| type = compilation| artist = Twice| cover = Twice2-Standard edition (album cover).jpeg| alt =| caption = Standard edition cover| released = | recorded = 2017–2018| studio = JYPE| genre = | length = 34:19| language = | label = Warner Music Japan| producer = J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul"| prev_title = The Year of "Yes"| prev_year = 2018| next_title = Fancy You| next_year = 2019| misc = }}
Background and releaseIn January 2019, JYP Entertainment announced that Twice would release their second Japanese compilation album on March 6, as well as embark on a dome tour in Japan later that month.[2] "Likey (Japanese ver.)" was pre-released on January 10 as a digital single, along with an accompanying music video.[3] "What Is Love? (Japanese ver.)" was pre-released as a digital single on February 7, also with an accompanying music video.[4] [5]
PromotionOn March 8, 2019, Twice performed a medley of "Yes or Yes (Japanese ver.)", "Likey (Japanese ver.)" and "What Is Love? (Japanese ver.)" on Music Station.[7] Commercial performanceThe album debuted at number 1 on the daily ranking of Oricon Albums Chart with 95,825 units sold, breaking Twice's record of the highest first day album sales for K-pop girl groups in Japan. It was also reported that shipments of the album exceeded 250,000 copies.[8] [9] #Twice2 then topped the weekly Oricon Albums Chart with 200,846 units sold. It is the first album by a foreign female artist to sell more than 200,000 albums in the first week since Kara's Super Girl in 2011.[10] On Oricon Digital Album Chart, it debuted at number 2 with 5,192 download count. It also topped the Billboard Japan Hot Albums recorded 211,406 copies sold.[11] ChartsWeekly charts
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