XOXO (Exo album)

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XOXO
XOXO album cover
Studio album by
Exo
ReleasedJune 3, 2013
Recorded2011–2013
StudioSM Studios, Seoul
Genre
Length43:48
49:31 (Growl - repackage)
Language
LabelSM
Producer
Exo chronology
Mama
(2012) 		XOXO
(2013) 		Miracles in December
(2013)
Singles from XOXO
  1. "Wolf"
    Released: June 3, 2013
Repackage edition cover
Digital version cover
Singles from Growl
  1. "Growl"
    Released: August 5, 2013

XOXO is the debut studio album by South Korean

KT Music. The album is a follow-up to the group's debut EP, Mama (2012). The album was released in two versions – a Korean "Kiss" edition and a Chinese "Hug" edition.[1]

Two

Gaon Digital Chart, and "Growl" peaked at number 3 on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100. XOXO and its repackage sold over 570,000 copies and 760,000 copies in South Korea, respectively. The album won Album of the Year at the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards
.

Background

The album's lead single, "늑대와 미녀" ("The Wolf and the Beauty"), known in English as simply "Wolf", was composed by Will Simms,

Arirang's After School Club, the members explain that the dance has 3 elements: the trees and forest, the caves, and the wolf itself. Member Kris revealed that it took them approximately 3 to 4 months to get the choreography down, due to its level of difficulty. [citation needed] A demo version of the song was leaked in February 2013, in response to which producer Ryan Jhun later gave a warning to illegal downloaders on May 29, 2013, "...I will report it to FBI and service department for all links...".[citation needed
]

Several "developmental" tracks were produced and recorded in 2011 before Exo's official debut into the entertainment industry but never made it into the first EP Mama. Some of these tracks were included on the XOXO album, including "Black Pearl" and "My Lady".[citation needed]

In July 2013, a re-package version of 'XOXO', renamed 으르렁 (Growl), was developed with three additional tracks. The single from this edition was its title track "Growl" (으르렁).[citation needed] The song was recorded in both Korean and Mandarin Chinese ("咆哮") versions. Composed by Hyuk Shin (Joombas), DK, Jordan Kyle, John Major, and Jarah Gibson, "Growl" is a dance-pop song with contemporary R&B and funk influences. The single was prematurely leaked online on July 27, when a video of the group practicing to the Korean version of the song was uploaded to various video-sharing websites.[2]

Release and promotion

May 30, 2013, the Korean and Chinese versions of the music video for "Wolf" were released, and the song's first performance was made on

Happy Camp in mid-June.[citation needed
]

The album reached over 300,000 collective pre-orders, and peaked at number one on the Billboard World Album Chart a week after release.[3] As of December 2013, the Korean and Chinese versions of the album, as well as their respective repackaged versions, have collectively sold over 1,070,000 copies.[4]

Awards

Awards and nominations for XOXO
Year Award Category Result Ref.
2013 Melon Music Awards Album of the Year Nominated [5]
Mnet Asian Music Awards BC UnionPay
Album of the Year
 Won [6]
2014 Gaon Chart Music Awards Album of the Year – 3rd Quarter Won [7]
Golden Disc Awards Album Bonsang Won [8]
Album Daesang Won
iF Design Awards Best Packaging Design Won [9]
V Chart Awards Album of the Year – South Korea Won [10]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Naver.

XOXO (original edition)

Kiss edition (Korean version)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."
Zhou Weijie
3:52
Total length:43:48
Hug edition (Chinese version)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."
Zhou Weijie
3:52
12."Wolf" (늑대와 미녀; Neukdae Wa Minyeo; lit. Wolf and the Beauty)
3:52
Total length:43:48


Growl (repackaged edition)

Kiss edition (Korean version)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."
Hitchhiker
3:33
14."Growl (EXO-K version)" (으르렁; Eureureong)
  • Seo Ji-eum
  • John Major
    		• 3:27
    Total length:49:31
    Hug edition (Chinese version)
    No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
    1."
    Wang Yajun
    		3:27
    Total length:49:31

    Charts

    Korean and Chinese versions
    Chart Peak position
    XOXO
    Kiss     		XOXO
    Hug     		Growl
    Kiss     		Growl
    Hug
    South Korea Weekly Albums (
    Gaon)[11]
    		 1 2 1 2
    South Korea Monthly Albums (Gaon)[12] 1 2 1 2
    South Korea Yearly Albums – 2013[13] 3 6 1 7
    South Korea Yearly Albums – 2014 53 83 15 67
    South Korea Yearly Albums – 2015 — — 71 —
    Japan Weekly Albums (Oricon) 9 18 — —
    Japan Monthly Albums (Oricon) 18 36 — —
    Combined version
    Chart Peak
    position
    US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14] 23
    US World Albums (Billboard)[15] 1

    Sales

    Release history

    Edition Date Region Format Label Catalog
    Original June 3, 2013 Worldwide / South Korea[16][17] CD, digital download
    KT Music
    		 SMK0242
    SMK0243
    July 19, 2013 Taiwan[18] Avex AVKCD80280/A
    AVKCD80280/B
    July 27, 2013 Philippines Universal Records SMK0242
    SMK0243
    June 12, 2013 Thailand S.M. True
    Repackage August 5, 2013 Worldwide / South Korea SM Entertainment,
    KT Music
    		 SMK0275
    SMK0276
    September 13, 2013 Taiwan Avex Taiwan AVKCD80280/C
    AVKCD80280/D
    August 16, 2013 Thailand S.M. True

    References

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