In January 2019, JYP Entertainment announced that Twice would release their second Japanese compilation album on March 6, as well as embark on a dome tour in Japan later that month.[3] "Likey (Japanese ver.)" was pre-released on January 10 as a digital single, along with an accompanying music video.[2][4] "What Is Love? (Japanese ver.)" was pre-released as a digital single on February 7, also with an accompanying music video.[5][6]
#Twice2 was officially released on March 6 in three versions: Standard Edition, First Press Limited Edition A (CD and photo book) and Limited Edition B (CD and DVD). It was also released as a digital download in EP format, containing only the five Japanese-language songs.[1]
Promotion
On March 8, 2019, Twice performed a medley of "Yes or Yes (Japanese ver.)", "Likey (Japanese ver.)" and "What Is Love? (Japanese ver.)" on Music Station.[7]
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 1 on the daily ranking of Oricon Albums Chart with 95,825 units sold, breaking Twice's record of the highest first day album sales for K-pop girl groups in Japan. It was also reported that shipments of the album exceeded 250,000 copies.[8][9]#Twice2 then topped the weekly Oricon Albums Chart with 200,846 units sold.[10] It is the first album by a foreign female artist to sell more than 200,000 albums in the first week since Kara's Super Girl in 2011.[11] On Oricon Digital Album Chart, it debuted at number 2 with 5,192 download count.[12] It also topped the Billboard Japan Hot Albums recorded 211,406 copies sold.[13][14]
^Yoon, So-yeon (January 12, 2019). "Twice to release '#Twice2' in Japan". Korea JoongAng Daily. JoongAng Ilbo Inc. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
^Jang, Jin-ri (March 7, 2019). "트와이스, 日 오리콘 앨범차트 또 1위...데일리 포인트 최고 신기록" [Twice, #1 on Oricon Albums Chart...new daily sales record]. OSEN (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
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