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Perfect World (2021)

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Three of the ten tracks had already been released as singles before this album came out.

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Perfect World is the third Japanese studio album of South Korean girl group Twice
It is the group's fifth studio album overall
Released 28 July 2021 by Warner Music Japan
The album has 10 tracks, including the title track "Perfect World"
Three previously released singles are included: "Fanfare", "Better", and "Kura Kura"
Lyrically, the album expresses several forms of love: love for fans, family, and friends

19 May 2021: a photo teaser was posted on Twice's Japanese social media accounts
22 June 2021: the track listing was revealed
Two music video teasers for the title track were posted before its release on 29 June
28 July 2021: album released, and the group held an online event to commemorate the release
20 August 2021: the group performed "Perfect World" on Music Station Summer Fes
Jeongyeon was absent from both the online release event and the Music Station performance
Reason for her absence: a health-related hiatus due to panic disorder

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

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

Oricon Albums Chart: debuted at number 2 for the chart issue dated 26 July – 1 August 2021
Billboard Japan Hot Albums: debuted at number 1 for the chart issue dated 4 August 2021
The two chart results come from separate charts, one Japanese album chart by Oricon and one by Billboard Japan
Both debuts fall in the weeks right after the 28 July 2021 release

Oricon Albums Chart debut: number 2
Billboard Japan Hot Albums debut: number 1
Chart issue dates given in the source: 26 July – 1 August 2021 (Oricon) and 4 August 2021 (Billboard Japan)

Jeongyeon missed both the online release event and the Music Station Summer Fes performance because of a health-related hiatus caused by panic disorder.
Two music video teasers for the title track "Perfect World" were posted before the title track's release on 29 June 2021.
"Fanfare", "Better", and "Kura Kura" were already released before this album, so they were included on the track listing.
The group performed "Perfect World" on Music Station Summer Fes on 20 August 2021, about three weeks after the album release.