Xikers Earn Career-Best Sales Week With ‘Route Zero : The ORA’

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentXikers Earn Career-Best Sales Week With ‘Route Zero : The ORA’ByJeff Benjamin,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music.Follow AuthorMay 27, 2026, 03:55am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.xikers for 'ROUTE ZERO: The ORA'KQ EntertainmentJust over two years into their run, xikers have embarked on a new musical era, which has led to another sales record.The 10-member KQ Entertainment crew earned the biggest sales week of their career with their seventh EP, ROUTE ZERO : The ORA, which moved 364,152 physical albums worldwide in its first week, according to South Korea’s real-time sales chart Hanteo. The feat surpasses their previous best of the almost 328,000 set by HOUSE OF TRICKY : WRECKING THE HOUSE late last year.Consisting of members Minjae, Junmin, Sumin, Jinsik, Hyunwoo, Junghoon, Seeun, Yujun, Hunter and Yechan, xikers has been on a sales hot streak since last year with both WRECKING HOUSE and the newly released ROUTE ZERO: The ORA album breaking three-hundred thousand copies when the group’s previous releases hovered between the 100,000 and 225,000 sales mark.Take a look at how xiker’s latest album stacks up to their past first-week sales figures, as reported by the Hanteo Chart:ROUTE ZERO : The ORA (2026) — 364,152 albumsHOUSE OF TRICKY : WRECKING THE HOUSE (2025) — 327,734HOUSE OF TRICKY : Trial And Error (2024) — 224,437HOUSE OF TRICKY : HOW TO PLAY (2023) — 205,895HOUSE OF TRICKY : WATCH OUT (2024) — 184,340HOUSE OF TRICKY : SPUR (2025) — 174,104HOUSE OF TRICKY : Doorbell Ringing (2023) — 103,318The sales accomplishment ignited with big numbers on opening day. The ORA moved 182,432 copies on its first day of release — another career best first-day sales for xikers that more than doubled the 86,953 first-day figur...