
ENHYPEN has achieved another milestone in Japan with their new single. According to the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) on August 8th, ENHYPEN’s fourth Japanese single, ″宵 -YOI-,″ received a ″Double Platinum″ gold disc certification for cumulative shipments exceeding 500,000 copies as of July, the month of its release. The RIAJ certifies albums based on cumulative monthly shipments: ″Gold″ (100,000 copies), ″Platinum″ (250,000 copies), and ″Double Platinum″ (500,000 copies).
With this achievement, ENHYPEN now has 15 gold disc-certified albums. This marks their third ″Double Platinum″ certification, following their second Japanese single, ″DIMENSION: 閃光″ (Dimension: Senkou) and their third Japanese single, ″結 -YOU-.″ In particular, Enhypen’s fourth single surpassed 500,000 copies shipped in just three days after its release on the 29th of last month, demonstrating their immense popularity in Japan.
″宵 -YOI-″ is the first Enhypen album to achieve a ″half-million seller″ (first week sales) in Japan. The single ranked second on Billboard Japan’s ″Top Single Sales″ (dated August 6th) with 575,330 copies sold in its first week. It also broke the band’s own record for first-week sales, ranking second on Oricon’s ″Weekly Single Rankings″ (dated August 11th).
Enhypen has achieved the milestone of being the only foreign artist to sell over 400,000 copies (Oricon standard) in the first week of a Japanese single. The title track ″Shine On Me″ has also received enthusiastic responses. The song reached number two on Billboard Japan’s ″Hot 100″ (dated August 6th), earning 9,270 points. The song’s music video also topped Line Music’s ″Music Video Top 100″ real-time chart immediately after its release.
ENHYPEN’s world tour, ″ENHYPEN WORLD TOUR ’WALK THE LINE’,″ is currently underway, garnering enthusiastic responses from fans around the world. They successfully concluded ″WALK THE LINE IN JAPAN - SUMMER EDITION″ at Tokyo’s Ajinomoto Stadium and Osaka’s Yanmar Stadium Nagai. With this, ENHYPEN achieved the shortest stadium performance period (4 years and 7 months) among international artists.
ENHYPEN will then perform in 10 cities across the US and Europe, starting with the UBS Arena at Belmont Park in New York on August 6th and 7th (local time).