TWICE Places 1st On Oricon Chart With Debut Japanese Single "One More Time" + Sets Chart Record

TWICE's debut Japanese single "One More Time" has topped Oricon's weekly singles chart.

During its first week of sales, the single sold 201,000 copies, outselling any other single over the past week.

According to Oricon, TWICE has now set the record for highest first week sales of a debut single from an international artist in Japan. The previous record was EXO's "Love Me Right ~romantic universe~" which sold 147,000 copies its first week of release.

Keyakizaka46 was the last artist whose debut single sold over 200,000 copies during its first week on sale. Its debut single "Silent Majority" was released on April 18, 2016 and sold 262,000 during its debut week.