Pink Luv Explained

Pink Luv
Type:EP
Artist:Apink
Cover:PinkLuv-APINK.jpg
Released:November 24, 2014
Recorded:2013–2014
Studio:A Cube Studios
Label:A Cube Entertainment (Distributed by LOEN Entertainment)
Prev Title:Pink Blossom
Prev Year:2014
Next Title:Pink Memory
Next Year:2015

Pink Luv (stylized as Pink LUV) is the fifth EP by South Korean girl group Apink, released on November 24, 2014. The album's lead single is the title track "Luv".

Release and promotion

The EP Pink Luv was released on November 24. It debuted at number 1 on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart while "Luv" debuted at number 2 on the Gaon Digital Chart and stayed there for two weeks.[1] The song sold 1,490,824 copies and scored Apink's first three triple crown wins in the three major music shows (The Show, Music Core and Inkigayo.) They were the first girl group to achieve this.

Apink performed a snippet of "Secret", a track on their album, in addition to a full performance of "Luv" on KBS's Music Bank on November 21. This was followed by additional comebacks on music programs including MBC's Show! Music Core, SBS's Inkigayo, SBS M's The Show, MBC M's Show Champion and Mnet's M Countdown. Apink received 17 trophies in total on the aforementioned music shows with "Luv", which is still the highest number of wins for a single song for a girl group.

Charts

Album

Chart Peak
position
Gaon Weekly Album Chart1
Gaon Monthly Album Chart 4
Gaon Yearly Album Chart 36

Single

Chart (2014)Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon)2
South Korea (Kpop Hot 100)2
US World Digital Songs (Billboard)5

Sales and certifications

Provider Amount
Gaon physical sales79,735+[3]
Oricon physical sales4,805+

Music program wins

Song! width="200"
ProgramDate (17 total)
"Luv"The Show (SBS M)December 2, 2014
December 9, 2014
December 16, 2014
Music Bank (KBS2)December 5, 2014
December 12, 2014
December 19, 2014
December 26, 2014
Show! Music Core (MBC)December 6, 2014
December 13, 2014
December 20, 2014
January 3, 2015
January 10, 2015
Inkigayo (SBS)December 7, 2014
December 14, 2014
December 28, 2014
M Countdown (Mnet)December 18, 2014
December 25, 2014

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gaon Chart releases chart rankings for November 23 - November 29 - allkpop.com.
  2. Digital sales for Luv:
    • Web site: 2014년 Download Chart. Gaon Music Chart. January 11, 2016. ko. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161003185810/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=2014&hitYear=2014&termGbn=year. October 3, 2016.
    • Web site: 2015년 Download Chart. Gaon Music Chart. January 11, 2016. ko.
    • Web site: http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/total.gaon?pageno=4&nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020 . ko:2016년 15주차 Download Chart . half year of 2016 Download Chart . Gaon Music Chart . June 14, 2016 . ko . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815113309/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/total.gaon?pageno=4&nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020 . August 15, 2016 . dead .
  3. Cumulative sales for Pink Luv: