K-pop boy band EXO’s album ‘Don’t Mess Up My Tempo’ becomes its fifth million-seller

Nov 2 , 2018

Members of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO, which has seen its album, ‘Don’t Mess Up My Tempo’ which is released on Friday, achieve pre-order sales of more than 1 million. Photo: SM Entertainment

K-pop boy band EXO has earned the title of “quintuple million-seller” after its forthcoming studio release, “Don’t Mess Up My Tempo”, became its fifth album to sell more than 1 million copies.

Up to Tuesday this week, more than 1.1 million copies had been pre-ordered.

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The South Korean Chinese group had been dubbed a “quadruple million-seller” after its four earlier studio albums, “XOXO”, “EXODUS”, “EX’ACT” and “THE WAR” all sold more than 1 million copies.

K-pop act EXO will be performing a televised concert on November 2 to promote the release of its new album. Photo: SM Entertainment

“Don’t Mess Up My Tempo” will be released on Friday and this time, Chinese member Lay will be seen in the Chinese version of the song and music video, SM Entertainment, the group’s agency, said.

He has not often been seen during the nine-member band’s performances in South Korea.

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The team will also perform a concert on Friday to promote the album’s release, which will shown on KBS 2TV’s programme, Music Bank.

Suho, D.O., Baekhyun, Sehun, Chanyeol, Lay, Xiumin, Chen and Kai made their debut as EXO in 2012 with the mini-album “MAMA”.

The team shot to stardom with hit track Growl in 2013.

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This article was originally written by Dong Sun-hwa for The Korea Times .

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The nine-member South Korean-Chinese group’s album has attracted huge pre-order sales ahead of its official release on Friday