K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together. Image from BigHit Music via The Korea Herald / ANN
K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together’s latest album sold more than 1.8 million copies on the first day of its release, the group’s agency said Saturday. “The Name Chapter: Temptation,” the quintet’s fifth EP, sold 1,868,919 copies Friday, BigHit Music said, quoting data from local album sales tracker Hanteo Chart.TXT is the second K-pop act to hit 1.8 million on an album’s debut day after BTS, according to the agency.
In comparison, the band’s fourth EP, “minisode 2: Thursday’s Child,” sold 910,000 copies on the day of its release. The album is the group’s most successful project to date.