EXO-SC (Sehun and Chanyeol) is on cloud nine after sweeping iTunes charts worldwide with their new album "1 Billion Views."
On July 13, the charismatic duo, Sehun and Chanyeol dropped their first full-length album titled "1 Billion Views." After the release, the album ranked first in at least 50 countries including France, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Armenia, Belarus, Bahrain, Brunei, Bolivia, Cambodia, Bulgaria, Costa Rica.
The album also ranked first in Chile, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Egypt, Greece, Finland, India, HongKong, Ireland, Indonesia, Jordan, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Jordan, and Laos, Macau, Luxemburg, Mexico, Malaysia, New Zealand, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Oman, Philippines, Peru, Poland, Russia, Romania, Singapore, Taiwan, Spain, Turkey, Thailand, Ukraine, and Vietnam.
Moreover, "1 Billion Views" also topped physical album charts including, Hanteo, Synnara Record, and YES24. Due to the massive popularity of the duo, they also topped China's digital album sales in QQ Music and Kugou Music as per Soompi.
"1 Billion Views" acquired over 1 Million Yuan (approximately $143,000) sales in just 1 hour and 25 minutes after the album's release. It is the fastest album to be certified as a "platinum album" by a Korean artist this year, a title given to albums that reached 1 million yuan in album sales, Medium reported.
Going retro this comeback, Sehun and Chanyeol revealed a different side through their latest concept and a new set of tracks. Apart from their title track "1 Billion Views", EXO-SC's latest album also includes other songs like, "Say It," "Rodeo Station," "Telephone," "Jet Lag," "Fly Away," "Nothin'," and "On Me."
In the previous live interview of EXO-SC on Naver's VLive, the hip-hop duo expressed excitement for the album's performance on charts. The pair also ended up promising to go bungee jumping if their album tops the charts. Now, fans are excited about the duo's fulfillment of their promise.
Congratulations EXO-SC!