Red Velvet Breaks Multiple records with “QUEENDOM”

On the Hanteo Chart, Red Velvet’s latest album “QUEENDOM” has set a new record for first-day sales, making the girl group the fifth in the history to do so!

On August 16, Red Velvet released their sixth mini-album, “QUEENDOM,” which includes the title song of the same name.

The physical version of Red Velvet’s “QUEENDOM” was published on August 17, and the album has already broken the group’s first-day and first-week sales records on Hanteo.

“QUEENDOM” is Red Velvet’s first release as a group in over a year and a half, following the release of “The ReVe Festival: Finale,” their first Korean compilation album, in December 2019.

On August 17, at 5:20 p.m. KST, Red Velvet’s “QUEENDOM” had sold over 100,000 copies on the Hanteo Chart, a total of 126,553 copies.

“QUEENDOM” is the first album by the female group to sell more than 100,000 copies in a single day. This is not only the girls’ new first-day sales record, but also their new first-week sales record.

Furthermore, Red Velvet becomes the fifth K-pop girl group in history to sell over 100,000 copies on Hanteo on its first day.

IZ*ONE, BLACKPINK, TWICE, and MAMAMOO are the only other K-pop girl groups to sell over 100,000 copies on their first day of release.

“BLOOM*IZ” (183,975), “Oneiric Diary” (152,635), and “One-reeler/ Act IV” are the three albums by IZ*ONE that have sold over 100,000 copies in their first day on the Hanteo Chart (190,698).

TWICE has also achieved the accomplishment with three albums: “MORE & MORE” (274,472), “Eyes Wide Open” (107,345), and “Taste of Love” (107,345). (180,236).

BLACKPINK has two albums that have sold over 500,000 copies: “How You Like That” (155,844) and “THE ALBUM” (589,310), while MAMAMOO only has one, “TRAVEL” (101,376).

Furthermore, Red Velvet’s “QUEENDOM” currently has the second-highest first-day sales among 2021 girl group albums on the Hanteo Chart. It outsold (G)I-“I DLE’s Burn,” which sold only 75,510 copies.

“QUEENDOM” has sold 150,186 copies as of 8:20 p.m. KST on August 17th, and counting.

Congratulations to Red Velvet for setting a new Hanteo Chart record for first-day and first-week sales!

QUEENDOM MV

Meanwhile, among the Red Velvet MVs, the music video for the album’s title track, also known as “QUEENDOM,” has received the most views in the first 24 hours (group and unit).

The music video for Red Velvet’s “QUEENDOM” was released on August 16 at 6 p.m. KST. The music video exceeded 10 million views on YouTube in under 13 hours and 23 minutes, becoming the fastest “Red Velvet” MV to do so, breaking the previous record of 18 hours set by Irene & Seulgi’s “Monster.”

The music video for “QUEENDOM” also became the girl group’s fastest to reach one million views on YouTube.

At 6 p.m. KST on August 17, Red Velvet’s “QUEENDOM” surpassed Irene & Seulgi’s “Monster” as the group’s most-viewed MV in the first 24 hours, with 16.2 million views.

We wish luck to the girls for all their future projects.