Ex'Act explained

Ex'Act
Type:studio
Artist:Exo
Cover:EXO EXACT cover.jpg
Caption:Digital and Lucky One version cover
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Recorded:2016
Studio:SM Studios (Seoul)
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Ex'Act (stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by South Korean boy band Exo. It was released by SM Entertainment in Korean and Chinese versions on June 9, 2016. The album was re-released under the title Lotto on August 18, 2016. Ex'Act became Exo's fourth consecutive album to have won the MAMA Award for Album of the Year. The album went on to sell over 830,000 copies by 2022, with its repackage Lotto selling over 410,000 copies.

Background and release

On May 31, 2016, Exo was announced to be releasing their third studio album.[2] On June 2, it was revealed that the album's title was Ex'Act and Exo would be simultaneously promoting two singles, "Lucky One" and "Monster", with different visual concepts that correspond with the two versions of physical packagings for the album.[3]

On June 7, 2016, it was revealed that notable music producers including Kenzie, The Stereotypes, and Dem Jointz participated in the production of the album, and member Chanyeol co-wrote the lyrics for the track "Heaven".[4] Ex'Act and the music videos for its singles were released on June 9.

A re-packaged edition of the album, titled Lotto, was released on August 18, 2016. The edition adds four new songs including "Lotto", "Can't Bring Me Down", "She's Dreaming" which was written by member Chen, and a remix of "Monster" by LDN Noise.[5]

Promotion

A promotional showcase for Ex'Act was held at Olympic Hall, Seoul on June 8, 2016.[6] Exo began performing the album's singles on South Korean music television programs on June 9.[7] They embarked on their third headlining concert tour The Exo'rdium in July 2016.[8]

Exo began promoting the repackaged edition Lotto by performing the title track on South Korean music television programs on August 19. Member Kai was absent from promotional activities due to an injury he sustained during the concert tour.[9] KBS, MBC, and Mnet deemed "Lotto" "unfit for broadcast", thus Exo promoted the song with modified lyrics under an alternative title, "Louder", on these TV channels.[10]

Singles

"Monster" and "Lucky One" peaked at number one and three respectively on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart,[11] and at number one and five respectively on the Gaon weekly digital chart.[12] "Monster" went on to win first place nine times in total on South Korean weekly music television shows.

"Lotto" debuted at number two on the Gaon weekly digital chart[13] and at number one on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart.[14] The song went on to win first place seven times in total on South Korean weekly music television shows.

Commercial performance

Ex'Act

Prior to its release, Ex'Act received a record-breaking pre-order by retail outlets of over 660,000 physical copies.[15] Three days after its release, the album became the fastest selling album in the history of South Korean album sales chart Hanteo at the time with over 450,000 physical copies sold, breaking the record previously held by Exo's fourth extended play Sing for You (2015).[16]

The Korean and Chinese versions of the album debuted at number one and two respectively on the Gaon weekly album chart. Both versions combined, the album debuted and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard World Albums chart. On October 22, 2017, the Korean Music Copyright Association revealed that "Monster" was the most streamed song of 2016 on two major South Korean music sites, Melon and Genie. It accumulated 190,898,389 and 36,688,492 million streams on each platform respectively, making Exo the most streamed group of 2016.[17]

Lotto

The Korean and Chinese versions of Lotto debuted at number one and two respectively on the Gaon weekly album chart.[18] By the end of August 2016, Ex'Act and its repackage had collectively sold 1,136,104 copies.[19]

Accolades

Awards and nominations! Year! Award! Nominated work! Category! Result
2016Melon Music AwardsEx'ActAlbum of the Year
Mnet Asian Music AwardsAlbum of the Year
2017Gaon Chart Music AwardsEx'Act (Korean ver.)Album of the Year – 2nd Quarter
Ex'Act (Chinese ver.)
Lotto (Korean ver.)Album of the Year – 3rd Quarter
Lotto (Chinese ver.)
Golden Disc AwardsEx'ActAlbum Bonsang
Album Daesang

Track listing

Credits adapted from Naver.[20]

Charts

Korean and Chinese versions

ChartPeak position
Ex'ActLotto
French Digital Albums (SNEP)[21] 165 — — —
scope=row Japanese Albums (Oricon)[22] 8 16 — —
scope=row South Korean Albums (Gaon)[23] 1 2 1 2
Combined versions

Sales

CountrySales
Ex'ActLotto
Korean
version		Chinese
version		Korean
version		Chinese
version
scope=row South Korea (Gaon)[24] 551,750248,325244,502120,238
scope=row Japan (Oricon)[25] 24,6797,210— —

Release history

EditionDateRegionFormatLabel
scope=row rowspan=2 June 9, 2016South KoreaCD, digital download
WorldwideDigital downloadSM Entertainment
scope=row rowspan=2 August 18, 2016South KoreaCD, digital download
WorldwideDigital downloadSM Entertainment

