EXO Suffers Shocking Drop In Sales Linked To Baekhyun’s Absence
EXO’s commercial performance after Baekhyun, Chen, and Xiumin, were all excluded from the recent “full group” comeback has become a hot topic.
The boy group recently announced their new album REVERXE set to release on January 19, 2026.
EXO 엑소 The 8th Album 【REVERXE】
➫ 2026.01.19 6PM (KST)💿Pre-order⁰https://t.co/w8tiQvJ8gl⁰#EXO #엑소 #weareoneEXO#REVERXE pic.twitter.com/nEgzvnJ1xT
— EXO (@weareoneEXO) December 15, 2025
The announcement was met with divided opinions, as has everything ever since CBX and SM Entertainment legal dispute seemingly caused the three members to not be included in the comeback.
The split reception of this new album is seemingly being reflected in the group’s pre-order data.
EXO’s previous album, EXIST, released in 2023, had racked up more than 180,000 pre-orders within 24 hours on Ktown4u.
Most Pre-Ordered KPOP Artist on Ktown4U in the first 24 hours🎉🎉
1. #EXO_EXIST — 182,558 ( ONLY 18 hours & still counting* ) 🆕
and we also didn’t expect it ourselves 😭😭😭😭😭
— 큥이빛✴︎ (@kyoongpride) June 13, 2023
Meanwhile, REVERXE, has only managed to surpass 10,000 in that time on the same website.
While there are many reasons why such a drop could have happened, with many other groups suffering similar drops this year, fans are linking to CBX — and especially Baekhyun’s — exclusion.
Congrats to EXO for hitting 10,000 album sales in just 26 hours! Let’s keep supporting them with sales instead of wasting energy bashing Baekhyun. pic.twitter.com/HDEPl3glfP
— Bring pinkBaek comeback (@Byunlight1992) December 16, 2025
Such links have sparked heated debates and harsh reactions within fans of each side.
EXO season greeting 2024 24h: 12k831
EXO season greeting 2026 24h: 8,186
Baekhyun’s 2026 SG sales reached 20,000 copies on December 1, 2025, from orders in China alone.
EXO’s total Cfans pre-orders in 2024 were 62k, so I hope the sales can reach that level lol. https://t.co/MEngZP40te pic.twitter.com/tA0fiJ3NDg— Bring pinkBaek comeback (@Byunlight1992) December 13, 2025
They aren't poor because they ave other artists besides exo, the boycott will affect exo not SM AND most importantly, people don't use ktown4u as they used to, compare their numbers to other artists and you'll see the numbers are similar or higher than other groups lol https://t.co/xhqfKxbBKs
— 🎐 (@ursalunahug) December 16, 2025
Meanwhile, multiple EXO members have been embroiled in shocking “sugar mommy” rumors. Baekhyun, Suho, and D.O. are all facing allegations of dating directors in their respective companies.
EXO’s Suho Embroiled In Shocking “Sugar Mommy” Rumors With SM Entertainment Director
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