AND2BLE turned a debut into a record run: in their first seven days, the five-member group sold more than 730,000 albums and walked away with two music-show trophies. Here is what happened, day by day.
What AND2BLE achieved in their first seven days
AND2BLE debuted on May 26, 2026 with the mini album Sequence 01: Curiosity and closed the week with the 4th-highest first-week sales for a K-pop group debut album in Hanteo Chart history. According to Soompi, the title track 'Curious' also earned the group its first career music-show win just seven days later . For a brand-new act, both outcomes landed inside a single week.
Quick Answer: AND2BLE debuted May 26, 2026 and sold 731,673 copies of Sequence 01: Curiosity in its first week — the 4th-highest first-week total for a K-pop group debut album in Hanteo history. 'Curious' then won SBS's 'The Show' on June 2, seven days after debut.
The sales ramp was steep from the start. Hanteo's daily chart placed the album at No. 1 on May 27 with 362,214 cumulative copies through the end of Day 2 . By June 1, YH Entertainment said the album had reached 731,673 first-week copies (May 26–June 1), citing Hanteo Chart data . That figure trails only ZEROBASEONE, ALPHA DRIVE ONE and RIIZE on the all-time debut list, and ranks as the 2nd-highest 2026 debut behind ALPHA DRIVE ONE's 1,441,270 copies .source
| Milestone | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Debut release | May 26, 2026 | Sequence 01: Curiosity (mini album) |
| Hanteo cumulative (Day 2) | May 27, 2026 | 362,214 copies |
| First-week total | May 26–June 1, 2026 | 731,673 copies (4th highest all-time debut) |
| First music-show win | June 2, 2026 | The Show — 11,670 points |
| Second win | June 3, 2026 | Show Champion |
The trophies followed in back-to-back fashion. 'Curious' won SBS's 'The Show' on June 2, 2026 with 11,670 points, beating out ALPHA DRIVE ONE's 'OMG!' and XLOV's 'SERVE' for first place, per Soompi . The next day, June 3, the group secured a second consecutive trophy on MBC M's 'Show Champion' over a field that included aespa, ILLIT and I.O.I .
Who is AND2BLE and why this debut was never a cold start
AND2BLE is a five-member boy group under YH Entertainment, distributed by Kakao Entertainment, and four of its five members arrived with established fanbases rather than as unknowns. The lineup is ZHANG HAO, RICKY, KIM GYU VIN, HAN YU JIN and YOO SEUNG EON . That pre-existing recognition is the reason the debut behaved less like a launch and more like a relaunch, with commercial momentum visible from the moment preorders opened.
The shared history runs through one program. Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyu-vin and Han Yu-jin all previously promoted together in ZEROBASEONE, the group formed via Mnet's 'BOYS PLANET' in 2023 . Yoo Seung-eon came from the same audition season, finishing 16th, and went on to promote with EVNNE before joining AND2BLE . So while the group name is new, the members had already spent years in front of fans on broadcast and on tour.
That carried directly into the rollout. Preorders for the first mini album opened on April 27, 2026 at 11 a.m. KST, ahead of the May 26 release, and tapped into demand concentrated not only in Korea but across China and Southeast Asia . Inherited fan relationships plus that regional appetite gave YH a base to activate immediately rather than build from zero.source
Hanteo News framed the structure plainly as 'rookie, but not a rookie' — a group that inherited preexisting fan relationships plus Chinese and Southeast Asian demand, with a launch strategy designed to switch that fandom on at once. As the outlet put it, the debut was engineered so that AND2BLE behaved commercially "more like a redebut than a cold-start," with YH activating the existing fanbase from day one rather than waiting for word-of-mouth to accumulate .
This is the now-familiar 'super-rookie' pattern, in which members carrying prior fanbase recognition launch a new act and convert that recognition into instant physical-sales strength and broadcast results . Understanding that head start is what makes the chart numbers — and the speed of the first trophy — read as a payoff rather than a surprise.
'Curious' chart sweep: iTunes, Bugs, Melon and YouTube
That head start showed up across nearly every chart 'Curious' touched. The title track — an energetic EDM cut blending synth-pop and future-house elements — topped the iTunes Top Songs Chart in 13 regions and entered Korea's Bugs real-time chart at No. 1 in its first days of release . The accompanying mini album, 'Sequence 01: Curiosity', performed on the same scale, reaching the iTunes Top 10 Albums in 23 regions .
On debut day specifically, the spread was both domestic and cross-border. The album reached No. 2 on the Worldwide iTunes Albums Chart and topped China's QQ Music, while also leading Hanteo's daily album chart . That China result tracks with YH's pre-launch read of Chinese and Southeast Asian demand, and it arrived alongside Korean streaming traction rather than instead of it.
- iTunes: 'Curious' No. 1 Top Songs in 13 regions; album No. 2 Worldwide Albums and Top 10 in 23 regions .
- China: 'Sequence 01: Curiosity' topped QQ Music on debut day .
