Happy 6 Years to EXO!
Since their last anniversary:
EXO entered the Melon Hall of Fame with 1.5 million listeners (Ranking as the #2 boy group)
EXO ranked #1 most streamed Korean artist in Xiami Music
“Monster” charted on Melon for 45 consecutive weeks (entering the top 10 list of Longest Running Songs in Melon’s Weekly Top 100)
EXO-CBX became the fastest selling K-pop group in Japan, breaking the previous record set by EXO.
EXO'rDIUM won ‘Best Concert Award’ at the 4th Edaily Culture Awards
EXO held their encore concert for EXO'rDIUM in Jamsil Olympic Stadium, becoming the youngest K-pop act to ever perform there.
EXO'rDIUM [dot] in Jamsil Olympic Stadium sold out for both days within half an hour, become the third artist to ever done this after H.O.T and god.
EXO members took up 4 of the top 10 spots in the list of most viewed OSTs on Youtube.
EXO’s 4th studio album The War became the most pre-ordered Korean album of all time with over 800,000 pre-orders in under a week.
EXO’s The War album breaks records by topping 155 Itunes charts.
EXO became the highest ranking Kpop group on UK Itunes albums chart by peaking at #2
EXO became the first Kpop group to debut number 1 on Melon after the system change.
EXO accumulated over 78,000 unique listeners within the first hour of Kokobop’s release- the second highest of all time.
"The Eve" accumulated over 55,000 unique listeners within the first hour of release- the 5th highest of all time.
EXO were the only male Kpop group on the list of highest number of first hour unique listeners on Melon.
EXO’s The War achieved multiple all-kills on Melon, Genie, and Naver.
EXO’s The War hit #1 in 42 countries and counting on the Itunes album chart- the most for any Kpop group, and charted in 56 countries.
EXO’s The War was the only Kpop album to hit #1 on the Itunes worldwide albums chart.
EXO’s The War broke Hanteo first day sale’s record by selling over 220,000 copies in 5 hours.
EXO were the first group to sell over 200,000 albums on the first day of sales.
EXO Kokobop accumulated over 588,000 unique listeners on the first day of release.
EXO’s The War was the first Kpop album to rank #1 in over 30 different countries as the same time.
EXO’s The War was the fastest Kpop album to reach the USA Itunes Album chart Top 5 ranking. (2h&27min.)
Kokobop accumulated over 8.8 million views in 24 hours on YouTube, entering the top 5 most viewed Kpop videos in 24h
EXO’s The War becames the 2nd best selling Kpop album of 2017 in just 2 days.
EXO’s The War became the best selling Kpop album of 2017 in under a week.
EXO’s Lay ranked in the Forbes China under 30 category for 2017.
EXO became the first artist to reach 400,000 followers on Melon
EXO’s The War broke first week sales’ records by selling over 600,000 copies in a week.
EXO are the first group to sell 600,000 albums in one week.
EXO’s The War was the 6th most sold album in the first week globally and is the highest ranking Kpop group on the list.
“The War” debuted no. 1 on Billboard’s World Albums Chart for the 4th time.
“The War” ranked 87 on the Billboard 200
Kokobop peaked at no. 2 on World Digital Song Sales chart, The Eve at no. 8, and Forever at no. 24.
Kokobop charted number 1 on melon for 5 days straight.
EXO’s Lay’s solo album “LAY 02 Sheep” was certified Diamond in just over 9 hours of it’s release in China.
EXO’s Lay won Producer of the Year at the China Fashion Power Chart Awards.
EXO’s “Countdown” was certified gold in Japan.
EXO’s “Countdown” had their single and album reach #1 in the weekly charts in Japan, the first for any foreign artist.
EXO’s album “Universe” reached 500,000 sales in only 6 days.
EXO’s “Kokobop” became the Most Liked Song in MelOn Music Chart History.
EXO’s song “Power” became the first K-Pop song to be played at the Burj Khalifa Fountain Show in Dubai.
EXO performed at the Winter Olympics closing ceremony to millions of viewers all over the world.
EXO are to receive medals minted by the Korean Mint, the first idols to receive them.
Here’s to more legendary behaviour from EXO in the years to come!
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