Alphadriveone, 1.44 million copies sold in the first week after just 100 days since debut, wins 4 music show awards... 'Global rookie power'


Boy group ALPHA DRIVE ONE (ALD1) marked their 100th day since debut with various achievements in music, broadcasting, and the global market.

ALPHA DRIVE ONE debuted on January 12 with their first mini album, EUPHORIA. The debut album surpassed 1.44 million copies in initial sales, setting the record for the second highest debut sales among K-POP groups. The title track, FREAK ALARM, won first place on Show! Champion just 10 days after its release. Subsequently, they achieved first place consecutively on KBS2's Music Bank, MBC's Show! Music Core, and SBS's Inkigayo, securing four music show wins. This marked the first time in about nine years that a boy group's debut song took first place on all three major terrestrial broadcasters.

Their digital music performance was also remarkable. All tracks from EUPHORIA entered the Melon TOP100 chart. The album ranked 7th on the worldwide iTunes album chart and placed in the top 5 on iTunes charts in 18 regions including Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Russia. It ranked first on China's QQ Music digital album daily chart and maintained top positions for two consecutive weeks on Japan's Oricon weekly combined album and weekly album rankings.

They also gained attention in fashion and global activities. They became the first K-POP group to appear on the cover of Elle Man Fresh China magazine and the first K-POP artist to feature on the digital cover of Madame Figaro Hong Kong. Shortly after debut, they attended Paris Fashion Week and performed at the Mynavi Tokyo Girls Collection 2026 SPRING/SUMMER, Japan's largest fashion festival.

Interest from overseas media continued. Forbes in the United States focused on their debut story, while Japan's Oricon News covered their local activities and fan showcase events. In China, they successfully completed a large-scale relay pop-up event in collaboration with QQ Music, attracting about 3,000 fans at the Shenzhen pop-up site in March.

They have been active in variety shows as well. They appeared on domestic variety programs such as tvN's Amazing Saturday and KBS2's Gag Concert, as well as various YouTube contents. They expanded their overseas activities by being selected as the April pick artist on Japan TV Asahi's music variety show M:ZINE.

ALPHA DRIVE ONE will hold their fan concert tour, 2026 ALPHA DRIVE ONE FAN-CON TOUR [STAR ROAD], at Inspire Arena in Incheon from June 12 to 14, Pia Arena MM in Yokohama from June 26 to 28, and AsiaWorld–Arena in Hong Kong on July 11.

Meanwhile, ALPHA DRIVE ONE is a project group formed through the Mnet survival show Boys 2 Planet.


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