K-pop act Le Sserafim’s first studio album “Unforgiven” debuted at No. 6 on the May 20-dated Billboard 200 chart.
The feat made Le Sserafim the fastest K-pop girl group to enter the top 10 on Billboard 200 within a year after debuting in May last year.
Le Sserafim (Twitter)
Debuts on this week's #Billboard200:
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) May 15, 2023
#2, @edsheeran - (Subtract)
#6, @IM_LESSERAFIM Unforgiven
#15, @Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3: Awesome Mix Vol. 3 soundtrack
#18, @destroylonely If Looks Could Kill
#38, @_megmoroney Lucky
#111, @SmashingPumpkin ATUM: A Rock Opera In Three…
This is the second time that Le Sserafim entered the Billboard 200 after their “Antifragile” album entered the chart at No. 14.
According to Billboard, “Unforgiven,” released on May 1, entered Billboard 200 “with 45,000 equivalent album units earned (up 691%). Of that sum, 38,500 comprise album sales, 6,500 comprise SEA units (equaling 9.04 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 13 tracks) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.”
“The album was released to digital retailers and streaming services on May 1, and earned 6,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 4 (not enough to debut on the Billboard 200). The set debuts on the chart following the release of its CD edition on May 5,” it added.
The title track “Unforgiven (featuring Nile Rogers)” debuted at No. 61 on the Billboard Global 200 and No. 39 on the Global 200 Excluding U.S. chart, both dated May 13, Billboard added.
Le Sserafim surpassed 10 million monthly listeners on Spotify while their YouTube channel has reached three million subscribers.