PLAVE Set New First-Week Sales Record With “HYPERDRIVE”

PLAVE have reached a new personal best in first-week album sales with their fifth mini album, “HYPERDRIVE”.

The virtual boy group released the album digitally on 12 October 2026, followed by its physical edition on 13 October. Its title track is “Star Trace”.

According to Hanteo Chart, “HYPERDRIVE” sold 1,322,973 copies between 13 and 19 October, marking PLAVE’s highest first-week total to date.

The result surpasses the group’s previous record of 1,255,801 copies, set earlier this year by “Caligo Pt.2”.

“HYPERDRIVE” is also PLAVE’s fourth release to exceed one million copies in its opening week, following “Caligo Pt.1”, “PLBBUU” and “Caligo Pt.2”.

For European PLLIs collecting physical editions, the milestone highlights the continued demand around PLAVE’s latest comeback.