LE SSERAFIM‘s first MV reached 20 million and topped the girl groups with the highest sales on Day 1 for a debut album with the title song, “FEARLESS” from their debut album released last Monday, May 2.
The girl group is one of the rookie idol groups generating more buzz these days for being under entertainment giant HYBE, having two former members of IZ*ONE, Sakura and Chaewon, and for being embroiled in various controversies before their debut.
Despite the fact that after the release there were mixed opinions about the song.
On Korean music streaming platform Bugs, all of the album’s tracks entered the chart in real time immediately after its release, and “FEARLESS,” which entered the chart only an hour after its release, shows popularity by remaining at No. 6.
.@le_sserafim ‘FEARLESS’ — 1AM KST
#53 Genie [-8] **FREEZE
#4 Bugs [-1] **FREEZE
#91 MelOn 24Hits [NEW]
#60 FLO [+1] *new peak
#57 MelOn Real-Time [-18] **FREEZE#LE_SSERAFIM #르세라핌— LE SSERAFIM Charts (@chartLESSERAFIM) May 6, 2022
.@le_sserafim ‘FEARLESS’ enters MelOn 24Hits Chart for the 1st time at #91.@IM_LESSERAFIM #LE_SSERAFIM #르세라핌
— LE SSERAFIM Charts (@chartLESSERAFIM) May 6, 2022
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However, the ranking of “FEARLESS” on other Korean streaming charts is not so positive. The album ranked No. 1 on the iTunes Top Albums chart in 13 countries/regions including Japan, Brazil, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia and Chile on May 4.
The MV of “FEARLESS” surpassed 10 million views on YouTube about 19 hours after its release, setting a new record by reaching 10 million views in the shortest time among MVs of a girl group that debuted this year.
.@le_sserafim ‘FEARLESS MV’ accumulated 16,115,657 VIEWS & 789,145 LIKES on its 1st day on YouTube.
—Its is now the 4th most viewed debut Kpop Group MV in the 1st day.#LE_SSERAFIM #르세라핌 pic.twitter.com/DlQNeXo4Wo
— LE SSERAFIM Charts (@chartLESSERAFIM) May 3, 2022
Regarding physical album sales, LE SSERAFIM also set the record for the best first-day sales of a debut album of a female K-pop group in history with 176,861 copies sold on Hanteo in less than 24 hours after the release.
