It’s Official: ZEROBASEONE’s “Youth In The Shade” Becomes The Best-Selling K-Pop Debut Album Ever

In the days and weeks leading up to their debut, Boys Planet project group ZEROBASEONE was already breaking records with pre-order numbers, social media milestones, and more. The anticipation for their debut has been building ever since their member line-up was revealed, and the group is well on their way to becoming a huge force in the K-Pop industry!

On July 10, they finally made their highly anticipated debut with the album Youth in the Shade and its title track, “In Bloom”.

People anticipated that it might become the best-selling debut album by a K-Pop group in history, but even so, the amount of album sales made just within the first day is nothing short of jaw-dropping!

ZEROBASEONE | @ZB1_official/Twitter

In just the first 24 hours of sales, Youth in the Shade has sold 1,240,700 copies.

[HT] ZEROBASEONE (ZB1_official) 1st Mini Album

DAY 1: 1,240,700

TOTAL: 1,240,700 #ZEROBASEONE #ZB1 #제로베이스원

— KOREAN SALES (@koreansales_twt) July 10, 2023

That is more than double the amount sold by the previous record-holder, X1, whose debut album Quantum Leap sold around 500,000 copies during the first day after it came out.

K-Pop debut album sales numbers

Along with this, Youth in the Shade is now also the fifth best-selling K-Pop album of 2023, surpassed only by SEVENTEEN‘s FML, Stray Kids‘ ★★★★★ (5-STAR), TXT‘s The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION, and aespa‘s MY WORLD.

Their accomplishment was recently shared on an online forum, where fans expressed their pride and excitement for ZEROBASEONE!

With such a promising debut, it will be interesting to see just how else ZEROBASEONE impacts the K-Pop industry and community during the length of their career together!