AND2BLE Become Instant Breakout K-Pop Group With 731,000-Selling Debut

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentAND2BLE Become Instant Breakout K-Pop Group With 731,000-Selling DebutByJeff Benjamin,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music.Follow AuthorJun 09, 2026, 06:00am EDTAND2BLEYH EntertainmentBoasting some of K-pop’s established superstars, AND2BLE have officially arrived on the scene as one of 2026’s biggest new acts and an instant breakout group.According to South Korea’s real-time album sales chart Hanteo, the newly formed five-member boy band under YH Entertainment moved 731,673 physical copies of their debut EP Sequence 01: Curiosity in its first week of release. That haul ranks among the year’s 15 biggest sales weeks for any K-pop act, rookie or veteran, and instantly establishes the group as a commercial force.Of course, the group is not exactly new to the scene as all five members are alumni of the sensational 2023 boy band survival series Boys Planet. Current AND2BLE members Zhang Hao, Kim Gyuvin, Han Yujin and Ricky all finished in the show’s Top 9 to debut as members of the winning group ZEROBASEONE, topping charts and selling millions of albums together through early 2026. While AND2BLE’s Yoo Seungeon landed in 16th place, his talent and popularity from the show allowed him to debut in another group, the septet EVNNE, which was also made up of Boys Planet contestants and released several chart-topping records until he exited the group late last year. All five AND2BLE members trained under YH Entertainment, the Korean branch of the China-based entertainment group and talent agency that brought the future K-pop stars to Boys Planet. AND2BLE’s first-week sales numbers are equally impressive when measured against the group’s rookie peers. AND2BLE’s first-week total is the second largest among this year’s highest-selling debut albums from new K-pop groups in 2026. Perhaps rather appropriately, AND2BLE only trail b...