TWICE Achieves Another Milestone By Securing The Biggest Pure Sales Of An Album By A Female K-Pop Act In The U.S.

Global girl group TWICE now holds the biggest pure sales week for an album by a female K-Pop act in the U.S, with their recent album “BETWEEN 1&2”. It is reported that the girl group sold nearly 94000 traditional albums and had 9.18 million streams accumulated (6000 album equivalent unit) in it is first week of release. The group was able to sell 100,000 total units in U.S. alone. Additionally, TWICE debuts in this week’s Billboard 200 Album Chart at #3. This debut in the chart extends TWICE’s record for having the most top 10 debuts in the Billboard 200 Album Chart among K-Pop female acts. NME has even praised the album, hailing it as “A self-assured showcase of how far the K-Pop group have come”.

.@JYPETWICE hits No. 1 on Billboard's #AlbumSales chart with ‘Between 1&2!’ 👏 https://t.co/X3qRn74UNT

— billboard (@billboard) September 6, 2022

The album title track ‘Talk That Talk’ is also not falling behind in scoring achievements for TWICE. The track had a strong debut, reaching top 20 at the Billboard’s Global 200 Chart. ‘Talk That Talk’ also reached top 10 in the Billboard Global Excl. US Chart. The track ties with the group’s 2021 smash hit ‘The Feels’, which is their highest charting single in the said chart. ‘Talk That Talk’ also entered Spotify’s Global and U.S. Daily chart, entering the top 50 and top 100 respectively, marking the first entry of the group in the said charts. The music video of the track also topped YouTube Music’s Video Trending Worldwide chart for 4 days after its release, and has now garnered 60 million views.

“BETWEEN 1&2” is a symbol for the strong bond between TWICE and their fans (ONCE). TWICE members also participated in the production of the album, which makes it even more special for their fans. ChaeYoung wrote the lyrics for the track ‘Basics’, while JiHyo, the group’s leader, composed, wrote lyrics and directed the vocals for the track, ‘Trouble’. Another member, DaHyun, was also credited for writing the lyrics for the track ‘Gone’, and ‘When We Were Kids’. Other tracks of the album are ‘Queen of Hearts’, and ‘Brave’.

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