BABYMONSTER entered May 2026 with a statement. Their third mini album CHOOM — Korean for "dance" — dropped on May 4 and immediately rewrote the group's own chart history: 387,871 copies sold on the first day alone, surpassing the 261,650 first-day figure set by their second mini album WE GO UP and making CHOOM the highest first-day seller in the group's discography.
A NEW SALES PEAK: BABYMONSTER'S CHOOM REWRITES THEIR OWN HANTEO RECORD
The Hanteo Chart data confirmed what fan anticipation had already telegraphed: CHOOM is BABYMONSTER's biggest commercial moment yet. First-day sales of 387,871 represent a nearly 48 percent jump over their previous record — a growth rate that few fourth-generation girl groups have managed between their second and third releases. Alongside the Hanteo milestone, CHOOM debuted at number one on the iTunes Top Albums chart across 15 regions globally, extending the group's reach well beyond their YG Entertainment home market.
BABYMONSTER is increasingly positioned as the standard-bearer for YG's next chapter in global girl group dominance — a lineage that includes BLACKPINK and 2NE1. CHOOM's commercial performance suggests that positioning is landing.
WHAT CHOOM DELIVERS: FOUR TRACKS, ONE FOCUSED STATEMENT
At four tracks, CHOOM is compact by design. The title track CHOOM anchors the release with a dance-forward concept that leans into the group's performance-first identity; MOON opens the project with atmospheric restraint; I LIKE IT and LOCKED IN round out the tracklist with contrasting energy — the former playful, the latter tense and driving. The physical album comes in 15 configurations across Crimson, Metallic, and Prism editions, alongside six individual Jewel and six Plush Keyring QR versions.
One notable absence shadows the release: member Rami did not participate in CHOOM's recording or production due to an ongoing health-related hiatus. YG has not provided a timeline for her return, but the remaining six members carried the project with a cohesion that reads as something more than coverage — it reads as momentum.
CHOOM WORLD TOUR: SEOUL IN JUNE, THEN THE WORLD
BABYMONSTER announced the CHOOM World Tour to support the album, opening with three nights at Seoul's KSPO Dome from June 26 to 28 before moving through Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The itinerary expands to Oceania, Europe, and North America, with South American dates rounding out the run. It will mark the group's first full-scale world tour and, if the album's commercial trajectory is any guide, arenas rather than theatres are likely to define the European and North American legs.
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