ILLIT, K-pop girl group's 7th 'Billboard 200' Top 10

Ranked 6th with mini-album 'BREAK EVEN'ILLIT entered the US 'Billboard 200' (dated Nov. 14) at number 6 with their fifth mini-album 'BREAK EVEN,' released on the 26th of last month. This significantly surpassed their previous record of 26th place. /Belift Lab[THE FACT | Reporter Jung Byung-geun] Girl group ILLIT has proven its global growth by ranking 6th on the main album chart of the US Billboard.According to a preview article posted on Billboard's official website on the 8th (local time), ILLIT's fifth mini-album 'BREAK EVEN,' released on the 26th of last month, entered the latest 'Billboard 200' (dated Nov. 14) at number 6. This surpassed the ranking (26th) achieved with their previous album, the fourth mini-album 'MAMIHLAPINATAPAI,' by 20 places.ILLIT is the 7th K-pop girl group to reach the top 10 of the 'Billboard 200'. Previously, Black Pink ranked 2nd with 'THE ALBUM,' TWICE ranked 6th with 'Taste of Love,' aespa ranked 3rd with 'Girls,' ITZY ranked 8th with 'CHECKMATE,' LE SSERAFIM ranked 6th with 'UNFORGIVEN,' and NewJeans ranked 1st with 'Get Up.'ILLIT has charted all five of their albums released to date on the 'Billboard 200'. With each album release, they have consistently built their chart performance, ultimately setting a new milestone of the top 10.The first-week sales of 'BREAK EVEN' in the US were 37,000 album units, which is ILLIT's highest weekly record to date. Of these, pure album sales reached 32,500 copies. Streaming equivalent sales (SEA) were 4,500 units, corresponding to approximately 4.87 million streams of the album's tracks in the US.ILLIT is achieving significant results in global streaming metrics. As of November 9th, their monthly listeners on Spotify exceeded 20 million, placing them among the top K-pop artists. This metric, which counts unique users who listened to ILLIT's music over the past 28 days, indicates the breadth of their actual listener base.ILLIT plans to continue their active promotions with the title track 'I'LL CATCH YOU' from their fifth mini-album 'BREAK EVEN.'kafka@tf.co.kr[Entertainment Department | ssent@tf.co.kr]