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Street (2016)
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Entered the Gaon Album Chart at number 2, then fell to number 33 the following week.
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Overview
- Street: debut studio album by South Korean girl group EXID
- Released digitally and physically on June 1, 2016
- Thirteen tracks, with the lead single "L.I.E"
- Korean title 스트리트 (also written 《STREET》)
- Peaked at number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart
- Sold over 20,278 physical copies as of December 2016
Background
- On April 19, 2016, BANANA Culture announced a comeback in the first week of June with EXID's first studio album
- Billboard named the album the third best K-pop album of 2016
- Billboard described the album as a full-length set of offbeat-yet-trendy dance tracks
- Billboard called "L.I.E" an aggressive pop banger
- Billboard named "Cream", "Don't Want a Drive" and "No Way" as songs that rival the lead single for best and most accessible song on the album
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | 데려다줄래 | 3:12 |
| 2 | L.I.E | 3:31 |
| 3 | 알면서 | 3:15 |
| 4 | Hello | 3:10 |
| 5 | CREAM | 3:13 |
| 6 | 3% | 3:38 |
| 7 | Only One | 3:53 |
| 8 | 당연해 | 3:32 |
| 9 | 냠냠쩝쩝 | 3:18 |
| 10 | 여름, 가을, 겨울, 봄 | 3:46 |
| 11 | GOOD | 3:23 |
| 12 | Hot Pink (remix) | 2:54 |
| 13 | L.I.E (JANNABI MIX) | 2:56 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- EXID is a South Korean girl group formed in 2012, its name an initialism for "Exceed in Dreaming".
- Producer Shinsadong Tiger and AB Entertainment scouted several trainees from JYP Entertainment to form the group in May 2011.
- The group was originally named "WT", an acronym for "Who's That", and changed its name to EXID a few months before debut.
- EXID debuted in February 2012 with the single "Whoz That Girl" from the digital single album Holla.
Members
- Current members are Solji, Elly, Hani, Hyelin, and Jeonghwa.
- Former members Dami, Yuji, and Haeryung left in 2012 shortly after debut.
- Solji was a former member of vocal duo 2NB and joined in 2012, replacing the departed members.
Career
- The group broke through in 2014 with "Up & Down", which topped the Gaon Chart after a fan-recorded video of Hani performing the song went viral.
- EXID won their first music show trophies with "Up & Down" and later with "Ah Yeah" in 2015.
- The group signed with Banana Project and released their first studio album Street in 2016.
- EXID expanded to Japan in 2018 and released the Japanese album Trouble in 2019.
- In May 2019 the group entered an indefinite hiatus for Korean activities after some members left Banana Culture.
- EXID reunited in 2022 for their tenth anniversary, releasing the single "Fire" and the independent album X, and performed Baby Vox's "Get Up" on Immortal Songs 2 in March 2025.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Billboard named Street the third best K-pop album of 2016
- Billboard wrote that EXID showed what they were capable of with a full-length album
- Billboard described the album as offbeat-yet-trendy dance tracks that delivered on the group's early promise
- Billboard called "L.I.E" an aggressive pop banger
- Billboard named "Cream", "Don't Want a Drive" and "No Way" as rivals to the lead single for best and most accessible song
- EXID held a live showcase on June 1, 2016, the release day
- EXID performed "L.I.E" and "Don't Want a Drive" on MBC's Show Champion
Records
- Gaon Album Chart: entered and peaked at number 2 on the chart issue dated May 29 - June 4, 2016
- Second week on the chart: number 33
- Third week on the chart: number 29
- June 2016 monthly chart: entered at number 7 with 18,960 physical copies sold
- 2016 yearly chart: entered at number 100 with 20,278 physical copies sold
- Physical sales over 20,278 copies as of December 2016
- Lead single "L.I.E" ranked number 1 on China's Weibo chart within a day of its release
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The lead single "L.I.E" ranked number 1 on China's Weibo chart within a day of its release
- EXID held a live showcase on June 1, 2016, the same day the album came out
- The album entered the Gaon chart at number 2 but fell to number 33 in its second week
- In June 2016 it entered the monthly chart at number 7 with 18,960 physical copies sold
Sources: en.wikipedia.org