The Road (Super Junior album) explained

The Road
Type:studio
Artist:Super Junior
Cover:The Road Keep on Going SJ album.png
Caption:The Road: Keep On Going cover
Released: (Vol. 1)
(Vol. 2)
Studio:SM (Seoul)
Genre:
Length:34:11
Language:Korean
Producer:Lee Soo-man
Prev Year:2022

The Road is the eleventh Korean-language studio album (fourteenth overall) by South Korean boy band Super Junior released on January 6, 2023.[2] The album was originally released in two parts, The Road: Keep On Going and The Road: Celebration. The former was released on July 12, 2022,[3] while the latter was released on December 15, 2022, by SM Entertainment.[4] The album features the vocals of nine Super Junior members, which are Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun.[5]

Background

On June 13, 2022, Label SJ released the concept trailer for their eleventh album.[6] [7]

On June 28, 2022, Super Junior released the track list for Vol.1 of their eleventh album. Five tracks were included in Vol.1. The title song for the album was "Mango".[8]

Super Junior released the music video for their second track, "Don't Wait", on June 29, 2022.[9]

On November 28, SM released the first set of teasers for The Road Vol. 2: Celebration, with a set release date of December 16.[10]

Promotion

Super Show 9

On July 15 to July 17, the group embarked on the album supporting tour, Super Show 9 at the Jamsil Arena in Seoul.[11] They first performed "Celebrate" during the Philippines stop of the tour on December 17, 2022.[12]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[13] 9
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[14] 7
South Korean Albums (Circle)[15] 3
Chart (2022–2023)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[16] 12
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[17] 7
South Korean Albums (Circle)[18] 1
Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[19] 42
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[20] 43
South Korean Albums (Circle)[21] 9

Monthly charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[22] 28
South Korean Albums (Circle)[23] 13
Chart (2022–2023)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[24] 22
South Korean Albums (Circle)[25] 9
Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Peak
position
South Korean Albums (Circle)[26] 24

Year-end charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
South Korean Albums (Circle)[27] 81
Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
South Korean Albums (Circle)88

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateFormatVersionLabelRef
South KoreaJuly 12, 2022CDVol. 1: Keep on Going
TaiwanAvex Taiwan[28]
Various <-- Inclusive of South Korea but not Taiwan due to different distributor-->
South KoreaDecember 15, 2022CDVol. 2: Celebration
TaiwanAvex Taiwan[29]
Various <-- Inclusive of South Korea but not Taiwan due to different distributor-->

Notes and References

  1. News: Super Junior writes page of K-pop history with ‘The Road: Keep on Going’. July 12, 2022. June 25, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20220926234124/https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220712000853. September 26, 2022. live. Herald Corporation. Jie. Ye-eun.
  2. News: https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0003116631 . ko:슈퍼주니어, 1월 6일 정규 11집 'The Road' 합본 오프라인 발매 . Super Junior will release the combined 11th album 'The Road' offline on January 6 . Moon wan-sik . Naver . December 27, 2022 . December 27, 2022 . ko.
  3. Web site: 오지원 . 슈퍼주니어 컴백 확정…정규 11집 발표 예고 . 2022-08-26 . entertain.naver.com . ko.
  4. Web site: 슈퍼주니어, 12월 15일 정규 11집 Vol.2 발매 확정 [공식]z]. Naver. November 27, 2022. Korean.
  5. Benjamin . Jeff . 2022-07-13 . Super Junior Break Down Every Song on 'The Road : Keep on Going' Album . 2022-10-09 . Billboard . en-US.
  6. Web site: Concept Trailer . 2022-08-26 . Twitter . en.
  7. Web site: 슈퍼주니어, 11번째 정규앨범으로 팬들 만난다! . 2022-08-26 . entertain.naver.com . ko.
  8. Web site: '정규 11집' 슈퍼주니어 트랙리스트 공개, 타이틀곡 '망고' . 2022-08-26 . entertain.naver.com . ko.
  9. Web site: 곽현수 . 슈퍼주니어 'Don't Wait' 뮤비 선 공개…단체 퍼포먼스 눈길 . 2022-08-26 . entertain.naver.com . ko.
  10. Web site: 슈퍼주니어, 12월 15일 정규 11집 Vol.2 발매 확정 [공식]]. Naver. November 28, 2022.
  11. Web site: 슈퍼주니어, 오늘(15일) 3년 만 대면 월드투어 그랜드 오픈 . 2022-08-26 . entertain.naver.com . ko.
  12. News: Super Junior fulfills promise, gives Christmas 'present' to Pinoy fans . Jaehwa Bernado . . December 19, 2022 . December 19, 2022.
  13. Web site: Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2022-08-08. . December 28, 2022. ja.
  14. Web site: Japan Hot Albums 2022/08/03 付け . Billboard Japan . ja . December 21, 2022.
  15. Web site: Week 29, 2022 . . ko . December 21, 2022.
  16. Web site: Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2023-01-16 . . January 6, 2023. ja.
  17. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of January 4, 2023. Billboard Japan. ja. January 10, 2023.
  18. Web site: Circle Album Chart – Week 51, 2022. Circle Chart. ko. December 22, 2022.
  19. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2023-02-06/p/5/ . ja:週間 アルバムランキング 2023年02月06日付 . Weekly album ranking February 6, 2023 . Oricon . ja . February 1, 2023 .
  20. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of February 1, 2023. Billboard Japan. ja. February 1, 2023.
  21. Web site: Circle Album Chart – Week 1, 2023. Circle Chart. ko. January 12, 2023.
  22. Web site: Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2022-08 . . December 23, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221003155332/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2022-07/p/3/ . October 3, 2022 . ja.
  23. Web site: Circle Album Chart – July 2022. Circle Chart. ko. December 23, 2022.
  24. Web site: Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2023-01 . . February 8, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230208060635/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2023-01/p/3/ . February 8, 2023 . ja.
  25. Web site: Circle Album Chart – December 2022. Circle Chart. ko. January 12, 2023.
  26. Web site: Circle Album Chart – January 2023. Circle Chart. ko. February 9, 2023.
  27. Web site: Album Chart 2022. Circle Chart. https://web.archive.org/web/20230113031815/https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=2022&hitYear=2022&termGbn=year&yearTime=3. January 13, 2023. live. January 15, 2023.
  28. Web site: 第十一張正規專輯 Vol.1The Road : Keep on Going. July 12, 2022. August 10, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20230410103833/https://www.avex.com.tw/artist/artist_disco_songlist.asp?catalogNo=4719760805485. April 10, 2023. live. Avex Taiwan. zh. 11th Official Album Vol.1 "The Road : Keep on Going".
  29. Web site: 第十一張正規專輯 Vol.2 The Road: Celebration. December 15, 2022. August 10, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20230409134436/https://www.avex.com.tw/artist/artist_disco_songlist.asp?catalogNo=4719760805768. April 9, 2023. live. Avex Taiwan. zh. 11th Official Album Vol.2 "The Road: Celebration".

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