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EXO slays charts at home and abroad

By Korea Herald

Published : June 9, 2016 - 17:22

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EXO dominated music charts at home and abroad with its third full-length studio album “EX’ACT,” which was released at midnight on Wednesday.

The lead song “Monster” immediately topped eight domestic music charts -- MelOn, Genie, Olleh Music, Mnet, Naver Music, Bugs Music, Monkey3 and Soribada.

“Monster” tells the story of a man fixated on his lover in the group’s signature dark and intense style.

Suho (center), the leader of K-pop boy band EXO, speaks at a press conference Wednesday at SMTOWN at COEX Artium in Samseong-dong, Seoul. (S.M. Entertainment) Suho (center), the leader of K-pop boy band EXO, speaks at a press conference Wednesday at SMTOWN at COEX Artium in Samseong-dong, Seoul. (S.M. Entertainment)

The other lead song, “Lucky One,” took the second place on domestic charts, and all nine tracks made the top 20.

The album also topped iTunes albums chart in seven countries -- Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam -- and made to the top 10 in 16 countries including the Philippines, Japan, Russia, Finland, Mexico, Denmark, Sweden and Canada.

By Wednesday, more than 660,000 albums had been preordered.

By Jung Eun-jin (jej2403@heraldcorp.com)