulative streams as of June 1. It is also continuing its global popularity by charting on the Worldwide iTunes Song chart and Apple Music's 'Today's Top 100: Global'.

Meanwhile, LE SSERAFIM will make their first appearance at SUMMER SONIC 2026, Japan's largest music festival, this coming June. They are scheduled to perform on stages in Osaka and Tokyo to meet local fans.

(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Kyung-youn)