Girl group TWICE, this is a new record maker.
The third album, "Lee Jin-hyuk Me Up," released by TWICE on the 16th, topped the Oricon Daily Singles Chart with 129,275 Points on the day of release. Beyond the previous "Pop Candy" which recorded 117,486 Points on the day of release, it renewed the record of single sales on the day of release among Korean girl groups that entered Japan.
On the day of release, Lee Jin-hyuk Me Up' set its own record of 471,438 in pre-order volume and once again showed the status of 'Asia One Top Girl Group'.
As a result, TWICE announced its fourth consecutive popularity following Japan debut best album '#TWICE' in June last year, Japan's first single 'One More Time' in October, and the second single 'Kandy Pop' in February this year.
In addition, the album and single released before the release of Lee Jin-hyuk Me Up' won three consecutive platinum certifications from the Japan Records Association. In February, the 32nd Japan Gold Disk Grand Prix won the first five titles as a new artist. In addition, local debut showed off the power to exceed 1 million albums in just 8 months.
TWICE is also steadily Loved as the mini-fifth album title song "What Orange Is the New Black Love? (What is Love?), which was released in Korea on September 9th. 'What Orange Is the New Black Love?' The music video surpassed 100 million views on YouTube and achieved a record of breaking 100 million views for eight consecutive times from debut songs.
The music video was released in the shortest period of the K-pop girl group, and it set a record of 20 million, 30 million, 40 million, and 50 million views, and it was announced that it achieved 100 million views for 8 consecutive times. Especially, TWICE has been a debut song 'Elegantly (OOH-AHH)' and recently 'What Orange Is the New Black Love? 'And has set up all the activities of the Asia One Top Girl Group by putting all eight songs in the 100 million views.
It's not the end here. According to the recent Gaon chart, TWICE has released a total of 2,251,789 albums, including one regular album, five mini albums, and two repackage albums since the debut in 2015.
TWICE, which has captivated both countries across Korea and Japan, will hold its second tour 'TWICE Land Zone 2: Fantasy Park' at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul from 18th to 20th. The Japan performance will be held on the 26th and 27th at the Saitama Super Arena and on June 2nd and 3rd at the Osaka Castle Hall.
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