SHINee’s Minho Sets New Solo First-Week Sales Record With ‘Make it hot’

SHINee’s Minho has set a new personal benchmark with his latest solo release. His new mini album ‘Make it hot’ sold 75,235 copies during its first week, giving him the highest first-week album sales of his solo career.

The tracking period ran from September 7 through September 13. During those seven days, the mini album moved past the record Minho established two years earlier with his first full-length album ‘CALL BACK.’ That earlier release recorded 74,759 copies in its opening week.

‘Make it hot’ moves ahead of ‘CALL BACK’

The difference between the two totals is 476 copies. While the margin is relatively narrow, it is enough to place ‘Make it hot’ at the top of Minho’s personal first-week sales ranking. The result shows that his newest release maintained and slightly expanded the opening-week level established by ‘CALL BACK.’

Measured as a percentage, the increase is roughly 0.6 percent. That modest rise makes the achievement less about a sudden surge and more about sustaining demand across consecutive solo projects. Minho’s prior benchmark was already close to 75,000 copies, and the new mini album crossed that threshold.

The record applies specifically to first-week sales, a fixed comparison window that allows releases from different years to be measured on the same basis. For ‘Make it hot,’ the relevant total is the 75,235 copies counted from September 7 to 13. The seven-day figure now becomes the reference point for Minho’s future solo releases.

A comeback built around a matching title track

Minho returned with ‘Make it hot’ as both the name of the mini album and its title track. That shared title gives the comeback a unified identity: the central song and the wider release are presented under the same phrase, while the sales result attaches a concrete career record to the project.

The new release follows ‘CALL BACK,’ Minho’s first studio-length solo album. Although the two projects use different album formats, their first-week totals are close enough to show continuity. ‘CALL BACK’ set the record at 74,759 copies, and ‘Make it hot’ lifted it to 75,235.

The comparison also gives the new milestone useful scale. A figure of 75,235 is meaningful on its own, but the previous record reveals exactly what changed. Minho did not merely post another strong opening week; he surpassed his own best result, even if the lead was decided by fewer than 500 copies.

Hanteo Chart’s first-week count provides the basis for the record. With the tracking window complete, ‘Make it hot’ can now be described as Minho’s strongest solo opening by that measure. The title track and mini album therefore enter the next stage of promotion with a career high already secured.

A steady step forward in Minho’s solo catalog

Personal records do not always require dramatic jumps. In this case, the significance comes from consistency followed by incremental growth. Two separate releases, issued two years apart, both approached or exceeded 75,000 first-week copies, with the newer project finishing slightly ahead.

For fans following Minho beyond his work with SHINee, the result adds another measurable point to his individual career. ‘CALL BACK’ remains the first full-length album that established the earlier mark, while ‘Make it hot’ now holds the record as the mini album that overtook it.

The figures also make the progression easy to track: 74,759 copies for ‘CALL BACK,’ then 75,235 for ‘Make it hot.’ The sequence is compact, but it captures a clear upward movement and identifies the latest comeback as Minho’s best-selling first week to date.

As promotions for ‘Make it hot’ continue, its opening-week achievement is already fixed. The album has crossed 75,000 copies, improved on a two-year-old personal high, and given Minho a new sales benchmark for the next chapter of his solo music.