KATSEYE Takes Over Billboard Charts…Four Tracks Enter Hot 100 Simultaneously

[Dispatch=Gumin Ji Reporter] KATSEYE swept the US Billboard main charts.

US Billboard announced the latest chart rankings (dated August 29) on the 26th. KATSEYE topped the main album chart 'Billboard 200' and simultaneously charted four songs on the main song chart 'Hot 100'.

'Animal', the pre-release track from their third EP 'Wild', reached No. 24 on the main song chart 'Hot 100'. The title track 'Hootie Fruity' made its first entry at No. 31. Another pre-release track 'Pinky Up' entered at No. 81.

'Iconic By Mistake', a special collaboration single with LE SSERAFIM and ILLIT, also charted at No. 94. They succeeded in charting a total of four songs this week alone.

'Wild' also topped the 'Billboard 200'. It recorded 170,000 album units. Since Billboard adopted album unit-based tallying in December 2015, this is the highest weekly figure for a female group.

The 'Billboard 200' measures album rankings by combining physical and digital album sales, SEA (which converts streaming counts into album sales), and TEA (which converts digital music download counts).

KATSEYE's existing albums also showed accompanying gains. Their second EP 'Beautiful Chaos' ranked at No. 92 on 'Billboard 200' and charted for 60 consecutive weeks. Their debut EP 'SIS' also placed at No. 156.

All three albums KATSEYE has released so far charted on 'Billboard 200' in the same week. 'Bel Air' and 'That Way' stood out at No. 11 and No. 14 respectively on 'Bubbling Under Hot 100'.

They also recorded No. 1 on the 'Artist 100' chart. This rose 27 positions from No. 28 the previous week. This chart selects the artist with the biggest achievements in a single week in the US. It demonstrates influence and commercial power.

Global streaming metrics are setting new highs. KATSEYE's Spotify monthly listeners increased to 38.493596 million as of August 26. Before and after the release of 'Wild', it was 35.116359 million (July 13–August 9).

The 'Hootie Fruity' music video surpassed 44.55 million views on YouTube. It is maintaining the steepest view growth rate among KATSEYE's released songs. This proved their global popularity.

KATSEYE credited the fans. The members said through their agency, "This No. 1 is yours, fans. Thank you for believing in us, listening to our music, and showing us such great love."

They also expressed affection. The members added, "Fans are like the heart of KATSEYE" and "We are looking forward to celebrating together at the tour."

KATSEYE previously achieved a triple crown at the '2026 American Music Awards'. They were nominated in two categories for the '68th Grammy Awards'. On September 1, they will kick off 'The Wild Walt Tour' in Dublin, Ireland.

by. Minji Gu