Ateez is the fourth K-Pop group to have a No. 1 album in 2023

This week on the charts, Ateez becomes the latest K-pop act to hit the top album with a menu of compilation packages, while Brenda Lee’s 65-year-old maroon “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” remains No. 1. single on her 79th birthday.

Ateez, an eight-member boy band from South Korea, notches its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart with “The World EP.Fin: Will,” which had the equivalent of 152,000 sales in the United States, according to the American newspaper. tracking service Luminate. The vast majority were physical copies of the twelve-track release, which was available in 33 collection variationsof which 26 on CD and seven on vinyl.

Ateez’s album is the fifth album by a K-pop group to top the LP chart this year, following releases from Tomorrow X Together, NewJeans and Stray Kids, two of which reached No. 1. In both cases, physical copies were key to their success, but Ateez had noticeably low popularity on streaming services, with just 7.6 million clicks – the fewest for any No. 1 album this year.

Also this week, Taylor Swift’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” which topped the charts last week, falls to No. 2; Drake’s “For All the Dogs” is No. 3; Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” is number 4; and Michael Bublé’s ‘Christmas’ – a holiday hit since 2011 – is in fifth place.

On the Hot 100 singles chart, Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” remains at No. 1 for a second week, while Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” remains at No. 2.