Group Tomorrow X Together has once again reached No. 2 on the ‘Billboard 200’ with their new album.
According to an article published on the 17th (local time) on the official website of the American music industry magazine Billboard, Tomorrow X Together’s mini 7th album ‘The Name Chapter: Sanctuary’ entered the main album chart ‘Billboard 200’ (dated November 23) at No. 2.
This album recorded 95,500 copies in album sales and 2,500 SEA units (sales converted from streaming counts). ‘The Name Chapter: Sanctuary’ is the 11th album by Tomorrow X Together to make the ‘Billboard 200’ chart.
Tomorrow X Together has placed a total of 8 Korean albums and 3 Japanese albums on this chart, ranking second only to BTS in terms of the number of albums charted.
They made their debut in March 2019 and within less than two weeks managed to place their first mini album ‘The Dream Chapter: STAR’ at No. 140 on the ‘Billboard 200’ (dated March 16, 2019), showing remarkable momentum by entering the chart every year.
In particular, following the 6 Korean albums making it into the ‘Billboard 200’ top 5 one after another, including ‘The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE’ (5th) in 2021, ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’ (4th) in 2022, ‘The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’ (1st) and ‘The Name Chapter: FREEFALL’ (3rd) in 2023, and ‘minisode 3: TOMORROW’ (3rd) in 2024, this latest album cements their influence in North America.
Meanwhile, ‘The Name Chapter: Sanctuary’ ranked 14th on the UK Official Charts’ ‘Album Downloads’ (dated November 14) for two consecutive weeks and 25th on Germany’s official music chart ‘Top 100 Albums’ (dated November 15).
Reporter Se-yeon Park psyon@edaily.co.kr