K-pop idol group ASTRO topped the weekly album chart with their new release “Drive to the Starry Road.”
According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “Drive to the Starry Road” emerged as the No. 1 album on the weekly physical album chart for the period May 16 to 22 with 229,283 copies sold.
ASTRO released the album on May 16 and the total also represents the idol group’s first-week sales for “Drive to the Starry Road.”
The group’s last album “Switch On,” released in August 2021, sold 275,145 copies in the first week of release, according to Hanteo Chart.
ASTRO’s members are actor-singer Cha Eun-woo, Moonbin, Sanha, MJ, Rocky and Jinjin.
Here are the 30 top-selling albums in Korea from May 16 to 22, according to Hanteo Chart:
1. ASTRO - Drive to the Starry Road” - 229,283 copies sold
2. ONEUS - Trickster - 227,314
3. Tomorrow X Together - Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child - 186,242
4. AB6IX - A to B - 51,849
5. Yerin - Aria - 29,457
6. TNX - Way Up - 22,248
7. iKON - Flashback - 9,003
8. Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon - 8,246
9. Song Ga-in - The Song of Love - 8,226
10. Le Sserafim - Fearless - 8,059
11. Hwang Chi-yeul - By My Side - 7,917
12. BAE173 - Intersection: Blaze - 7,533
13. NCT Dream - Glitch Mode - 7,284
14. Jannabi - Small Pieces II: Grippin' the Green - 5,705
15. Monsta X - Shape of Love - 4,789
16. Red Velvet - Summer Magic
17. DKZ - Chase Ep. 2-Maum - 4,463
18. Stray Kids - Oddinary - 4,449
19. BLACKPINK’s Lisa - Lalisa - 3,765
20. Miyeon - My - 3,131
21. (G)I-DLE - I Never Die - 2,960
22. Jeong Sewoon - Where is my Garden - 2,937
23. CLASS:Y - 1st Mini Album Y: Class is Over - 2,600
24. The Rose’s Sammry - Moth - 2,550
25. Stray Kids - NOEASY - 2,300
26. Stray Kids - Christmas EveL - 2,213
27. Lee Juck - Songs Made of Wood - 2,141
28. BILLLIE - The Collective Soul and Unconscious: Chapter One - 2,116
29. NCT Dream - The First - 2,030
30. Tomorrow X Together - The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape - 1,965