KATSEYE’s ‘WILD’ opens at No. 1 on the Billboard 200

KATSEYE’s new EP WILD has entered the US Billboard 200 at No. 1, giving the group its first chart-topping album.

Billboard reported on 23 August that the EP earned 170,000 equivalent album units in the United States during its opening week, ending 20 August.

That total included 145,000 traditional album sales, making WILD the week’s best-selling album in the country. Its streaming activity added 24,500 album-equivalent units, based on 26.95 million on-demand audio streams.

The release also registered 500 track-equivalent units in its first week.

With this result, WILD records the largest opening week by units for an all-female group since the Billboard 200 began using its current unit-based methodology in December 2015.

It is also KATSEYE’s second top-10 entry and third appearance on the Billboard 200, following SIS (Soft Is Strong) and BEAUTIFUL CHAOS.

For European fans, the milestone underlines the group’s rapidly expanding international profile and the strong demand for physical editions alongside streaming.