[Courtesy of JYP Entertainment's official YouTube channel]
After a series of teaser release, pan-Asian girl group "TWICE" finally released an official music video for their new track "Cheer Up" on Monday and the girls are already dominating the Korean real-music charts.
The cheerleading themed MV is full of bright colors and energy. The girls will also hold a "Cheer Up" Comeback Showcase on Monday evening, 8pm. The showcase will be aired live through Naver's V app.
Upon the release of the new track, TWICE is dominating the real-time music charts. The girls topped 8 music charts including Melon, Genie, Naver Music, Bugs Music, MNet, Soribada, Olleh Music, and Monkey3.
The nine-member girl group gained attention from the fans since their pre-debut, because the girls are from a survival audition program "SIXTEEN", which was aired on MNet, 2015. TWICE is special by the Korean music scene standards since four of its members are foreigners. Sana, Mina, Momo are Japanese, and Tzu-yu is from Taiwan.
According to Gaon Charts, TWICE made an impressive debut in October 2015 by selling 34,991 albums during its first two months of albums release, and by adding 14,913 albums sold during December, the girls were ranked in the top five of the girls groups who sold the most albums during that period.
The girls' debut song "Like Ooh Ahh" also received fans' love for a long period of time. The debut song managed to stay in the top 10 of the music charts since its release until February 2016. This is considered a great achievement in the Korean music scene since its flooding with girl groups and it's very difficult for them to remain in the top ten for more than a month.
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