NCT WISH Sold 1.28 Million Copies on Day One. The Album Came Out Two Days Ago.

Ode to Love, NCT WISH's first full-length Korean album, dropped April 20 and moved 1,285,184 copies on Hanteo Chart within its first 24 hours - the group's first album to hit one million in a single day, and already past the first-week total of every prior release except one. By day two, cumulative sales had reached 1,474,059, clearing the group's previous first-week record of 1,395,217, which was set by their third mini-album COLOR in September 2025.

The title track peaked at No. 3 on Melon's Top 100, the highest chart position the group has held on that ranking. It also reached No. 1 on Melon's Hot 100, a separate chart tracking songs released within the past 30 days, and held that position as of Tuesday night. All ten tracks from the album entered major Korean streaming charts on release day.

Outside Korea, Ode to Love reached No. 1 on QQ Music's digital album sales chart in China - earning a Double Gold certification for exceeding 500,000 yuan in sales - topped Tencent Music's integrated K-pop chart across five platforms, and hit No. 1 on AWA's real-time trending chart in Japan.

NCT WISH - Sion, Riku, Yushi, Jaehee, Ryo, and Sakuya - debuted in February 2024 as the sixth and final subunit of SM Entertainment's NCT. The group is based in Japan and promotes across both Japan and Korea. Ode to Love is their first Korean full-length album; they released a Japanese album, Wishful, in 2024. In its first two years, the group placed three consecutive releases at the million-seller mark - poppop and COLOR in 2025, now followed by Ode to Love - with each setting a new personal sales record at the time of release.

The album arrived three days after the final concert of their first Asia headline tour, "INTO THE WISH: Our WISH," which concluded at KSPO Dome in Seoul on April 19 following 33 shows across 19 cities. The group had previewed Ode to Love's title track and the b-side "Sticky" live during the encore run - a staging choice that let the album land with a fanbase that already knew the material. Jaehee told press at the pre-release conference: "When I first heard the demo, it felt familiar and very addictive. I think a lot of people will be able to sing along."

The title track is built around a melodic phrase borrowed from The Cranberries' 1994 song "Ode to My Family," reframed as a UK garage-influenced dance-pop track. The Cranberries reference is widely recognized in Korea through the long-running comedy program Gag Concert, which gave the hook a built-in familiarity for domestic listeners.

For context on where NCT WISH sits within the broader market: COLOR's first-week total of 1,395,217 put the group in the upper tier of K-pop physical sales for 2025. Ode to Love has already cleared that figure in two days. Billboard 200 positioning will be confirmed in next week's chart cycle.