TWICE makes new Billboard 200 history with 'Taste of Love' following Blackpink
JYP Entertainment's globally popular girl group TWICE has made a new Billboard 200 history with their new summer release 'Taste of Love'. The new offering of 'Alcohol-Free' crooners becomes the first mini-album by a K-pop female group to stand at number 6 in Billboard 200, standing close to Blackpink who debuted their full length 'Album' at 2nd position last year.
'Taste of Love', which was released on June 11 after the premiere of the lead single 'Alcohol-Free' on June 9, has entered the top 10 chart of Billboard 200 as TWICE's first album to come atop. Previously 'Eyes wide Open', the K-pop act's 2020 hit album peaked at number 72 and 'More and More' at 200.
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TWICE makes new Billboard 200 history
'Taste of Love' has made TWICE the first K-pop girl group in Billboard history to rank their mini-album at number 6. Overall, the 'More and More' singers become the second group overall to enter the top 10 of Billboard 200. Along with a flawless start in Billboard 200, the mini-album has also snagged the second position in the Gaon Album Chart as well as number 23 in the UK Digital Albums chart. TWICE's 'Taste of Love' attracted a total of 46,000 equivalent album unit sales during the week ending on June 17. The title track 'Alcohol-Free' raked over 20 million streams from the music video on YouTube.
From being called a JYP failure to TWICE becoming the second most popular K-pop girl group, TWICE fans are celebrating the new Billboard history as a stepping stone to the group's promising future. A fan noted, "From being called JYPE's biggest failure by KMEDIA, to being the only JYPE group to break into the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and to score # 1 on the Billboard top album sales Chart, @JYPETWICE is the greatest example of resilience and self-improvement that exists in kpop!!!" Another fan commented, "Twice are growing organically, 6 years into their careers and now they're coming for the US industry, it's not easy work but they still managed to reach the top 10 on billboard 200 #1 in album sales TWICE ON BILLBOARD 200 TASTE OF LOVE TOP 10 #TOLonBillboard200."
From being called JYPE's biggest failure by KMEDIA, to being the only JYPE group to break into the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and to score # 1 on the Billboard top album sales Chart, @JYPETWICE is the greatest example of resilience and self-improvement that exists in kpop!!! pic.twitter.com/F9WZT8NuIX
— Twice Trending Latam🇨🇴🇲🇽🇺🇸 Taste Of Love🍹 (@LatamTwice) June 20, 2021
Twice are growing organically, 6 years into their careers and now they're coming for the US industry, it's not easy work but they still managed to reach the top 10 on billboard 200:clap: #1 in album sales:sob:
— :tropical_drink:OKA:tropical_drink: (@SapphicHyo) June 20, 2021
TWICE ON BILLBOARD 200
TASTE OF LOVE TOP 10 #TOLonBillboard200 @JYPETWICE pic.twitter.com/NLasxQ7TMq
'Taste of Love' marks the 10th extended play by TWICE, dubbed as next "Nation's Girl Group" of South Korea. With the album peaking at Top 6 of Billboard 200, it is clear that the fans' wish of TWICE world domination has started already.
Watch "Alcohol Free" here.