Peninsula Asteroid

On August 16th, the headlines on the front pages of most of the entertainment news sections all carried EXO's name.

As of 23:59 am on the 15th yesterday, EXO's official first album "XOXO (kiss\u0026hug)" and the reissue album "Roar (kiss\u0026hug)", the combined sales of all four versions officially exceeded the one million mark.

"XOXO" has a total of more than 540,000 copies, and "Roar" has more than 460,000 copies.

This is the first million-selling single album in the Peninsula music scene after 12 years.

In fact, on the first day of the release of "Roar", after the initial sales of more than 400,000 copies, people in the peninsula music industry already had a premonition that this long-lost record would be broken by EXO, a boy group that debuted for more than a year.

It was only expected, but when things actually happened, it still caused the industry to fall into a major earthquake.

And the major media websites that had tracked this news for a long time, immediately put on new headlines that morning, reporting this unbelievable news.

After a morning of fermenting, most of the people basically knew the news, and after being surprised, they started discussions on the Internet:

"No surprise, I expected it on the day of the release of "Roar", but I didn't expect it to be so fast. It has reached a million sales, and all the idol groups in the music industry are the first among all idol groups. EXO is big!!"

"This record seems to have been twelve years ago. The last million-dollar album seems to be gold modeling. I haven't paid much attention to the EXO group before. I just heard the song "Roar", which is really good. Yes, I didn't expect to sell a million copies, it's really amazing, they are the pride of KPOP."

"EXO's momentum is too hot. I feel that they are definitely the next TOP. I have watched the "Roar" MV and stage. They are great in every way, and they are about to become fans."

"Ahhhhh! EXO is big!! It has reached one million sales in one year since its debut, wuliXO is the trend, it is the hottest boy group, and it is scheduled for this year's major award ceremonies, XO, we will always support you."

"I'm dying of laughter. If fans of other groups can also buy dozens of albums per person, a group can reach millions of sales."

"Upstairs is the meal of other groups, please don't be sour. I don't deny that we have a lot of diehard fans of EXO, and their purchasing power is also very strong. But it is impossible to buy one million points by relying on diehard fans alone. The biggest sales volume is still Ordinary fans."

"What you said above is correct. Can some fans of other groups focus on the right master, why come here to make a fool of yourself? How popular is "Roar"? Are you blind or deaf and can't feel it? I dare not for other age groups Say, but more than 80% of high school students like "Roar"!"

"..."

Apart from the heated discussion on the Internet, the ones who touched me the most were the fellow idols, they are the group of people who are most sensitive to million-dollar sales.

"Hey Yigu, EXO's regular album has sold over one million copies..."

In the Girls’ Generation dormitory, the members who reunited to promote the single were chatting in the living room. After seeing the news on the mobile phone, Kwon Yuri immediately reported it loudly.

"Oh, I expected it a long time ago. Our highest sales volume is... How do you think their sales volume is so high?"

Kim Taeyeon lay there weakly, thumped her short legs twice after hearing it, as if she had been hit.

Some time ago, when she was chatting with Ji Jingyuan, she also discussed that the sales of EXO's regular album will surpass the best-selling album of Girls' Generation. Kim Taeyeon expressed her dissatisfaction with this.

Unexpectedly, EXO not only surpassed them, but directly broke the twelve-year record.

"Their MV shot this time is really good, was it designed by Jing Yuan?"

Hyoyeon glanced at Sunny, and after the other party nodded for confirmation, he continued, "By the way, because of EXO's big hit this time, it seems that the MV for the title song of our next comeback will also use a one-shot method."

"Don't talk about it, the sales volume has been surpassed by so much, it's already uncomfortable, and now I have to imitate the younger generation, I can no longer hold my head up in front of Jing Yuan..."

Kim Taeyeon took a pillow to cover her face, her voice was muffled.

"Alas..." The sisters sighed together.

At the time when this group came back and sold more than 50,000 albums, posters could be issued to celebrate, EXO's million-selling sales, for most artists, is a sales figure that is like a miracle.

As practitioners, it is natural to discuss and learn from EXO's successful experience this time. In a short period of time, many brokerage companies are preparing to let their boy groups appear in the next comeback, such as suits and school uniforms, back numbers, and one shot to the end and so on element.

Especially one shot to the end, including Girls' Generation, it is known that several well-known groups will use this shooting method in their next comeback MV.

EXO and Chi Jingyuan can be considered to have created a precedent and led the trend.

All of a sudden, EXO became the focus of discussion in various parts of the music industry.

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"I'm Eu-Reu-Reong Eu-Reu-Reong Eu-Reu-Reong 伱."

"I Eu-Reu-Reong Eu-Reu-Reong Eu-Reu-Reong you."

"If you don't step back, you won't care even if you get hurt."

Amidst the enthusiastic cheers and screams below, the twelve members of EXO formed a circle and performed the ending pose, completing the live stage of Music Bank.

EXO did not leave the stage after their performance because they were the last ones to perform on stage this time. After finishing, they stood there waiting for all the other artists to come on stage to prepare for the awards.

Today on Music Bank on the 16th, one of the candidates is FX and EXO. When the awards are being presented, the two groups are standing on both sides of the MC, nervously looking at the screen on the side of the stage, where the scores are being tallied.

FX officially returned on July 31st. Today is the third week of the song competition. It has already won four first places before, and the results are pretty good.

What they released this time is their second regular album "Pink Tape". It received very good reviews from both industry professionals and casual listeners, and the various results of the title song "Early Wisdom Teeth" were also quite gratifying.

Judging from their performance this time, after three weeks of accumulation, they should be able to win a few more places in singing programs.

It's a pity that due to SM's unknown intentions, FX and EXO's "Roar" collided.

Soon, scores began to be announced.

The audio source scores are EXO4880 and FX4200, the difference is not much.

And because it was the second week after their comeback and they had not participated in several programs before, EXO's broadcast score was 0 points, far behind FX's 1,000 points.

Just after FX fans breathed a sigh of relief, the album sales scores came out.

EXO's sales score of 4950 points completely crushed FX's 200 points...

This comparison of sales scores made all the artists on the stage and the fans and audience outside the venue couldn't help but exclaim.

KBS's Music Bank is a program that focuses more on sales points among major singing programs. Artists with good sales will have an advantage here.

"The one who is honored today is...EXO, Chuka Hamida!"

Amid the MC's congratulations, the ribbons floated up, and EXO's "Roar" won the first place in a song competition since its return.