- Korea: Bugs real-time No. 1 for 'Curious'; all four B-sides — 'Aura', 'Sugar Rush', 'Bed' and 'Happy &' — entered Melon's HOT100 .
The B-side performance is the detail worth flagging: charting every non-title track on Melon's HOT100 points to album-wide listening, not a single hit carried by promotion. On the video side, the 'Curious' music video surpassed 15 million YouTube views in its early days of release — a streaming and viewing footprint that ran in parallel with the physical-sales surge, rather than depending on it.source
What the Hanteo ranking actually means — and one caveat to know
AND2BLE's 731,673 first-week copies rank as the 4th-highest first-week sales total for a K-pop group debut album in Hanteo history, trailing ZEROBASEONE, ALPHA DRIVE ONE and RIIZE . The gap to the leaders is real: ALPHA DRIVE ONE's January 2026 debut 'EUPHORIA' moved 1,441,270 first-week copies, and RIIZE's 2023 'Get A Guitar' sold 1,016,849 . That places AND2BLE's number behind the front-runners but ahead of most rookie debuts on record.
One classification note is worth flagging. &TEAM's 2025 Korean-language debut 'Back to Life' sold 1,222,022 first-week Hanteo copies — a figure that would outrank AND2BLE if a Japan-based group's later Korean debut counted in the same bracket . The reported '4th highest' ranking appears to follow the narrower framing of original K-pop group debut albums, which is why &TEAM's total does not displace it. Readers comparing headlines across outlets should keep that definition in mind.
There is also a sourcing distinction. The final 731,673 total and the all-time ranking are agency-mediated — YH Entertainment citing Hanteo Chart data — rather than a located Hanteo final-week page . The daily figures underneath it, however, are visible directly on Hanteo: 204,998 copies on day two and 200,927 on day three . Independently, The Korea Herald reported the album crossed 500,000 copies within three days of release . The early ramp is well documented even where the closing total rests on the label's own reporting.
What fans can expect next from AND2BLE
AND2BLE's immediate next phase is broadcast and live promotion, not a confirmed world tour. Alongside the debut, YH Entertainment staged arena-scale show-cons across four Asian cities and supported the launch with pop-up cafes and interactive promotion pages . As of June 2026, no additional tour dates have been announced, so the schedule fans can currently count on is built around music programs and regional fan activations rather than a standalone concert run.
The back-to-back wins give the group a reason to keep cycling through TV stages. 'Curious' took AND2BLE's first trophy on SBS's 'The Show' on June 2, 2026 with 11,670 points , then a second consecutive win on MBC M's 'Show Champion' on June 3, 2026 . Two trophies inside the first promotion cycle typically extend a title track's run across the remaining June music shows.
The international demand documented at launch — topping China's QQ Music and charting across Southeast Asian iTunes regions — points to fan meetings or regional events as likely targets for the second half of 2026, though none are yet confirmed.
On accepting the first trophy, the group set the tone: "We will work even harder to be an AND2BLE that makes our fans proud" . For now, the concrete takeaway for fans is simple: watch the June music-show calendar and YH's official channels for the first dated tour or fan-event announcement.
Frequently asked questions
What is AND2BLE's first-week Hanteo sales record?
AND2BLE's debut mini album 'Sequence 01: Curiosity' sold 731,673 copies in its first week (May 26–June 1, 2026), according to YH Entertainment citing Hanteo Chart data . Soompi reported this as the 4th-highest first-week total for a K-pop group debut album in Hanteo history, trailing only ZEROBASEONE, ALPHA DRIVE ONE and RIIZE .
Who are the members of AND2BLE?
AND2BLE is a five-member group under YH Entertainment: Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyu-vin, Han Yu-jin and Yoo Seung-eon . All five are alumni of Mnet's 'BOYS PLANET' (2023); four previously promoted in ZEROBASEONE, while Yoo Seung-eon had promoted with EVNNE .
When did AND2BLE win their first music show?
AND2BLE won their first music-show trophy on the June 2, 2026 episode of SBS's 'The Show' with 'Curious', taking first place with 11,670 points — seven days after their debut . They followed with a second consecutive win the next day, June 3, 2026, on MBC M's 'Show Champion' .
What album did AND2BLE debut with, and what are the tracks?
AND2BLE debuted with the mini album 'Sequence 01: Curiosity', released on May 26, 2026 at 6 p.m. KST . It contains five tracks: the title track 'Curious', plus 'Aura', 'Sugar Rush', 'Bed' and 'Happy &' . 'Curious' is described as an energetic EDM track blending synth-pop and future-house elements.
Is AND2BLE related to ZEROBASEONE?
AND2BLE is a separate group under YH Entertainment, not a successor act to ZEROBASEONE. However, four of its five members — Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyu-vin and Han Yu-jin — previously promoted together in ZEROBASEONE . That shared history is why Hanteo News framed the launch as 'rookie, but not a rookie,' with the debut behaving commercially more like a redebut than a cold start .
