NCT Wish's 2nd EP exceeds 1 million sales
The second EP from NCT Wish sold over a million copies in the first week, said label SM Entertainment Monday citing a local tally.
'Poppop,' released last week, is also the band's first album to reach the milestone.
Combined, NCT's youngest subunit has sold nearly 2 million copies of previous albums: debut single 'Wish,' second single 'Songbird' and first mini album 'Steady.'
The second EP received more than 1.2 million in preorders.
The new album also topped a number of major album sales charts in Korea. The title track reached No. 2 on No. 26 on Hot 100 and Top 100 on Melon, the largest music chart in Korea.
Meanwhile, NCT Wish will resume its Asia tour 'Log In' in Hong Kong on May 3, before going on to visit four more cities in the region.
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