Ateez Lands Third No. 1 on Albums Chart With ‘Golden Hour : Part.5’
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- Ateez earned its third No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with "Golden Hour: Part.5," debuting with 228,000 equivalent album units — 223,000 from pure sales across 30 CD and five vinyl variants.
- The album marks Ateez's ninth top 10 on the chart and third chart-topper overall, following "Golden Hour: Part.2" in 2024 and "The World EP.Fin : Will" in 2023.
- With this entry, Ateez now holds the most top 10s of any group collective in the 2020s, breaking its tie with Stray Kids and Tomorrow X Together.
- "Golden Hour: Part.5" was the only album to debut in the top 10 this week; Olivia Rodrigo's "You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love" slipped to No. 2 after two weeks atop the chart with 127,000 units.
- The eight-member group followed its February release "Golden Hour: Part.4" with Part.5 late last month, just days before becoming the third K-Pop act to headline London's BST Hyde Park festival.
Why it matters: Ateez now owns the most top 10 Billboard 200 entries of any group collective in the 2020s, surpassing both Stray Kids and Tomorrow X Together. The 228,000-unit debut — 223,000 of it pure sales across 35 physical variants — shows K-Pop's variant-heavy release strategy still converts fan engagement into dominant chart performance.
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