IVE sells record number of debut albums in first week
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Girl group IVE [STARSHIP ENTERTAINMENT]
IVE set a new record for the most first-week sales for a K-pop girl group’s debut album, its agency Starship Entertainment said on Friday.
The six-member rookie girl group debuted on Dec. 1 with “Eleven,” which sold 152,229 copies in the first week according to Korea’s album sales tracker Hanteo Chart.
This is also 2021’s highest number of copies sold by a debuting artist in Korea.
The music video for “Eleven” surpassed 35 million views on YouTube within four days.
IVE consists of members Yujin, Gaeul, Rei, Wonyoung, Liz and Leeseo.
BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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