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&TWICE (2019)
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Overview
- &Twice is the second Japanese studio album (third overall) by South Korean girl group Twice
- Released by Warner Music Japan on 20 November 2019
- Includes the previously released singles Happy Happy and Breakthrough
- Title track: Fake & True
- The group toured Japan to promote the album
- A repackaged edition followed on 5 February 2020
Background
- Announced on 6 September 2019 through the group's website
- The title track Fake & True was pre-released as a digital single on 18 October 2019, together with its music video
- The album's release came as the group's second Japanese album, following their earlier Japanese release
Promotion
- Fake & True was first performed during the Japanese leg of the Twicelights World Tour
- The Japanese leg began on 23 October 2019 in Sapporo
- The song was also performed on a two-hour special episode of Music Station on 22 November 2019, two days after the album's release
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Fake & True | 3:40 |
| 2 | Stronger | 3:15 |
| 3 | Breakthrough | 3:38 |
| 4 | Changing! | 3:42 |
| 5 | HAPPY HAPPY | 3:27 |
| 6 | What You Waiting For | 3:22 |
| 7 | Be OK | 3:09 |
| 8 | POLISH | 3:02 |
| 9 | How u doin’ | 3:29 |
| 10 | The Reason Why | 3:46 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Formed under the Mnet survival show Sixteen (2015) by JYP Entertainment
- Nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, Tzuyu
- Debuted October 20, 2015 with the EP The Story Begins
- Fans are called Once
Members
- Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, Tzuyu
- Jihyo serves as leader
Career
- 2016 single Cheer Up topped the Gaon Digital Chart and was the best-performing single in South Korea that year
- 2016 single TT topped the Gaon chart for four consecutive weeks
- Debuted in Japan in June 2017 with the compilation #Twice; first Korean girl group to earn RIAJ platinum certification for an album and CD single in the same year
- 2017 Twicetagram became the first female K-pop act to top Billboard World Albums and World Digital Song Sales simultaneously
- 2021 The Feels became the group's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100
- 2024 With You-th topped the US Billboard 200
- Headlined Lollapalooza Chicago in 2025; the This Is For World Tour concluded in July 2026 with 81 shows in 44 cities
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Debuted at number 1 on the daily ranking of the Oricon Albums Chart with 80,563 copies sold
- Topped the weekly Oricon Albums Chart with 124,197 copies sold
- Debuted at number 5 on the Oricon Digital Album Chart with 1,912 downloads
- Debuted atop the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart, the group's third album to do so
- Billboard Japan recorded 133,163 copies sold and 1,903 downloads of the album
Records
- Oricon weekly album ranking: 124,197 copies sold, number 1 debut
- Billboard Japan Hot Albums: number 1 debut, third album by the group to top the chart
- Year-end: 47th on the Billboard Japan Hot Albums chart and 23rd on the Oricon Albums Chart
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The title is pronounced "and Twice"
- Happy Happy and Breakthrough were singles released before this album and are included on it
- The Fake & True music video was released with the title track's digital single on 18 October 2019, about a month before the album
- The album's Japanese promotion started with the Twicelights World Tour's Japanese leg, opening in Sapporo on 23 October 2019
- The Japanese-language Wikipedia entry records the album's Oricon daily debut on 19 November 2019, one day before the release date
Sources: en.wikipedia.org