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Hanteo Chart counted 444,072 copies from Oct. 26 to Nov. 1, topping the 411,654 that "MAMIHLAPINATAPAI" opened with earlier this year.
ILLIT's fifth mini album "BREAK EVEN" sold 444,072 copies in its first week, the group's highest opening yet, according to Hanteo Chart figures that Soompi reported. The first-week window ran from Oct. 26 to Nov. 1.
That total beats the group's previous first-week record of 411,654, set by their last mini album, "MAMIHLAPINATAPAI," earlier this year. "BREAK EVEN" arrives with a title track, "You're Under Arrest."
Streaming kept pace. On Nov. 1, @illitonspotify posted on X that the album had passed 20 million Spotify streams in six days.
The video rollout moved too. On Nov. 3, @illitonyoutube posted on X that WONHEE's "BREAK EVEN" Concept Film BURNING had reached 1 million views on YouTube.
The release also came with a Weverse Magazine comeback interview. In a clip @weverseofficial posted on TikTok, MINJU described where she wants to take her performance: "I want to be sweeter too."
A second clip from the same interview, also posted by @weverseofficial, had WONHEE framing the era on her own terms, hoping listeners would remember her as "WONHEE at 20."
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