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Ateez Lands First Billboard Hot 100 Entry as ‘Golden Hour: Part. 3’ Debuts at No. 2

The band is set to launch their In Your Fantasy world tour in Incheon on July 5.

K-pop group Ateez poses for a photo during a press conference in Seoul to mark its new album on June 12, 2025. (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • Golden Hour: Part. 3 sold 105,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, propelled by 101,500 physical sales, making it Ateez’s seventh top-10 album on the Billboard 200.
  • Lemon Drop debuted at No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Ateez’s first entry on that chart and their distinction as the third K-pop boy group to break into the Hot 100.
  • Released as a Korea-exclusive platform edition with limited licensed copies in the U.S., Golden Hour: Part. 3 dominated physical sales charts including Hanteo and Circle.
  • The Lemon Drop music video amassed over 10 million YouTube views within 24 hours, and the single topped daily and real-time charts in Korea while ranking in the iTunes Top Songs chart in more than 50 markets.
  • After opening In Your Fantasy in Incheon on July 5-6, Ateez will tour North America with dates in Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles before heading to Mexico City and Japan.