Chapter 64 The first place in the first million sales
On August 16th, most of the front pages of entertainment news sections carried the name EXO.
As of 23:59 in the morning on the 15th yesterday, EXO's regular album "xoxo (kiss&hug)" and the reissued album "Roaring (kiss&hug)", the combined sales of the four versions have officially exceeded the one million mark.
"xoxo" has a total of more than 540,000 copies, and "Roar" has more than 460,000 copies.
This is the first time in the Peninsula music scene that a million-selling single album has appeared after twelve years.
In fact, on the first day of the release of "Roar", after the initial sales exceeded 400,000 copies, people in the peninsula music industry had already had a premonition that this long-standing record would be broken by exo, a boy group that had only debuted for more than a year.
It was just expected, but when it actually happened, it still threw the industry into a big earthquake.
The major media outlets and websites that had been tracking the news for a long time immediately made new headlines that morning, reporting this unbelievable news.
After a morning of fermentation, basically most of the people knew the news. They were surprised and started discussing on the Internet:
"It's no surprise that I expected it on the day "Roar" was released. I just didn't expect it to be so fast. It has achieved one million sales and ranks first among all idol groups in the music industry. EXO is booming!!"
"This record seems to have been twelve years ago. The last million-dollar album seems to have been by Kim Model. I haven't paid much attention to the EXO group before. I just listened to the song "Roar", which is really good.
Yes, I didn’t expect to sell a million copies. It’s really amazing. They are the pride of kpop.”
"EXO's momentum is so popular. I feel that they will definitely be the next top. I have watched the "Roar" MV and stage. They are great in every aspect. They are almost becoming fans."
"Ahhh! exo is booming! It has achieved one million sales in the first year since its debut. Wulixo is the trend and the most popular boy group. It is scheduled to receive record awards at major award ceremonies this year. xo, we will always support you."
"It's so funny. If fans of other groups can buy a dozen or dozens of albums each, the entire group will be able to sell millions of albums."
"The food for other groups is upstairs, please don't be upset. We don't deny that we have a lot of die-hard fans of EXO, and our purchasing power is also very strong. But it is impossible to buy one million points just by die-hard fans alone, and the majority of sales are still
Ordinary fans.”
"What you said above is correct. Can some fans from other groups focus on the real thing? Why do they come here to embarrass themselves? Are you blind or deaf to how popular "Roar" is? I don't dare to feel it in other age groups.
Say, but more than 80% of high school students like "Roar"!"
“…”
In addition to the lively discussions on the Internet, the people who feel the deepest feelings are fellow idols. They are the group of people who are most sensitive to millions of sales.
"Hey Yigu, EXO's official album has sold over one million copies..."
In Girls' Generation's dormitory, the members who had reunited to promote the single were chatting in the living room. After seeing the news on her phone, Kwon Yuri immediately reported it loudly.
"Oh, I've expected it a long time ago. Our highest sales volume is just... Why do you think their sales volume is so high?"
Kim Taeyeon lay there weakly. After hearing this, she fluttered her short legs twice, looking like she was hit.
When she and Ji Kyung-won were chatting some time ago, they also discussed that the sales of EXO's regular album would soon surpass Girls' Generation's best-selling album. Kim Taeyeon was very dissatisfied with this.
Unexpectedly, exo not only surpassed them, but directly broke the twelve-year record.
"The MV they shot this time is really great. Was it designed by Jingyuan?"
Hyoyeon glanced at Sunny, and after the other party nodded in confirmation, he continued: "By the way, because of EXO's big hit this time, it seems that our next comeback title song MV will also use a one-shot method."
"Don't say it. It's already hard to be surpassed by so many sales. Now I have to imitate the younger generation. I can no longer hold my head high in front of Jingyuan..."
Kim Taeyeon covered her face with a pillow and her voice was muffled.
"Alas..." The sisters sighed together.
At a time when this group is making a comeback and can issue big-character posters to celebrate if it sells more than 50,000 albums, EXO's million sales is a sales figure that is like a miracle for most artists.
As a practitioner, it is natural to discuss and learn from EXO’s successful experience. In a short period of time, many agencies have prepared for their boy groups to appear in their next comeback, such as suits and uniforms, nicknames, and one shot.
and so on elements.
Especially for one shot, it is known that several well-known groups, including Girls' Generation, will use this shooting method in their next comeback music video.
EXO and Chi Jingyuan can be regarded as setting a precedent and leading the trend.
Suddenly, EXO became the focus of discussion in various places in the entire music industry.
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"I eu-reu-reong eu-reu-reong eu-reu-reong you."
"I eu-reu-reong eu-reu-reong eu-reu-reong you."
"If you don't step back, you won't care even if you get hurt."
Amidst the enthusiastic cheers and screams below, the twelve members of EXO formed a circle and performed the ending pose, completing the live stage of Music Bank.
EXO didn't leave the stage after their performance because they were the last ones to perform on stage this time. After finishing, they stood there waiting for all the other artists to come on stage to prepare for the awards.
Today on Music Bank on the 16th, one of the candidates is FX and EXO. Now when the awards are being presented, the two groups are standing on both sides of the MC, nervously looking at the screen on the side of the stage, where the scores are being tallied.
fx officially returned on July 31st, and today is the third week of singing competition. It has already won four first places, and the results are pretty good.
This time they released their second regular album "Pink Tape", which received very good reviews from both industry professionals and casual listeners. The various results of the title song "Early Wisdom Teeth" were also quite gratifying.
Judging from their results this time around, after three weeks of accumulation, they should be able to win a few more places on singing programs.
It's a pity that under SM's arrangement for unknown reasons, fx and exo's "Roar" collided.
Soon, scores began to be announced.
The audio source scores are exo4880 and fx4200, the difference is not much.
And because it was the second week since their comeback and they had not participated in a few programs before, EXO’s broadcast score was 0, far behind FX’s 1,000 score.
Just after fx fans breathed a sigh of relief, the album sales score came out.
