ATEEZ's ‘GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5’ Debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Drake and Michael Jackson also appear in this week’s top 10.
Summary
ATEEZ has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 'GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5,' earning 228,000 equivalent album units in its first week, a new career-high for the act
The set marks ATEEZ's third No. 1 on the chart and their ninth consecutive top 10, with pure album sales of 223,000 also representing a career-best figure
With nine top 10s in the 2020s, ATEEZ now stands alone as the group with the most top 10s this decade, breaking a three-way tie with Stray Kids and TOMORROW X TOGETHER
ATEEZ opens this week’s Billboard 200 at No. 1 with GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5. The K-pop act’s latest earns 228,000 equivalent album units in its first week, driven predominantly by pure album sales of 223,000. Both figures represent career-highs for the group.
GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5 marks ATEEZ’s third No. 1 on the Billboard 200, following GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2 in 2024 and THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL in 2023. The new set also extends their run of consecutive top 10 appearances to nine, dating back to THE WORLD EP.1 : MOVEMENT‘s No. 3 peak in 2022. With nine top 10s in the 2020s, ATEEZ now has the most among any group this decade, breaking a three-way tie they previously shared with Stray Kids and TOMORROW X TOGETHER. Of the album’s 228,000 first-week equivalent album units, streaming equivalent album units comprise 5,000, equaling 4.96 million on-demand official streams, with track equivalent album units making up a negligible sum. Album sales were aided by the set’s availability across 30 CD variants and five vinyl variants, including collectible items such as photocards, posters and stickers, with some items randomized, as well as signed editions.
Making up the rest of this week’s top 10: Olivia Rodrigo’s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love falls to No. 2 after two weeks at the top with 127,000 equivalent album units, followed by Ella Langley’s Dandelion at No. 3 (82,000), Drake’s ICEMAN at No. 4 (80,000) and Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem at No. 5 (79,000). Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide lands at No. 6 (64,000), Michael Jackson’s Thriller at No. 7 (48,000), Jackson’s Number Ones at No. 8 (43,000), Wallen’s One Thing at a Time at No. 9 (40,000) and Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving at No. 10 (34,000).
