Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Over 23 000 units sold for the soundtrack album at launch in Japan
In Japan, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is well on its way to become the best-selling Zelda game of all time (though it’s really not quite there yet!). It’s been selling steadily since launch, and is still hanging around in the Top 10 more than a year later… pretty unusual for the series. And it looks like even the soundtrack album is enjoying great popularity!
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild soundtrack album was released on April 25th in Japan, and it’s off to a great start. On Wednesday, Oricon shared the usual weekly album charts for Japan, and revealed that the album sold no less than 23 328 units during the first 5 days.
It was also the 4th best-selling album during that week: a great performance for a video game music album, especially as the album ranked #3, PIECE (by MONSTA X), only sold 635 units more!
In comparison, the first Splatune album (the soundtrack album for the original Splatoon) sold about 43 000 units at launch, and was the second best-selling album during its launch week. While it didn’t manage to do better than this one, the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild soundtrack album still managed to sell more than Splatune 2 (the Splatoon 2 soundtrack album), which sold 18 000 units at launch (4th best-selling album).
Source: Oricon
