TUIDE Leads 2026 Rookie Girl-Group Debut Sales
TUIDE (튜이드)’s first mini album TUNE & PLAY sold 112,282 copies in its first week, according to Hanteo data. The number ranks first among female artists who debuted in South Korea in 2026. It also ranks 10th among all girl-group debut albums in Hanteo’s history.
The margin over the next rookie group was small. OURBIRTHDAY’s debut sold 111,324 copies, just 958 copies behind TUIDE. Earlier HYBE-label debuts had much wider gaps from the pack: LE SSERAFIM, NewJeans and ILLIT each sold more than 300,000 copies in their first week. TUIDE’s result leads the 2026 rookie field, but it does not match those earlier HYBE launches.
SUN KISS Grows After Release
Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Rankings
SUN KISS built momentum in the days after release. It reached No. 5 on Apple Music’s South Korea Top 100 on August 29. On YouTube Korea’s Trending Music list, it climbed to No. 6 on August 30. On Spotify’s South Korea Daily Top Songs chart, the track jumped 159 places to reach No. 24 on August 28.
Music Video and Short-Form Numbers
The SUN KISS music video topped YouTube Korea’s Daily Popular Music Videos chart on August 27. It reached No. 15 on YouTube’s global music-video chart on August 28. The video passed 10 million views on August 30.
On TikTok, videos using SUN KISS and GRLS each passed 40,000 posts. On Instagram’s Reels Rising Audio chart dated August 30, SUN KISS ranked No. 4 and GRLS ranked No. 6.
Every TUNE & PLAY Track Entered Melon Hot 100
All five songs on TUNE & PLAY entered Melon’s Hot 100 chart by 9 a.m. KST on August 25, the morning after release. The rankings were:
- SUN KISS — No. 16
- GRLS — No. 18
- ABD — No. 54
- Echo — No. 56
- Flip-Flop Girl — No. 57
TUNE & PLAY Tracklist and Production
TUNE & PLAY is TUIDE’s first mini album. It was released worldwide at 6 p.m. KST on August 24 as a five-track release: ABD, SUN KISS, Echo, Flip-Flop Girl and GRLS. Production team GroovyRoom worked on every track on the album.
TUIDE performed SUN KISS and GRLS at its debut showcase on August 24 at YES24 Live Hall. The group has seven members: Seohee, Seoyeon, Elena, Jia, Saki, Seah and Yi Hani.
What Global Fans Need to Know
TUNE & PLAY released worldwide at 6 p.m. KST on August 24.
For listeners in Southeast Asia, that time was 4 p.m. in Jakarta, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City. It was 5 p.m. in Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
For listeners in the Americas, the release landed at 5 a.m. EDT and 2 a.m. PDT in the United States. It was 3 a.m. in Mexico City, 4 a.m. in Lima and Bogotá, 5 a.m. in Santiago, and 6 a.m. in São Paulo and Buenos Aires.
No overseas concerts or fan meetings have been announced for TUIDE at this time.
Editor’s Take
The headline needs two caveats. The lead over OURBIRTHDAY is 958 copies, under one percent, so “first among 2026 rookies” is a narrow margin, and the post itself notes that LE SSERAFIM, NewJeans and ILLIT each sold more than 300,000 in their first week. The stronger signal is breadth: all five tracks entered Melon’s Hot 100 within hours and the music video passed 10 million views within a week of release. Those are our observations from the reported figures.
Sources
- Music Mundial · 2026-09-02
- Sports Kyunghyang · 2026-09-01
- Sports Donga · 2026-08-31
- Sports Kyunghyang · 2026-08-31
- Starnews · 2026-08-31
- Seoul Economic Daily · 2026-08-25
- K-POPIT · 2026-08-25
- SBS News · 2026-08-24
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