[Edaily Reporter KIM HYUNSIK ] The group ILLIT set a new personal best for first-week sales with their new album.

According to their agency, Belief Lab, on the 2nd, the first-week sales of ILLIT’s fifth mini-album “BREAK EVEN,” released on the 26th of last month, totaled 444,072 copies (based on Hanteo Chart).
This surpasses the first-week sales of 411,654 copies for their fourth mini-album, “MAMIHLAPINATAPAI,” released last April, setting a new personal best. First-week sales refer to the number of copies sold within the first week following an album’s release. In the K-pop industry, this figure is widely regarded as an indicator of the size of a group’s dedicated fanbase.
Ailette is currently gaining popularity with the title track “I’ll Arrest You” from their new album. The song has reached No. 3 on both the Melon Top 100 and the Bugs chart. They are also performing well on global charts, ranking 16th on Apple Music’s “Today’s Top 100: Global” as of October 30 and 74th on Spotify’s “Daily Top Songs Global.”
The music video is also generating buzz. The “I’ll Arrest You” music video ranked 7th in Korea, 14th in Japan, 28th in the U.S., and 28th globally on YouTube’s “Weekly Popular Music Videos” chart (for the period October 23–29). It also ranked 7th on China’s QQ Music Comprehensive Music Video Chart (October 26–November 1).
Meanwhile, on the short-form video platform TikTok, videos featuring “I’ll Arrest You” (including the original sound) surpassed 260,000 views within six days of release, and the track entered the “Top 50” and “Viral 50” charts. On Instagram, the song ranked 2nd (as of November 1) on the “Rising Audio on Reels” chart, which ranks tracks based on a significant increase in usage.
Ailette is connecting with viewers through various TV programs, including MBC’s “Show! Music Core,” tvN’s “Amazing Saturday,” KBS 2TV’s “Men Who Do Housework Season 2” and “The Boss’s Ears Are Donkey Ears,” and JTBC’s “Newsroom.”