AKMU’s Debut Album Takes “No.2” in American Billboard’s World Album Chart
[스타뉴스 길혜성 기자] AKMU, a duo of a brother and sister (LEE CHAN HYUK and LEE SOO HYUN) took the No.2 in American Billboard’s world album chart.
In the latest world album chart of American billboard (as of April 26) released on the 18, AKMU’s debut album “PLAY” that was disclosed on the 7 this month is ranked in the second place, following Irish woman band Celtic Woman’s album in the top. Billboard’s world album chart ranks albums released outside the United States, by calculating the sales of those albums.
AKMU’s “PLAY” not only took the No.1 in the album chart of Korea’s official music chart “Gaon Chart” in the third week this month, but also swept No.1 places in iTunes main album charts of five countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand, upon its release. As such, AKMU’s debut album has been creating sensation in and out of Korea.
Meanwhile, AKMU has been demonstrating a big potential by making all the 11 songs included in the debut album in top 20 places of music charts. “200%”, one of the triple title tracks of the album, took the No.1 on the digital chart of Gaon for the third week this month, which was released on the 17.
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