New K-pop boy band Zerobaseone (ZB1) debuted on July 10 on top of a major music chart, selling more than one million copies of their first album.  Zerobaseone, formed through the competition show “Boys Planet,” released their debut mini-album “Youth in the Shade.” Zerobaseone (WakeOne Entertainment)
According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart,  “Youth in the Shade” sold 1,240,700 copies on the first day of release on July 10.  With an equivalent physical record index score of 1,371,608, Zerobaseone’s “Youth in the Shade” topped Hanteo’s daily physical album chart.  Hanteo Chart ranks album sales based on the physical record index score, which combines total sales and album price.  Before its release, “Youth in the Shade” garnered over 1.08 million copies in pre-orders in 13 days after the pre-order opened.  Among the records “Youth in the Shade” set is it is first debut album to sell one million copies on the first day of release.  Zerobaseone became the first K-pop group to become a “million seller” on the first day of release of a debut album. 

Zerobaseone (WakeOne Entertainment)
The songs in the album are title track “In Bloom” along with “Back to Zerobase,” “New Kidz on the Block,” “And I,” “Our Season,” and “Always.”  “In Bloom” defines the identity of the group’s debut album, as the track teases Zerobaseone’s first steps that are incomplete and immature yet going to bloom beautifully and brightly. It’s a fusion of vintage sentimentality and the trendy drum and bass genre that vividly portrays the brilliance of youth alongside its underlying instability For the title track, Zerobaseone sampled A-Ha’s “Take On Me” exhilarating tempo, uplifting the overall mood of the track while subtly introducing a sense of heaviness through the slower melody and vocals that are meant to signify the weight of youth. The album also includes a solo track by Zhang Hao, who took first place in the final ranking of the “Boys Planet.”