ILLIT Becomes The K-Pop Girl Group With The Highest Debut Album First-Week Sales

Though ILLIT only debuted just a week ago on March 25 with their debut album SUPER REAL ME and title track “Magnetic”, they’re already off to an impressive start to their career!

“Magnetic” has been going pretty viral with its catchy sound and cute aesthetics, and it has already been performing incredibly well in terms of streaming and views. And now with first-week sales numbers published, ILLIT’s members have even more to be proud of!

ILLIT has now become the K-Pop girl group whose debut album has the highest number of first-week sales. According to Hanteo, SUPER REAL ME has surpassed 380,000 sales during its first week of release, and that number is only going to continue to go up as more people discover their music!

2024 Highest Debut Album 1st Week Sales by Rookie Groups

1. #ILLIT SUPER REAL ME ㅡ 380,056 copies
2. #NCTWISH WISH ㅡ 280,478 copies
3. #TWS Sparkling Blue ㅡ 260,881 copies
4. #RESCENE Re:Scene ㅡ 34,125 copies
5. #DXMON HYPERSPACE ㅡ 11,225 copies
6. #ALL_H_OURS ALL…

— KOREAN SALES (@koreansales_twt) April 1, 2024

NewJeans previously held the title of highest first-week debut album sales with New Jeans reaching about 311,000 units sold in that time. LE SSERAFIM takes the third-place position with their debut album FEARLESS that also surpassed 300,000 first-week sales.

Here’s how netizens are reacting to ILLIT’s impressive achievement!

We have no doubt that this is just the beginning of ILLIT’s successful career!