AGUST D’S “D-DAY” ALBUM IS THIS WEEK’S BEST SELLING ALBUM IN THE US!

 

-DAY” album by Agust D, sold a total units 140K units of which pure sales were 122K (physicals + digitals). According to Billboard “D-DAY” is the top selling album of the week with the 4th largest sales week of 2023. The album, which has ten songs, also has appearances by Woosung of the Rose, IU, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and J-Hope, a bandmate from BTS. In order to promote the project, two singles were made available: “People Pt. 2” starring IU on April 7 and “Haegeum,” which debuted in conjunction with the album. Both singles were accompanied by music videos, and on April 24 a third one for the song “Amygdala” was made available.

The Hanteo Chart shows that D-Day sold 1,072,311 copies globally on its first day, breaking Jimin of BTS’s previous record of 1,021,532 copies for his debut solo album Face on its release day in March. After Jimin, Agust D is the second Korean solo artist to reach one million first-day sales on the Hanteo Chart. D-Day debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States with 140,000 album-equivalent units, including 122,000 sales of pure albums (of which 90% were CD sales). Suga’s first top-10 album in the US is this one.