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New K-pop boy group ZB1 smash record for debut album pre-orders, want to ‘continue our record-breaking journey’
- K-pop act ZeroBaseOne (ZB1) gained 1 million followers on Instagram in their first six days, and have more than 1 million pre-orders for their debut album
- The group, who are ‘thrilled and thankful’ that their fans have faith in them, talk about their goals and how their album’s lead single captures their vibe
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By Dong Sun-hwa
ZeroBaseOne (ZB1), a project boy group made up of the top nine contestants from the 2023 South Korean audition programme Boys Planet, are one of this year’s most anticipated K-pop acts.
They gained 1 million followers on Instagram in the first six days of their official account being up, and have racked up more than 1 million pre-orders for their debut album, Youth in the Shade, in just 13 days.
This is the highest-ever number of pre-orders for any K-pop debut album.
ZB1’s members – Kim Ji-woong, Zhang Hao, Sung Han-bin, Seok Matthew, Kim Tae-rae, Ricky, Kim Gyu-vin, Park Gun-wook and Han Yu-jin – are well aware that these achievements would have been impossible without their fans, who have been supporting them since the launch of Boys Planet.
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