Twice Ties BTS With A Big New Album

Twice has ranked as one of South Korea’s preeminent girl groups for years now, and the band’s popularity around the world — especially in the United States — isn’t dwindling, but rather, growing.

The group recently released a new album titled This Is For, which comes at the perfect moment. The many-membered singing troupe seems poised to reach the Hot 100 in a day or so with “Takedown” featured on the KPop Demon Hunter soundtrack.

This Is For doesn’t quite match the same heights as some of Twice’s past projects, but its arrival helps the girl group tie some of the biggest names in K-pop history for a very special record.

Twice Follows Justin Bieber and Travis Scott

This Is For launches at No. 6 on the Billboard 200. The project opens with 80,000 equivalent units, which would normally be enough for the group to approach the No. 1 spot, but this frame is particularly busy with new arrivals from stars like Justin Bieber, Travis Scott, and Clipse launching in loftier positions.

Twice scores a seventh career appearance inside the Billboard 200’s top 10, and this latest collection is an important one for the group.

Twice Ties BTS, Ateez and Seventeen

With seven top 10 projects on the Billboard 200, Twice ties three other acts from the K-pop space for the most appearances inside the highest tier of all time. The girl group is now on the same level as Ateez, BTS, and Seventeen, all of which have also managed seven wins — although this ranking is sure to change soon.

BTS Will Soon Push Past Twice

When Billboard republishes its charts on Tuesday (July 29), BTS will pull ahead of Ateez, Seventeen, and Twice. The group, which recently reformed after all seven members completed their mandatory military service, recently released Permission to Dance on Stage (Live). That full-length is about to open at No. 10 on the Billboard 200, giving the troupe its eighth top 10 performer.

Twice Reaches the Top 10 on Multiple Charts

Twice’s This Is For hits a trio of Billboard charts this week, and it’s a top 10 win on all of them. The project opens at No. 3 on the Top Album Sales ranking and No. 4 on the Vinyl Albums list, bringing the girl group back to the highest region on both tallies and adding to an already historic cumulative total.