Ateez soars to No. 1 on Billboard main albums chart

▲ K-pop boy group Ateez poses for a photo during a press conference to promote its second studio album, "The World Ep. Fin: Will," in this Dec. 1, 2023, file photo provided by KQ Entertainment. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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Ateez soars to No. 1 on Billboard main albums chart

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group Ateez's latest album has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard main albums chart.

Ateez rose atop the Billboard 200 with its second full-length album, "The World Ep. Fin: Will," beating out other popular albums, such as Taylor Swift's "1989 (Taylor's Version)" and Drake's "For All The Dogs," Billboard said in a preview for the latest chart on Sunday (U.S. time).

This marks the South Korean group's first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and the seventh No. 1 for a K-pop act, following BTS, SuperM, Stray Kids, BLACKPINK, Tomorrow X Together and NewJeans.

Ateez is also the first K-pop group from a minor K-pop agency to top the chart, not one of the big four agencies -- Hybe, SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment.

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