K-Pop Boy Group Ateez has marked an important 2025, making it the year of most successful and yet with the release of their twelfth mini-album Golden Hour: Part.3 and the historical success of the graphic graphic designer “Lemon Drop”.
The group of eight members of KQ Entertainment released the album on June 13, reaching significant commercial and critical milestones that have consolidated their position as global superstar.
Golden Hour: Part.3 debut At number two in the Billboard 200 ranking, marking the fifth consecutive place of Top-Mat Placement of Ateez and their overall ninth voice in the prestigious ranking.
The album gained 105,000 album units equivalent in its first week, consisting of 101,500 traditional album sales, 4,000 albums equivalent in streaming and 500 albums equivalent on the track. This result represents the largest week of sale by any K-Pop artist in 2025, demonstrating the exceptional commercial appeal of Ateez.
The success of the album extends beyond the United States, at the top of the rankings at a global level, including the ranking of the iTunes album all over the world, the European album ranking of iTunes and iTunes albums in 26 countries. In South Korea, the album ensured the maximum position in the Hanteo ranking, further confirming its widespread popularity.
ATEEZ also obtained their first Billboard Hot 100 voice with “Lemon Drop”, which debut at number 69 on the graph. This milestone makes Ateez the third K-Pop Boy group in history to enter the 100 Hot 100, joining BTS and Stray Kids. The song collected 1,220,112 flows on Spotify and its music video exceeded 24 million views within ten days of the exit.
“Lemon Drop” has also simultaneously dominated more graphics of billboards, claiming point number one in the sales table of world digital songs and classifying the ninth place in the ranking of sales of digital songs. The success of the track in South Korea was equally impressive, reaching the number one on Bugs Daily Chart and the number three on Spotify Daily Top Songs Koreans.
The themes of the album explore “thirst”, “emotion” and “truth”, which represent the artistic evolution of Ateez beyond the simple summer concepts. The leader Hongjoong and the rapper Mingi participated in writing the texts of “Lemon Drop”, showing the creative involvement of the group in their music. The five -track album includes further songs “Masterpiece”, now this house is not a house “,” Castle “and” Bridge: The Edge of Reality “.
ATEEZ has announced plans for a reconfirmed version entitled Golden Hour: part.3 ‘in your fantasy edition, Scheduled for release on 11 July. The speculation of the sector suggests that the reconfection will include a mysterious sixth track that Jongho has previously mentioned during promotional activities.
