LE SSERAFIM and ILLIT Just Went Platinum in Japan and the Streams Are Genuinely Unhinged
LE SSERAFIM's 'CRAZY' and ILLIT's 'Almond Chocolate' both blew past 100 million streams to snag RIAJ platinum. two HYBE girl groups, one very cooked Japanese streaming chart.
it's giving domination. the RIAJ — Japan's official music body, keeping receipts since forever — just handed out platinum certs, and two of them went to HYBE girlies: LE SSERAFIM's 'CRAZY' and ILLIT's 'Almond Chocolate.' both crossed 100 million streams in Japan. one hundred MILLION.
for context on how insane that is: RIAJ hands out silver at 30 million streams, gold at 50 million, and platinum at a cool 100 million. so these two didn't tiptoe over the line, they blew the door off it.
'CRAZY' has been a certified menace since 2024 and clearly refuses to stop charting, while ILLIT's 'Almond Chocolate' — a 2025 Japanese single, adorable name, deadly numbers — proved the rookies are not playing either.
Japan officially certified: both groups ate. no crumbs, only platinum plaques.
Reported by Soompi. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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enhypen moved 1.77 MILLION albums on day one like it was a quick errand
'The Sin : Bliss' topped the daily chart and stormed itunes in 23 countries the moment it dropped
not enhypen casually selling 1.77 MILLION copies of their new ep on release day. ON DAY ONE. some of us don't do 1.77 million of anything in a full lifetime.
the facts: 'The Sin : Bliss' — their eighth ep, led by 'Bloody Paradise' — came out august 22, immediately hit no. 1 on hanteo's daily album chart, and topped itunes' album chart in 23 countries including brazil, japan, malaysia and turkey.
the global-domination-before-lunch of it all. ENGENE mobilized like a professional army and the numbers came out frankly vulgar. complimentary, obviously.
eight eps deep and the boys are still speedrunning records. the sin, apparently, is being this consistent.
Reported by The Korea Times. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
Read the original on The Korea Times →not stray kids casually moving 3 MILLION albums in ONE week like it's a tuesday errand
'this & that' is only the SECOND record of all 2026 to hit 3 mil first-week — these men do not miss and i am exhausted (affectionate)
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