The most first week sales by a debut girl group record is currently held by Illit.
Baemon's first album outsold Illit's album, but since it debuted already 5 months ago, even though this album is their first album it is NOT considered to be a debut album . The sales figure for Baemon's debut album is 0, since it did not release such album.
Plus, Illit's song has entered Billboard Hot 100 and a bunch of other charts but Baemon's song has not entered any charts.
Baemon's vocals are more ore less decent all over, while there is Park Minju, there is and Park Minju and there is Park Minju as far as vocals in Illit are concerned.
And , to add even more to the drama, Park Minju was a YG trainee for some time. It is said she moved to Hybe in 2020. Early or later that year, not too many people seem to know.
Since BM's debut was rumored from 2021 and only took places 2 years later,, there would have been a possibility of Park Minju joining Baemon.
And now Illit threw a huge piece of rock on the path of Baemon.
A close example is JYP shunning a Choi Yuna at KPop Star 1, and Choi Yuna, now called Yuju, later driving Twice to Bay.
I did not watch R U Next to know the trainees well enough to judge who would have been the main vocalist without Minju, but without her YG style of singing, it is unlikely that Illit would have reached as far as what it has done so far.
And it is quite likely that whenever Hybe has to fight Baemon, she will be leading the fight with it in all cases
How the battle between Baemon and Illit , with Minju in Baemon, would have unfolded would be one of the points to watch this Baemon-Illit rivalry.
