TXT Charts at Billboard 200 #3 Seven Years Into Their Career

Tomorrow X Together arrived at their seventh year as a group with something to say. Their eighth mini album, 7TH YEAR: When the Wind Briefly Stopped in the Thorn Bushes, debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 in its first week, with 69,000 album units — making it their most commercially successful comeback since re-signing with BIGHIT MUSIC.

It was the group's 13th entry on the Billboard 200, a milestone that puts TXT — comprising Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Huening Kai — in a category shared by very few K-pop acts. The album simultaneously hit number one on the Billboard Top Album Sales and World Albums charts, while the title track "Stick With You" (하루에 하루만 더) landed at number two on World Digital Song Sales. The Artist 100 chart placed TXT at number seven for the week.

What Made This Comeback Different

Released on April 13, 2026, 7TH YEAR marked TXT's first studio release after renewing their contracts with BIGHIT MUSIC — the label founded by BTS's management that also houses BTS. The re-signing had been closely watched by fans wondering whether the group would continue building momentum or step back. The Billboard 200 chart debut answered that question directly.

The album's 69,000 units broke down into approximately 67,000 physical album sales and 2,000 streaming equivalent album (SEA) units — numbers that reflect a strong physical fanbase combined with growing digital reach. TXT's fanbase, MOAs (Moments of Alwaysness), coordinated purchasing efforts in the days surrounding release, pushing the album into the chart's top five within days of availability.

"Stick With You" is an electro-pop track whose chorus the members describe as intentionally "addictive." Its lyrics frame a relationship's uncertain final chapter — the impulse to hold on when an ending feels near. Members have said the song also mirrors their own journey: seven years in, moving forward without knowing exactly what comes next. That emotional honesty is part of what makes 7TH YEAR feel like a statement album rather than a routine comeback cycle.

The album features six tracks in total, all written with significant member involvement. TXT has increasingly participated in songwriting and composition since their early career, and 7TH YEAR reflects that creative investment most visibly yet. The combination of personal lyrics, experimental production, and cohesive visual direction pushed the comeback into territory that sets it apart from their previous releases.

Six Music Show Wins — a Grand Slam

The comeback's domestic run was just as striking. TXT won first place on six consecutive music broadcasts — MBC M and MBC every1's Show! Champion, Mnet's M Countdown, KBS2's Music Bank, MBC's Show! Music Core, and SBS's Inkigayo ON THE GO. In Korea's entertainment industry, completing that circuit is called a Grand Slam. For a group entering their seventh year, the sweep demonstrated that domestic standing has not softened with time — if anything, their performances and stage presence have only sharpened.

The streaming numbers reinforced what the music show wins suggested. Over the two weeks following release, "Stick With You" accumulated YouTube Music listeners at a rate 172% higher than the equivalent window for their previous full album title track "Beautiful Strangers." Compared to TXT's own streaming peak — "Sugar Rush Ride" from the fifth mini album, which had held their best two-week listener record — the new song outperformed it by approximately 18%. The implication is that the music was reaching listeners beyond their established fanbase, which is the metric that typically signals genuine career growth rather than a cycle of peak visibility followed by decline.

Japan Certification: 16th Gold Disc

The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) added its own recognition in May. 7TH YEAR received Platinum certification from the association, reflecting cumulative Japanese shipments of 250,000 or more units. It became TXT's 16th Gold Disc certification from the RIAJ — a number that covers nearly their entire catalog.

The scale of TXT's Japanese presence is worth examining separately. "CHIKAI" (誓い), one of their Japan-specific releases, has reached Triple Platinum — more than 750,000 shipped units. Four other albums have crossed the Double Platinum threshold. The consistency with which their Japanese releases certify reflects a market presence that has grown gradually rather than peaked and receded, which is relatively unusual at this stage of a K-pop group's career. Japanese physical album buyers are among the most committed in the world, and TXT's continued certifications suggest a level of loyalty that extends well beyond casual streaming.

Adding context to the timing: TXT is preparing for a special concert in Aichi on May 23 and 24, marking their seventh debut anniversary. The "2026 TXT MOAN CON IN JAPAN" will be the group's largest standalone Japan show of the year and comes at a moment when their chart and certification performance in the country is arguably at its highest point.

Where TXT Stands at Year Seven

TXT debuted in March 2019 as BIGHIT's first act after BTS, which meant carrying substantial expectations and persistent comparisons from the start. The comparisons were largely inevitable — same label, same training infrastructure, partially overlapping production teams. But they also made it difficult for observers to assess TXT on their own terms, distinct from the group they were most frequently measured against.

Seven years in, the comparisons have largely receded. TXT has built a recognizable creative identity: darker emotional territory, more experimental production, lyrics that engage directly with anxiety and uncertainty rather than resolving them neatly. The 7TH YEAR concept — confronting the feelings of emptiness and disorientation that come with a long career — is characteristic of the group's approach. They write about what they're actually experiencing, and that has translated into a fanbase that trusts the music as something genuinely authored rather than manufactured.

BTS and TXT together topped the Hanteo April monthly album chart, with 7TH YEAR leading K-pop releases for the month — a chart that measures physical domestic sales and serves as one of the clearest indicators of fanbase strength in the Korean market. Landing in that position in the same month as their label's flagship group is both a commercial result and a marker of where TXT now sits.

The 7TH YEAR campaign has demonstrated, across Billboard, Hanteo, music shows, streaming metrics, and Japan certification, a group that has retained its core audience while expanding its reach in ways that matter. That combination — loyalty plus growth — is exactly what longevity looks like in K-pop. Whether TXT continues building from this point will depend on what they make next. The evidence from this comeback suggests they know what they're doing.