ZEROBASEONE Makes History Already With Record Pre-Sales For Debut Album

“ZB1 is going to be soooo huge. 2.5 years is not nearly enough.”

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Anticipation for the boy group formed by survival show Boys Planet, ZEROBASEONE, is growing as their debut date nears.

ZEROBASEONE The 1st Mini Album
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2023.07.10 18:00 (KST)#ZEROBASEONE #ZB1 #제로베이스원 #YOUTHINTHESHADE pic.twitter.com/3rJUPPFITq
— ZEROBASEONE (@ZB1_official) June 20, 2023

They’re set to release their first album, Youth in the Shade, on July 10 at 6PM KST/5AM EST, and despite it being two weeks away, the album has already made a record for the boy group!

Reported on June 26, the mini-album recorded around 780,000 pre-sale orders in just the first five days of sales — the highest number of pre-orders for any K-Pop debut album in history.

ZEROBASEONE The 1st Mini Album
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2023.07.10 18:00 (KST)#ZEROBASEONE #ZB1 #제로베이스원 #YOUTHINTHESHADE pic.twitter.com/iyFa0DJUoq
— ZEROBASEONE (@ZB1_official) June 6, 2023

It’s already only behind two other boy group debut albums in terms of total sales to date — Perfume by NCT DOJAEJUNG, which has made 835.3k sales to date, and 1X1=1 (To Be One) by Wanna One, which has sold 805.3k copies.

And given that there are still two weeks of pre-sales before Youth in the Shade is even released, it’s likely to reach #1 once it does actually come out!

The topic of ZEROBASEONE’s record became the subject of a post on an online forum, and in the comments, netizens shared their excitement and anticipation for the boy group’s upcoming debut.