Baekhyun has once again demonstrated that EXO’s main competition is themselves after breaking his own sales record!
The solo artist launched his comeback mini-album “Hello, World”on September 6 KST, alongside the official music video for its title track “Pineapple Slice.”
On the first day of its release, Baekhyun’s new album exceeded 890,000 copies sold, surpassing his previous record of over 860,000 sales set by the 2021 mini-album “Bambi.”
Remarkably, within just five days, Baekhyun became the best-selling solo artist in Hanteo’s history, with “Hello, World”reaching 1 million sales—making it the fastest album to achieve this milestone since Hanteo’s inception in 2004.
“Hello, World”is Baekhyun’s third solo album to sell 1 million copies, earning him the title of “triple million seller.”
During its first week of release (September 6-12), “Hello, World”recorded an impressive total of 1,096,995 copies sold, according to Hanteo data.
‘Hello, World’ by #BAEKHYUN has surpassed 1,000,000 sales units on Hanteo! He’s now the first soloist to sell 1 million copies on Hanteo in 2024 and ‘Hello World’ is now the fastest album to reach this milestone since 2004 (5 days)! 💪🥇👨🎤💥1⃣Ⓜ️🇰🇷2⃣0⃣2⃣4⃣➕💨💿👑💙… pic.twitter.com/LbU9dLV7Mo
— World Music Awards (@WORLDMUSICAWARD) September 10, 2024
Additionally, EXO Baekhyun recently interviewed with ELLE Korea, discussing his latest release and promotional efforts.
When asked about his approach to connecting with fans and peers, he expressed his desire to be seen as approachable, stating, “I want to become an approachable person. I want to come across as friendly. To be like, ‘I’m just Baekhyun.’”
Watch Baekhyun’s “Pineapple Slice”MV below!
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