Gen-Z’s ‘it’ band TOMORROW X TOGETHER (SOOBIN, YEONJUN, BEOMGYU, TAEHYUN, HUENINGKAI) debuted their fifth EP at the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart. This is the first time the band topped the Billboard 200 since their debut in March 2019. ‘The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’ album was released on January 27, 2023.
According to Billboard, ‘The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’ scored the largest sales week for any album since Taylor Swift’s Midnights debuted at No. 1 with 1.14 million copies sold on the November 5, 2022-dated chart.
‘The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’ is TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s seventh album to make an entry into the Billboard 200. All Billboard 200 chart peak seats are as follows:
‘The Dream Chapter: STAR (EP)’ on No. 140 (chart dated Mar. 16, 2019)
‘Minisode1 : Blue Hour (EP)’ on No. 25 (chart dated Nov. 21, 2020)
‘The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE’ on No. 5 (chart dated Jun. 19, 2021)
‘Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child (EP)’ on No. 4 (chart dated May 28, 2022)
‘The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’ on No. 1 (chart dated Feb. 11 2022)
Japan releases:
‘Chaotic Wonderland (EP)’ on No. 177 (chart dated Dec. 18, 2021)
‘STILL DREAMING’ on No. 173 (chart dated Feb. 27, 2021)
Last year, TOMORROW X TOGETHER saw its name listed on Billboard’s official 2022 Year-End Billboard 200 chart as the only K-pop act other than BTS. The band’s fourth EP, ‘Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’, was also ranked the third in Luminate’s 2022 report for Top CD Album Sales in the US after Taylor Swift and BTS.
TOMORROW X TOGETHER plan to visit fans worldwide through their second world tour TOMORROW X TOGETHER WORLD TOUR <ACT : SWEET MIRAGE> with twenty-one shows across thirteen cities, starting next month.
