The ‘boy next door craze’ that has even engulfed the Japanese archipelago.

‘New pop song maker’ Boynextdoor has ‘all-killed’ Japan’s two major charts, Oricon and Billboard Japan, with their recently released album.

According to Billboard Japan, Boynextdoor’s 4th mini album ‘No Genre’ took 1st place in ‘Top Album Sales’ with 186,116 copies shipped in its first week of release.This matchup is particularly meaningful because it is up against Hoshino Gen’s 6th full-length album ‘Gen’, considered Japan’s ‘national singer’.

The album also topped Oricon’s ‘Weekly Album Ranking’ for the 26th.In relation to this, Boynextdoor also achieved the record of ‘achieving 1st place three times in a row’ on the same chart, following their 2nd mini album ‘HOW ?’ and their 3rd mini album ‘19.99.’

Along with the brisk album sales, the songs are also showing strength.For example, the title song’ I Feel Good ‘rose to number one on Billboard Japan’s main music chart, ‘Hot Shot Songs’.

Boynextdoor’s new album ‘No Genre’ recorded 1,166,419 copies sold in the first week since its release, earning them the honor of being their ‘first million-seller in the first week.’ Including Boynextdoor, there are only six K -pop artists who have achieved 1 million in the first week this year: Zerobaseone, NCT Wish, Ive, Playbe, and Baekhyun.


Reporter Heo Min- mignon@donga.com

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