{"id":4008,"date":"2023-12-10T23:19:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T23:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2023-12-10T23:19:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T23:19:26","slug":"ateez-claims-first-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart-with-the-world-ep-fin-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=4008","title":{"rendered":"ATEEZ Claims First No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart with \u2018THE WORLD EP.FIN:\u00a0WILL\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\n<p>Plus: Nat King Cole&#8217;s &#8216;The Christmas Song&#8217; returns to top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ateez\">ATEEZ<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>THE WORLD\u00a0EP.FIN: WILL<\/em>\u00a0bows at No. 1 on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0albums chart (dated Dec. 16), marking the first chart-topper for the Korean pop group. The set earned 152,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 7, according to Luminate, nearly entirely from traditional album sales. Its album sales were bolstered by its availability across more than 30 collectible editions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>THE WORLD\u00a0EP.FIN: WILL<\/em>\u00a0is the fourth top 10-charting effort from the act, all posted consecutively. The group previously charted as high as No. 2 with its last entry,\u00a0<em>THE WORLD EP.2: OUTLAW,\u00a0<\/em>in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While ATEEZ has logged six charting efforts on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/billboard\/\">Billboard<\/a>&nbsp;200 in total (four top 10s, plus two more that charted outside the region), the act has yet to notch a charting song on any U.S.&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>&nbsp;airplay or streaming chart, the Billboard Hot 100, or the Billboard Global 200 or Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. (The latter two rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the top 10 of the new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/nat-king-cole\/\">Nat King Cole<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Christmas Song<\/em>\u00a0returns to the region for a sixth consecutive holiday season, as the set rises 16-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on&nbsp;multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid\/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Dec. 16, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s website on Dec. 12. For all chart&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/news\/\">news<\/a>, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of\u00a0<em>THE WORLD\u00a0EP.FIN: WILL<\/em>\u2019s 152,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 7, album sales comprise 146,000 (with 99% of that sum driven by physical album sales and 1% via digital album downloads), SEA units comprise 5,500 (equaling 7.59 million on-demand official streams of the set\u2019s 12 tracks) and TEA units comprise 500 units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As is typical for major K-pop releases,<em>&nbsp;THE WORLD&nbsp;EP.FIN: WILL<\/em>&nbsp;was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/ateez-the-world-ep-fin-will-number-one-album-1235543844\/\">issued<\/a>&nbsp;in multiple collectible physical configurations, 33 in total. All have the same 12-song tracklist, but have alternative packaging and contain different branded paper merchandise (some randomized, including photocards). Of the 33 editions, 26 are CDs and seven are vinyl. Among the variants are retail-exclusives sold through the likes of Barnes &amp; Noble, Target and Walmart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each variant of the physical album in the U.S. was sold with a minimum of two random photocards, but could contain up to five depending on where the customer bought the album. K-pop photocards are similar to sports trading cards, in that each card typically has a photo of a member of the group. Each random photocard is from a set of eight total cards (one for each member). In total, there were a dozen sets of eight photocards, with assorted sets assigned to the retail-exclusive versions of the album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As&nbsp;<em>THE WORLD&nbsp;EP.FIN: WILL<\/em>&nbsp;album is mostly in the Korean language, it is the 23rd mostly non-English language album to hit No. 1, and the seventh of 2023 (and of those seven, the fifth in mostly Korean). The other six are: Stray Kids\u2019&nbsp;<em>ROCK-STAR,<\/em>&nbsp;Bad Bunny\u2019s Spanish-language&nbsp;<em>Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Ma\u00f1ana,&nbsp;<\/em>NewJeans\u2019<em>&nbsp;2nd EP \u2018Get Up,\u2019&nbsp;<\/em>Stray Kids\u2019<em>&nbsp;5-STAR<\/em>, Karol G\u2019s Spanish&nbsp;<em>Ma\u00f1ana Ser\u00e1 Bonito&nbsp;<\/em>and TOMORROW X TOGETHER\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Name Chapter: Temptation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>THE WORLD\u00a0EP.FIN: WILL<\/em>\u00a0is the only debut in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200. The rest of the top seven comprises former No. 1s, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>1989 (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>\u00a0falling 1-2 (101,000 equivalent album units; down 28%),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/drake\/\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>For All the Dogs<\/em>\u00a0dipping 2-3 (76,000; down 10%),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/morgan-wallen\/\">Morgan Wallen<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>\u00a0stationary at No. 4 (65,000; up 3%),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/michael-buble\/\">Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>Christmas<\/em>\u00a0jingling 9-5 (60,000; up 28%), Swift\u2019s\u00a0<em>Midnights<\/em>\u00a0dropping 3-6 (55,000; down 15%) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\/\">SZA<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>SOS<\/em>\u00a0steady at No. 7 (51,000; up 7%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/noah-kahan\/\">Noah Kahan<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Stick Season<\/em>&nbsp;rises 13-8 for its highest rank since its deluxe reissue pushed it 100-3 (its peak) on the June 24-dated chart. The album earned 48,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week \u2013 up 26%. The set\u2019s gain follows Kahan\u2019s performances on NBC\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>&nbsp;on Dec. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s former No. 1&nbsp;<em>Folklore<\/em>&nbsp;descends 5-9 with 46,000 equivalent album units earned (down 22%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the top 10 is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/nat-king-cole\/\">Nat King Cole<\/a>\u2019s holiday album\u00a0<em>The Christmas Song<\/em>, climbing 16-10. It visits the top 10 for a sixth consecutive holiday season (having reached a high of No. 5 in January). It earned 44,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week \u2013 up 21%. The album boasts Cole\u2019s classic title track, along with\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Holiday 100-charting favorites including \u201cDeck the Halls,\u201d \u201cO Come All Ye Faithful,\u201d \u201cJoy to the World\u201d and \u201cCaroling, Caroling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4008\" data-postid=\"4008\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4008 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus: Nat King Cole&#8217;s &#8216;The Christmas Song&#8217; returns to top 10. ATEEZ\u2019s\u00a0THE WORLD\u00a0EP.FIN: WILL\u00a0bows at No. 1 on the\u00a0Billboard 200\u00a0albums chart (dated Dec. 16), marking the first chart-topper for the Korean pop group. 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