TWICE Score First Number One Album in U.S. With ‘With YOU-th’

TWICE have achieved their first Number One album on the Billboard 200 chart with With YOU-th, which earned 95,000 equivalent album units (each unit equaling one album sale) in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 29, according to Luminate.

As Billboard reports, it’s the fifth consecutive Top 10 album on the chart for the K-pop sensations. The majority — 90,000 — of the 95,000 units earned from their new album comprise traditional album sales. It’s the top-selling album of the week ending Feb. 29 and represents the largest sales week for an album thus far this year. The sales were bolstered with the choice of 14 variants as well as exclusives offered on their website and with retailers such as Barnes & Noble, Target, and Walmart. They also offered three different vinyl variants.

The nine-member group — Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu — spoke with Rolling Stone about their 13th mini-album, With YOU-th prior to its release. Nayeon described said it “focuses on how we’re spending our youth with you.”

Jihyo added: “The vibe might be there, but I think the message is a little bit different. Around ‘Feel Special,’ we were going through some hard times and that track in particular was more about how we were able to persevere through all of that.

“I think this album focuses on our current state of how happy we are in the moment, after everything we’ve been through,” Jihyo continued. “I think it also shows our growth and improvement over time.”

TWICE is currently on their fifth world tour, dubbed Ready to Be. They perform at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on March 16.

From Rolling Stone US.