Boy group ZeroBaseOne has rewritten the history of K-Pop by becoming a million-seller simultaneously with their debut.

According to Hanteo Chart, the largest album sales volume aggregation site in South Korea, on July 11th, the first mini-album 'YOUTH IN THE SHADE' by ZeroBaseOne (Sung Hanbin, Kim Jiwoong, Zhang Hao, Seok Matthew, Kim Taerae, Ricky, Kim Gyuvin, Park Gunwook, Han Yujin) released on Julyt 10th sold 1.24 million copies on the release day (10th).

Thus, ZeroBaseOne has become the first-ever K-pop group to join the ranks of million-sellers (artists who have sold over a million copies of a single album) with their debut album on the day of its release.

Their success is not only confined to physical album sales, but it also extends to domestic and foreign music charts. All six songs from their debut album, including the title track 'In Bloom' and other tracks such as 'Back to ZEROBASE', 'New Kidz on the Block', 'Cosmic Dust (and I)', 'Our Season', 'Always', entered the upper ranks of major domestic music sites like Melon, Genie, and Bugs immediately after their release.

'In Bloom' topped the LINE Music Real-time TOP100, Japan's largest music site, and four songs including the title track have achieved the feat of simultaneously entering the top four spots on the Japanese music site AWA.

In addition, keywords celebrating ZeroBaseOne's debut ascended to the top of the worldwide Twitter real-time trends, proving their high level of buzz.

'YOUTH IN THE SHADE' is an album that portrays the brilliance and instability behind the beauty of youth in this era. The nine members with stunning visuals have forcefully opened the doors to the fifth generation of K-pop in 2023 with trendy music that tells their own stories and an energetic performance filled with freshness. The record-breaking and unprecedented achievements of ZeroBaseOne, who set new records as soon as they debuted, are worth keeping an eye on for future accomplishments.

ZeroBaseOne debuted their new songs on the 'ZEROBASEONE DEBUT SHOW: In Bloom' aired on Mnet on the 10th.

With their refreshing and energetic performance coupled with stunning visuals, they elicited a heated response from global fans.

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