TXT tops Oricon daily albums chart with 'Sweet'

Boy band Tomorrow X Together [BIGHIT MUSIC]

Boy band Tomorrow X Together's second Japanese full-length album "Sweet" topped Japan's Oricon daily album chart on the first day of its release.

"Sweet," which dropped in Japan on Wednesday, sold 210,600 copies on the first day of its release, landing straight on the first place of Oricon's daily album chart.

The album sold three times more than the boy band's first Japanese full-length album "Still Dreaming" (2021), which sold 61,000 units, according to the boy band's agency BigHit Music.

The album features a total of 12 tracks, including those from Tomorrow X Together's first Japanese EP "Chaotic Wonderland" (2021) and its third Japanese single "Good Boy Gone Bad" (2022), as well as new songs "Intro : Floating," "Hydrangea Love," "Sugar Rush Ride [Japanese Ver.]," "Ring (Unplugged Ver.)" and "Outro : Falling."

Lead track "Sugar Rush Ride [Japanese Ver.]" is the Japanese-lyric version of Tomorrow X Together's latest Korean lead track from its fifth EP "The Name Chapter: Temptation" released in January.

Ballad number "Hydrangea Love" was written by Japanese singer-songwriter Yuuri and will be used as the theme song of Nippon TV's drama series "The Best Student: Last Dance with 1 Year to Live."

Tomorrow X Together debuted in Japan in January 2020, less than a year after debuting in Korea with five members — Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun and Hueningkai. Its third Japanese single "Good Boy Gone Bad" was the only Japanese release to make it on the Billboard 200, apart from those by BTS. It also topped the Oricon weekly albums chart with seven releases in a row.

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BY CHO YONG-JUN [cho.yongjun1@joongang.co.kr]