ENHYPEN Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘THE SIN : BLISS’
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ENHYPEN has notched its first-ever No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, with THE SIN : BLISS debuting atop the chart dated 5 September. It is the seventh top-10 placement for the K-pop group since 2022, following two previous peaks at No. 2 with THE SIN : VANISH and ROMANCE : UNTOLD. Elsewhere in the top 10, the late Dolly Parton, who died on 25 August at age 80, saw her greatest hits set Ultimate Dolly Parton re-enter at No. 5, becoming her fourth top-10 album and second-highest chart placement ever.
THE SIN : BLISS earned 98,000 equivalent album units in its first week, driven overwhelmingly by 92,000 in album sales thanks to more than 30 CD and vinyl variants packed with collectible photocards, stickers and posters; streaming added just 6,000 units. Former chart-toppers filled out the rest of the top four — Ella Langley's Dandelion, Olivia Rodrigo's you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, and Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem. Parton's Ultimate Dolly Parton, a 20-track compilation featuring hits such as "Jolene" and "9 to 5", earned 59,000 units in a tracking week capturing under three days since her death was announced, with the album previously having peaked at No. 3 (as Rockstar) and having been absent from the chart since 2020.
- ENHYPEN lands its first No. 1 with THE SIN : BLISS, 98,000 units.
- Sales driven by 30+ collectible CD/vinyl variants, not streaming.
- Dolly Parton re-enters top 10 at No. 5 after her death on 25 August.
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ENHYPEN is a seven-member South Korean boy band formed in 2020 through the survival show I-LAND, and they've built a strong track record on the Billboard 200, the main US album chart, since debuting on it in 2022. The chart ranks the most popular albums each week using a mix of sales, streaming and other listener activity, and reaching number one is considered the biggest prize for an act's commercial success in America.
K-pop acts often top these charts through album sales rather than streaming, partly because releases come in many limited physical editions with extras like photocards and posters that fans collect, sometimes buying multiples of the same album. This helps explain why physical sales, rather than streaming numbers, tend to drive chart performance for groups like ENHYPEN.
The same chart week also featured Dolly Parton, a long-running American country music star known for songs including "Jolene" and "9 to 5", whose greatest hits collection returned to the top ten shortly after her death was reported in late August 2026. Her reappearance on the chart reflects the way major album charts often see renewed interest in an artist's back catalogue following their death.
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