K-pop idol and actor Cha Eun-woo’s debut solo album took first place on the weekly album chart in South Korea.
Cha Eun-woo, a member of K-pop boy band ASTRO and star of the dramas “True Beauty,” “Island” and “A Good Day to Be a Dog,” released his first solo album “Entity” containing six songs on Feb. 15.
K-pop idol and actor Cha Eun-woo (X)
Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the rankings of the top-selling albums for the week covering the period Feb. 12 to 18.
Hanteo Chart now uses its proprietary physical record index (PRI) to rank albums, which combines total copies sold and album price. It previously used total copies sold to rank albums.
Cha Eun-woo’s “Entity” topped the weekly physical album chart with 155,594 copies sold or an equivalent of 217,832 in physical record index score.
N.SSign’s “Happy &” is in second place with a physical record index of 167,439 based on 194,690 copies sold.
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NCT and WayV's Ten (X)
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NCT and WayV member Ten’s “Ten” album took third place with 132,876 in PRI (124,413 copies sold).
Rookie boy band TWS’ debut album “Sparkling Blue” grabbed fourth place with a PRI of 27,724 based on 27,398 copies sold for the week.
NCT 127’s “Be There For Me” placed fifth with a PRI of 24,575 based on 21,083 total copies sold.
Here are the 20 top-selling physical albums from Feb. 12 to 18 ranked based on the physical record index of Hanteo Chart:
1. Cha Eun-woo - Entity - 155,594 (total copies sold) / 217,832 (physical record index)
2. N.SSign - Happy & - 194,690 / 167,439
3. TEN - TEN - 124,413 / 132,876
4. TWS - Sparkling Blue - 27,398 / 27,724
5. NCT 127 - Be There For Me - 21,083 / 24,575
6. Im Hyun-sik - The Young Man and the Deep Sea - 10,743 / 13,429
7. The Wind - Our: Youth Teen - 11,305 / 13,225
8. Silica Gel - Power Andre 99 - 6,545 / 11,781
9. iKON’s DK - Nakseo - 8,538 / 10,673
10. Seventeen - Seventeenth Heaven - 9,011 / 9,469
11. Riize - Get A Guitar - 8,229 / 8,229
12. P1Harmony - Killin’It - 5,837 / 7,588
13. (G)I-DLE - 2 - 5,839 / 6,385
14. IVE - I’VE MINE - 5,257 / 5,332
15. Seventeen - Face the Sun - 5,553 / 4,771
16. NMIXX - Fe3O4: BREAK - 3,620 / 4,335
17. Hwang Chi-yeul - I Love Winter - 3,501 / 4,201
18. Seventeen - FML - 3,776 / 4,084
19. ZeroBaseOne - Melting Point ‘- 3,497 / 3,923
20. POW - Favorite - 3,126 / 3,908