ATEEZ Is Record Store Day’s First-Ever K-Pop Artist of the Year – Billboard

Document Retailer Day is simply two months away, and on Monday (Feb. 5), superstars ATEEZ had been introduced as RSD’s first-ever Okay-pop Artist of the Yr, Billboard can completely reveal.

To have a good time, Document Retailer Day will function an unique vinyl launch of ATEEZ’s Billboard 200 chart-topping album, titled THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL (X Ver.). The particular vinyl shall be distributed by indie Okay-pop report label hello82 — a division of KAI Media Group — and shall be completely obtainable at taking part report shops on Document Retailer Day this spring.

The vinyl will function a singular design plus two unreleased tracks on a bonus RSD-exclusive 7-inch vinyl. Moreover, every report will embrace at random considered one of eight collectible PhotoTickets of the ATEEZ members: Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung and Jongho.

“Okay-pop is a significant a part of the music business, and it’s thrilling to have the ability to lastly have a good time ATEEZ with their devoted fanbase on Document Retailer Day. It’s additionally thrilling to see them on the Coachella line-up this yr and we’re thrilled to honor them as our first Okay-pop Artist of the Yr,” mentioned Document Retailer Day co-founder Michael Kurtz in a press assertion.

THE WORLD EP.FIN: WILL marked ATEEZ’s first Billboard 200 No. 1 album, and the fourth prime 10-charting effort from the act, all posted consecutively. The group beforehand charted as excessive as No. 2 with its final entry, THE WORLD EP.2: OUTLAW, in July 2023.

Document Retailer Day, which globally celebrates of the tradition of the report retailer, will happen on April 20.