Global Girl Group XG Achieves First Ever Billboard 200 Chart Entry with Latest EP AWE
Global girl group XG has debuted at number 175 on the Billboard 200 chart with their latest mini-album, AWE! This achievement marks their first-ever entry on the chart, solidifying their status as a rising force in the global music scene. AWE also claimed the top spot on the Heatseekers Albums chart, further showcasing the group’s growing impact worldwide. For Japanese artists, this is a significant milestone, following Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s A Symphonic Celebration – Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki in 2023. XG is also the first Japanese girl group to make the list since BABYMETAL’s METAL GALAXY in 2019. Their success with AWE follows the historic achievement of their song “GRL GVNG,” which ranked No. 1 on the Hot Trending Songs Powered by Twitter chart, making them the first Japanese artist to top the weekly chart in the US. Their second mini-album, AWE, was released in Japan on November 8 and in the US on December 6. It debuted at No. 3 on both the Oricon Weekly Album Chart and the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart. Internationally, the album climbed to No. 12 on the Apple Music Worldwide Album Chart (Daily), entered [...]
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Global girl group XG has debuted at number 175 on the Billboard 200 chart with their latest mini-album, AWE! This achievement marks their first-ever entry on the chart, solidifying their status as a rising force in the global music scene. AWE also claimed the top spot on the Heatseekers Albums chart, further showcasing the group’s growing impact worldwide. For Japanese artists, this is a significant milestone, following Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s A Symphonic Celebration – Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki in 2023. XG is also the first Japanese girl group to make the list since BABYMETAL’s METAL GALAXY in 2019. Their success with AWE follows the historic achievement of their song “GRL GVNG,” which ranked No. 1 on the Hot Trending Songs Powered by Twitter chart, making them the first Japanese artist to top the weekly chart in the US. Their second mini-album, AWE, was released in Japan on November 8 and in the US on December 6. It debuted at No. 3 on both the Oricon Weekly Album Chart and the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart. Internationally, the album climbed to No. 12 on the Apple Music Worldwide Album Chart (Daily), entered [...]
