From 430 debut day sales to becoming Million sellers in less than 2 years: ATEEZ demonstrate organic growth
‘Monster Rookies’ to ‘Global Idols’, ATEEZ have consistently shown growth and have proven to be mainstream with the constant support and love from all around the globe. After selling out arenas after arenas across the globe just 5 months after their debut, ATEEZ undoubtedly grew from the very bottom and gained international popularity.
Despite gaining international popularity in their early days, the octet have always, rather than focus too much on where they stand compared to groups like BTS who paved the way for them, or how similar they are to them, chooses to focus on their own dynamics and their plans of moving forward.
The group finally had a comeback after the longest hiatus (6 months) they had since their debut in 2018.
The title track ‘Inception’ marks the beginning of a new era, new album series for the group and of course, new achievements which will go down in the history of the group.
Their latest release, ‘ZERO: FEVER part 1’ has 115,823 sales on the first day surpassing the previous album ‘TREASURE EPILOGUE: Action to Answer’s sales which were 66,833. This records a growth of 371% in just 6 months.
Not only the album sales, but the group also charted for the first time on Korean streaming platforms with the title track ‘Inception’ and have two more music show wins with ‘Inception’ under their belt.
After a booked-and-busy debut year, the group went on a hiatus for 6 months only to come back stronger.
In their ongoing list of august accomplishments, this comeback has added another impressive number of achievements which they bagged with the love and support from ‘ATINY’ and of course, their own hard work and dedication towards music.
One of the major and remarkable achievements is that they are now “GAON Platinum Sellers” and “certified million sellers” with this album. This makes them one of now just three 4th generation K-Pop groups to have sold this many albums since debut.
ATEEZ have shown an insane organic growth in every aspect. Despite having no pre-debut hype and starting from a mid-sized company, the 8-member group is one of top selling groups of the 4th generation and the bestselling 4th generation group of 2020.
With the achievements they keep bagging and the records they keep breaking, to doubt the group’s potential- is an act of willful ignorance. The road to this milestone wasn’t flowery at all but they took 2020 by storm! We wish them the best for their future!