NCT DREAM Breaks Record For Highest First-Week Sales In SM Entertainment History

On May 14, NCT DREAM achieved the highest first-week sales record in SM Entertainment‘s history!

As of today, May 14, the NCT DREAM has sold over 868,000 album copies for Hot Sauce. This gave the group the highest sales record of the company for the first five days of sales. The previous record was held by EXO‘s Don’t Mess Up My Tempo with 790,000 album sales in the first week.

210514 NCT DREAM The 1st Album
〖맛 (Hot Sauce)〗

초동 5일차 15:38 한터차트

Today 2,5xx
Total 868,8xx

SM 소속 가수 초동 1위 달성 ✨🌶🔥
역대 초동 순위 7위 달성 ✨🌶🔥#NCT #NCTDREAM #맛_HotSauce #NCTDREAM_맛_HotSauce #마크 #런쥔 #제노 #해찬 #재민 #천러 #지성

— 엔시티 드림 초동 기록 (@NCTDREAM_ALBUM) May 14, 2021

Among all K-Pop artists in every company, NCT DREAM now ranks 7th in highest first-week sales. This puts them in the top three groups along with BTS and SEVENTEEN.

With two more days remaining in the week, fans are eager to find out if the group will be able to break a million sales which will make them the third group in K-Pop to do so in one week.