EXO Becomes 1st Foreign Act To Reach #1 On Oricon Rookie Charts

[kwonsoonyoung.livejournal.com]

EXO is the first top international male artist to be ranked on the rookie artist sales. Japan's Oricon Style released on 12/23 that EXO won triple crowns under the rookies category at the '48th Oricon yearly ranking'.

Firstly, their total sales stands at ¥9billion, making them the top selling international artist under the rookies category for the year. They also sold 187.000 copies of their Japanese debut single < Love Me Right ~Romantic Universe~ >, and 60.000 copies of their second full album < EXODUS >, making the top rookie artist in terms of number of albums sold & sales amount. Hence, all in all, they achieved a triple crown.

Also, EXO was the first international artist to have sold 147.000 copies of their Japanese debut single in the first week of sales.

【オリコン年間】EXO、新人セールス1位　海外男性初 #KPOP #EXO #オリコン #音楽 #ニュース https://t.co/DNYqGkYqLH pic.twitter.com/3dhUd4fXxV

— ORICON STYLE (@oricon) December 22, 2015

sources: osen, boon_yi, oricon

Comments

[frankoceans.livejournal.com]

congrats!

[missshallelujah.livejournal.com]

The slayage won't stop, congrats!! <3333

[leighbee333.livejournal.com]

That's pretty good, I guess, but didn't like 2-300,000 people end up going to their Japanese concerts?

[hibaalhadid.livejournal.com]

yes, it was 300K for the Japanes dates including 145K for Tokyo dome

[leighbee333.livejournal.com]

ty!

A little surprising at least half the number of people who bothered to go to their concerts wouldn't buy albums, but I suppose there were plenty of casual Kpop fans who were just checking them out...

[hibaalhadid.livejournal.com]

Slay!EXO

60000 copies of EXODUS without actually promoting it, well done WXO and EXO-L