Notes and References

  1. News: 초특급 글로벌 대세 엑소, 정규 3집 앨범 EX'ACT 9일 발매 '가요계 평정 예고'. June 7, 2016. June 23, 2024. Sports Seoul. Naver. ko. EXO, a super-special global trend, will release their 3rd studio album EX'ACT on the 9th, 'Prediction of a Calm in the Music Industry'.
  2. News: 엑소, 6월 정규 3집으로 컴백…대규모 쇼케이스. ko. Yonhap News Agency. Lee Eun-jung. May 31, 2016. June 3, 2016. September 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160921135857/http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2016/05/31/0200000000AKR20160531105100005.HTML. live.
  3. News: 엑소 "이번엔 더블 타이틀곡" …'Monster' 'Lucky One'으로 매력 어필. ko. DongA. June 2, 2016. June 3, 2016. June 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160603122845/http://news.donga.com/BestClick/3/all/20160602/78458923/2. live.
  4. News: '글로벌 대세' 엑소, 이번에도 가요계 평정 예고. Jo Hyun-joo. ko. Tenasia. June 7, 2016. June 7, 2016. June 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160607153502/http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/951328. dead.
  5. News: 엑소, '로또'로 대기록 도전. The Korea Times. Shim Jae-gyeol. ko. August 13, 2016. August 17, 2016. August 15, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815153940/http://www.hankookilbo.com/v/f3b2acfc1259f02c3d3feebbd5b43a12. live.
  6. News: 대세의 귀환..엑소 컴백 쇼케이스 "세젤슈! 핵대박!". Yoon Sang-geun. Star News. ko. May 8, 2016. May 9, 2016. August 9, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160809042958/http://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2016060819390113510. live.
  7. News: '엠카' 엑소, 방송 최초 컴백 무대 예고…더블 타이틀 선보인다. Kim Soo-min. Sports Korea. ko. May 9, 2016. May 9, 2016. June 11, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160611043016/http://sports.hankooki.com/lpage/entv/201606/sp20160609114120136690.htm. live.
  8. News: 엑소, 7월 단독 콘서트 개최. Seoul Today. ko. June 14, 2016. June 14, 2016. September 27, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160927192938/http://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1KXLKTS8R1/GH03. live.
  9. News: 엑소 카이, 리패키지 활동서 못본다…"부상 회복 전념". Xsports News. Jung Ji-won. ko. August 17, 2016. August 17, 2016. August 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160826103835/http://www.xportsnews.com/jenter/?ac=article_view&entry_id=757084. live.
  10. News: 엑소, KBS·MBC→'라우더' SBS '로또'로 활동. Star News. Moon Wan-sik. ko. August 17, 2016. August 17, 2016. August 27, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160827050923/http://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2016081713492232167. live.
  11. EXO Earns First No. 1 on World Digital Songs With 'Monster'. Jeff. Benjamin. June 14, 2016. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. June 14, 2016. June 16, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160616173638/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7407964/exo-world-digital-songs-monster-exact. live.
  12. Web site: Gaon Digital Chart, Week 24, 2015 . . Korea Music Content Industry Association . ko . June 16, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160702111730/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=24&hitYear=2016&termGbn=week . July 2, 2016 .
  13. Web site: Gaon Digital Chart, Week 34, 2015. Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. ko. August 28, 2016. August 29, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160829015341/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=34&hitYear=2016&termGbn=week. live.
  14. EXO Scores Second No. 1 on World Digital Songs With 'Lotto'. Jeff. Benjamin. September 6, 2016. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. September 8, 2016. November 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161121061013/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7496156/exo-lotto-second-no-1-on-world-digital-songs. live.
  15. News: 엑소 신드롬의 시작…음반 선주문량 66만장 돌파. Jung Ji-won. ko. Xsports News. June 8, 2016. June 8, 2016. August 6, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806092358/http://www.xportsnews.com/jenter/?ac=article_view&entry_id=732521. live.
  16. News: "엑소, 엑소를 넘었다" 정규 3집 앨범 '이그잭트', 발매 3일만의 역대 초동 1위 기록. Lee Da-hye. ko. Asia Today. June 12, 2016. June 13, 2016. June 29, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160629112430/http://www.asiatoday.co.kr/view.php?key=20160612001322359. live.
  17. Web site: Kim. Hyoung-gu. ko:[단독]'걱정말아요 그대' 2위, 작년 노래방 애창곡 1위는. https://news.joins.com/article/22037393. JoongAng Ilbo. JoongAng Media Network. July 19, 2019. ko. October 22, 2017. July 19, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190719024938/https://news.joins.com/article/22037393. live.
  18. Web site: Gaon Album Chart, Week 34, 2015. Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. ko. August 28, 2016. August 29, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160829015947/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=34&hitYear=2016&termGbn=week. live.
  19. Web site: Gaon Album Chart, September 2016. Gaon Chart. ko. October 8, 2016. February 3, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150203005818/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&termGbn=month. live.
  20. Web site: 네이버 뮤직 :: EX'ACT - The 3rd Album - EXO. 2020-10-29. music.naver.com. ko. 2020-06-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20200617200844/https://music.naver.com/album/index.nhn?albumId=642461. live.
  21. Charted versions:
  22. Web site: Oricon Weekly CD Albums Chart – June 20, 2016. Oricon. ja. June 14, 2016. August 9, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160809110322/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2016-06-20/. live.
  23. Web site: Gaon Album Chart, Week 24, 2015. Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. ko. June 16, 2016. August 6, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806145743/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?termGbn=week&hitYear=2016&targetTime=24&nationGbn=K. live.
  24. Web site: Gaon Album Chart - 2016. Gaon Chart. ko. February 23, 2017. September 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180923001911/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=2016&hitYear=2016&termGbn=year. live.
  25. Web site: オリコン月間 CDアルバムランキング 2015年12月度. Oricon. ja. 2016-01-07. 2016-06-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20160630151600/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2015-12/p/3/. live.

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