EXO's 'The War' Album, 'Ko Ko Bop' Song Dominate World Music Charts

SM Entertainment has finally released the new album of EXO, which kicked off promotions last week. Shortly after the "The War" album was released, the group has already created new records.

On July 18, Tuesday, unveiled EXO's new album "The War"  and its title track "Ko Ko Bop." There were two versions, Korean and Chinese, released for the album and the new music video. Aside from "Ko Ko Bop," the album has eight other songs namely "The Eve,"  "What U Do?", "Forever," "Diamond," "Touch It," "Chill," "Walk On Memories" and "Going Crazy."

With "The War," EXO has already surpassed the top record of album pre-orders in South Korea. The group's new album garnered at least 807,235 pre-orders, Soompi has learned. The group held the top record of album pre-orders for their previous album "EX'ACT" that has earned 660,180 pre-orders. This new feat proves that even though it has been a year since the members of the group released new music, they are still one of the top Korean pop artists.

In addition to making a new record with album pre-orders, EXO has also been dominating music charts in South Korea as well as international ones. The group's title track "Ko Ko Bop" has taken the top spot on six major Korean music charts namely Melon, Genie, Naver, Olleh, Bugs, and Soribada, according to All Kpop. The  other "The War" songs have also made it into the top spots of the various charts.

Furthermore, EXO became first Korean artist to top the charts in many countries. The group earned the top spots on several iTune Worldwide Album Charts in 34 countries, which include Brunei Darusasalam, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong and Israel. 

Only Xiumin, Suho, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai and Sehun participated in the making of "The War." Lay is still a member of EXO but schedule conflicts hindered him from joining in the production and promotion of the album.