SEVENTEEN members S.Coups and Mingyu's mini 1st album reclaimed the top spot on Japan's Oricon chart roughly five months after its release.
On March 3, according to Oricon, S.Coups and Mingyu's mini 1st album "HYPE VIBES" ranked No. 1 on the "Daily Album Ranking" (for March 2). The energy from the "CxM [DOUBLE UP] LIVE PARTY" held last month in two Japanese cities appears to have led to the rise in ranking.
"HYPE VIBES," released on Sept. 29 last year, steadily received favorable responses at home and abroad and was on the verge of surpassing cumulative sales of 1 million copies. At the time of its release, the record set a new record for first-week sales among K-pop unit albums, and it also achieved the highest ranking for a K-pop unit on the U.S. Billboard main albums chart, the "Billboard 200."
Popularity in Japan was also strong. The album recorded shipments of more than 100,000 copies in just one day after its release and received a gold disc "Gold" certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan, and it swept the top spots on major charts such as Oricon's "Weekly Album Ranking" and "Weekly Combined Albums Ranking." The "CxM [DOUBLE UP] LIVE PARTY," held four times in Aichi and Chiba, was sold out for all performances, proving S.Coups and Mingyu's strong ticket power. The concerts will continue at Kaohsiung Arena from March 24 to 26.
SEVENTEEN's new song "Tiny Light," released on Feb. 27, is also receiving a good response. The song went straight to No. 1 on Japan AWA Music's real-time chart "THE HOT 100" immediately after its release, and it also entered Oricon's "Daily Digital Single Ranking" (for Feb. 27) at No. 3. The song will also be used as the ending theme for part 2 of the animation BUSTERS FINAL SEASON, which will be exclusively released worldwide on Netflix next month.
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