Kpop Sensation EXO beats One Direction in the worldwide album sales; Former EXO member Luhan releases second trailer for album “Reloaded”
South Korean boy band, EXO, clashed against English-Irish pop sensation, One Direction, for its 2015 album sales.
The group's "EXODUS" album toppled 1D's "Four" album in the list of the worldwide group album sales for 2015. On the other hand, former band mate Luhan just released the second trailer of his album "Reloaded", which is now available online.
SM Entertainment released the second album "EXODUS" on March 30, 2015. At the very beginning of the album release, the KPop album gained the fifth spot above the British-Irish boy band, One Direction.
Korean-based website Instiz claimed that EXO is the only South Korean group that achieved a spot in the top-ten list of album sales. The Kpop group proved that they really are an established band as they sold 905,000 units for their "EXODUS" album against One Direction's album which only had 869,000 units sales record worldwide.
According to Movie News Guide, the international ranking of album sales also featured American and English bands.
Headlining the list was veteran Aussie hard-rockers AC/DC with their latest work titled "Rock Or Bust" with 1,141,000 sales, British folkies made their way to the second rank for "Wilder Mind" with 1,069,000 sales, along with, the Adam Levine's "Maroon 5" album at the third spot with 1,020,000 sales and alternative band Imagine Dragons held on the fourth spot with 909,000 sales.
With EXO's success with their album sales, former band mate Luhan also released his second album "Reloaded".
The former EXO member teased his fans with a 40-second sneak peek video uploaded on YouTube. The video is entitled "Dancing bloopers of LuHan's album 'Reloaded'". The video spotted Luhan with his team, catching up with new dance moves from choreographers Shaun Evaristo, Niki Tsappos and Flaming Genoese.
The International Business Times reported that the former EXO band mate made his comeback after he recorded China's theme song for Winter Olympics 2022, "Come Ski at the Great Wall". The song was recorded with Taiwanese singer David Tao.
Tao expressed his admiration for the Chinese performer, saying, "Besides his great looks and talents, his rhythm and sound are fantastic. Even though he has natural talents, he also worked hard and put in a lot of effort." He also emphasized that youngsters should learn from Luhan and his experiences.
On the other hand, fandom EXO-L is very thrilled that although some of the band members chose to pursue their own careers, the KPop group still garnered success these past months. Meanwhile, Luhan's album "Reloaded" is set for a release on September 14.
Its track list will allegedly focus on the singer's journey to fame after he left EXO.