Tomorrow by Together, taking aim at the global music market… Interested in the 3rd full-length album, ‘a new record in its own right’

[Ten Asia = Reporter Junho Yoon]

‘Global K-pop leader’ Tomorrow by Together is setting its sights on the global music market in the second half of this year.

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Tomorrow by Together’s album sales have increased by an average of 93% for each album over the past two years (excluding repackage albums), and the previous album ‘The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’, which recorded a final pre-order volume of 2.34 million copies, reached 90% of the pre-order volume in the first week of release. It sold more than 2.18 million copies. Considering that this new record for pre-order volume was set about a month before the comeback, it is expected that the new album will easily achieve a ‘double million seller’ in the first week of release (sales volume in the first week of release) for the second consecutive time.

Tomorrow by Together entered first place on the US Billboard main album chart ‘Billboard 200’ with their 5th mini album ‘The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’ last January, and then showed a stable trend, ranking 3rd in the 2nd week and 10th in the 3rd week. The only K-pop artists who entered the ‘Billboard 200’ at number one and maintained the ‘Top 10’ for three consecutive weeks are BTS and Tomorrow by Together.

The music performance is also remarkable. The title song ‘Sugar Rush Ride’ of ‘The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’ ranked 2nd on Melon’s real-time chart ‘TOP 100’ and 12th on the daily chart. Compared to the highest performance of the title song ‘Good Boy Gone Bad’ from the 4th mini album ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’ (64th in ‘TOP 100’, 101st in daily chart), the rise is surprising.

In particular, the reason why Tomorrow by Together’s comeback is even more anticipated is because of the extraordinary performance they showed this year. They opened the year by dazzling viewers around the world with the largest New Year’s Eve live show in the United States, ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2023′, and toured 15 countries around the world through their second world tour ‘ACT: SWEET MIRAGE’. They held a performance in the city, and for the first time since their debut, they entered a stadium in North America and a dome in Japan.

Last month, Tomorrow by Together performed as the first K-pop group to perform as a headliner at the large-scale music festival ‘Lollapalooza’ in the United States, alongside Kendrick Lamar and Billie Eilish.

At this awards ceremony, Tomorrow by Together won ‘Group of the Year’, ‘Song of Summer’, ‘PUSH Performance of the Year’, and ‘Best K-Pop (It was nominated for awards in a total of 4 categories, including ‘Best K-Pop’. There is growing interest in whether Tomorrow by Together, which boasts such a powerful influence that they will unveil their new song for the first time at a world-renowned awards ceremony, will be able to hold the award’s trophy for the first time since their debut.

Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr