First-Time K-pop Milestone on Billboard 200 In 2024 (Record By ATEEZ)

The Official Award Of A Certificate

ATEEZ blazed a trail for K-pop when their album GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2 anchored the first-ever milestone of three K-pop albums simultaneously hitting the Billboard 200’s Top 10, a record certified by the K-Pop Records Library on March 27, 2025. Released on November 15, 2024, under KQ Entertainment, the album debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated November 30, 2024, with 179,000 equivalent album units, per Billboard, leading the historic trio alongside BTS’s Jin’s Happy (No. 4) and ENHYPEN’s ROMANCE : UNTOLD -daydream- (No. 7), and showcasing ATEEZ’s global prowess, fueled by ATINY’s fierce support.

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The eight-member group Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung, and Jongho delivered GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2 with the dynamic lead single “Did It Like That.” Its first-week sales, including 165,000 traditional albums, outpaced Jin’s 78,000 and ENHYPEN’s 66,000 units, per Billboard, securing ATEEZ’s position as the milestone’s frontrunner. Posts on X in November 2024 (@billboard
hailed the Top 10 trio as a “K-pop revolution,” with ATEEZ’s No. 1 debut stealing the spotlight. By March 2025, GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2 had sold 1.8 million copies globally, per Circle Chart, and earned 800 million Spotify streams, per RouteNote.
The K-Pop Records Library awarded ATEEZ a certificate, honoring their No. 1 peak with GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2 as the cornerstone of K-pop’s first Billboard 200 Top 10 trio, a dazzling leap for the genre’s US chart dominance in 2024.