Continuing its winning streak, EXO made its first-ever top 40 entry on the Billboard 200, with its latest album “Don’t Mess Up My Tempo” debuting at No. 23 on the chart.

According to Billboard on Tuesday, the act’s fifth album earned 23,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 8, and of that sum, 19,000 were album sales.

The US magazine said that with its record, EXO became the third K-pop group to score a top 40 album on the Billboard 200, alongside BTS, which had peaked at No. 1 twice, and Black Pink, which hit No. 40 earlier this year with “Square Up.”

The 11-track album “Don’t Mess Up My Tempo” is led by the track “Tempo,” a rhythmical hip-hop-leaning dance track that showcases a cappella harmonies while sending warnings not to “mess up his tempo” with a lover.

The collection has also topped iTunes’ albums chart in 47 countries and China’s Xiami Music’s overall chart.

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