2NE1 Sets New U.S. Record for Highest-Charting, Best-Selling K-Pop Album With 'Crush'

[dysphoriia.livejournal.com]

The female quartet snags the accomplishment without revealing any album material prior

K-pop notches its biggest sales week yet for an album, thanks to 2NE1. The girl group's new album "Crush" opens at No. 61 on the Billboard 200, selling 5,000 copies in the week ending March 2, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The set surpasses the previous best week, logged by boy band BIGBANG's "Alive" in 2012, which launched with 4,000. More impressively, the quartet managed the feat with four days of sales.

2NE1 also immediately sets the record for the highest-charting K-Pop album on the Billboard 200. Until this week's chart, the scene had only hit as high as No. 126 with Girls' Generation-TTS' "Twinkle" EP in 2012.

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Similarly to Girls' Generation's "Mr. Mr." EP rollout -- which bows at No. 110 on Billboard 200 in the week ending March 2 -- "Crush" had an atypical album release. The LP dropped on digital retailers on Feb. 27 without revealing any of the album's material -- not even a snippet. No music videos promoted the album either.

The videos for lead single "Come Back Home" (above) and album track "Happy" (below) were revealed on March 2, after that week's tracking period. 2NE1 did spend 2013 promoting three digital singles -- "Falling in Love," "Do You Love Me?" and "Missing You" -- but none appear on this LP.

Elsewhere on Billboard charts, 2NE1 sends every album track to the K-Pop Hot 100 this week, all charting inside the top 40 slots. Their chart dominance ranks as follows:

No. 2 "Come Back Home"
No. 4 "Gotta Be You"
No. 7 "If I Were You"
No. 9 "Crush"
No. 11 "Good to You"
No. 16 "MTBD"
No. 17 "Happy"
No. 18 "Scream"
No. 22 "Baby I Miss You"
No. 39 "Come Back Home (Unplugged Ver.)"

On the World Digital Songs chart, 2NE1 controls six of the 25 titles on the tally, led by "Come Back Home" at No. 5. All charts will be refreshed tomorrow morning on Billboard.com.

source: billboard

Comments

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

well this just makes my post look silly

[dysphoriia.livejournal.com]

oops awkward.

[eishastan.livejournal.com]

It doesn't, both of them are doing great, they both beat the previous record :)

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

You're everywhere LOL...

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

yeah talk about owned

[merylsteep.livejournal.com]

it's actually adorable. and your dara icon more than makes up for it!

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

I hope YG doesn't look at all this slayage and think he needs to deprive fans to get repeat results. His mind is a little twisted sometimes so I wouldn't put it past him.

Congrats to them though, this album is my jam.

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

OMG...why would you put that horrid thought in my head.

No...we're getting the 2NE1 mini and CL's solo this year okay...

[x3raindropsx3.livejournal.com]

this album is so perfect. i'm so glad they came back full force and slayed :')

[kayleen-san.livejournal.com]

Get it, ladies! You deserve it for this flawless album! <3

[springsky.livejournal.com]

Yesss! They are killing it! I wish the album had like 2 or 3 more songs. It feels so short at 35 min. ;__;

[turdferguson.livejournal.com]

thats why i pretend that do you love me, falling in love, i love you, missing you in that order are in that album too for a fuller experience (idc what anyone says they all do go together!!)

[eishastan.livejournal.com]

Congrats! so happy to see them girls beating records, let's see if this is enough for YG to treat them better.

[dapo322.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

I loved that video of the girls doing TBF

[dysphoriia.livejournal.com]

lol and bom being violent with dara <3

[justawhim07.livejournal.com]

Congrats!!!! ^_^ Very happy for them and adorbs gif heehee

[kingpsyborg.livejournal.com]

i really love that there was all this hysteria for years about how yg hated them personally and they were going to break up and their excuse of just wanting to make the album perfect was a cover-up and it turns out THEY REALLY WERE JUST MAKING THE ALBUM PERFECT and now it's slaughtering records left and right because they put that much work into it.

never believing any negative nancys again >:(

[bbgroove.livejournal.com]

We were all in the same boat. Let's be real, being a fan of any YG artist makes you like that lol

[couturevibes.livejournal.com]

* I am the best*
plays somewhere in the background.

[adlyeith.livejournal.com]

Yeeeesssss. I love reading articles about how they're slaying everything.

[jeugd1.livejournal.com]

Me 2

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

Slay ladies...NICE

Let's not be overdramatic about 2NE1 anymore okay Omona?

[plastickkheart.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=2iiempg)

[xblackchristmas.livejournal.com]

really?

i hear so many positive responses but i personally dont really.. like it.. that much... /dontkillme

[21banged.livejournal.com]

I think it's just different strokes for different folks. Like I didn't get all the hype over f(x)'s Pink Tape like it was alright but others were spazzing over it so hard

[21banged.livejournal.com]

Get it ladies get it <3333

[burqaswag.livejournal.com]

Well damn slay a bit legends

[merylsteep.livejournal.com]

YASSS!!! So proud of my baby gerssss! This is more than I hoped for!!

Now please announce AON/YGFamCon tour dates in the US

[hipployta.livejournal.com]

Here for both!

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

Heard the album last night. They deserve it.

[angela-derp-otp.livejournal.com]

I loved the album and this comes from someone who never liked 2ne1's music.

The album really gives me M.I.A feels at first listen, it's like, if MATANGI was a KPOP album that's how it would sound.

IDK if I make sense but yeah, I'm so pleased with 2014's mainstream kpop music, I hope the good music lasts all year and is not just a flux lol.