''D×D×D'' (pronounced "D D D") is the fourth Japanese studio album by South Korean boy band
Shinee
Shinee ( ; ; ; stylized as SHINee) is a South Korean boy band formed by SM Entertainment in 2008. The group consists of four members: Onew, Key (entertainer), Key, Choi Min-ho, Minho, and Taemin. Originally a five-piece band, Jonghyun died on ...
. It was released on January 1, 2016, by Universal Music Japan sub label
EMI Records
EMI Records (formerly EMI Records Ltd.) is a British multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was originally founded as a British flagship label by the music company EMI in 1972, and launched in January 1973 as the succes ...
. The album features three previously released singles, "
Your Number", "Sing Your Song" and the Japanese version of previous Korean single "
View", and one new single, "DxDxD". The album reached number one on the
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics
Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that ...
weekly chart, becoming the first album to do so in 2016. It was Shinee's second number one album in Japan following their 2014 release ''
I'm Your Boy''.
Background and release
''D×D×D'' is the fourth Japanese album released by Shinee. It was released in three versions: a limited CD+Blu-ray edition "A", a limited CD+DVD edition "B" and a regular edition. Both limited editions were housed in a digipack and a slipcase and came with 48-page photo booklet (type A), a trading card (one of five) and a special event application sheet. The Blu-ray of limited edition A, in addition to the music videos and making-ofs, also included a high-resolution (48 kHz / 24bit) recording of the album. The regular edition came with a 28-page photo booklet (type B) and a special event application sheet. The album includes all tracks from the group's last two Japanese singles "Sing Your Song" and "Your Number", a Japanese version of their Korean track "View", and seven new songs.
The Fourth Japan Tour
Shinee World 2016 is the fourth Japan nationwide concert tour by Shinee to promote their fourth Japanese studio album. The tour kicked off in
Fukuoka
is the List of Japanese cities by population, sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. ...
on January 30, 2016, and ended in
Hokkaido
is the list of islands of Japan by area, second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own list of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō fr ...
on April 24, 2016, with a total of 16 concerts in eight cities.
After the success of their first two-day
Tokyo Dome
is an indoor stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predecessor, Korakuen Stadium (whose former site is now occupied by the Tokyo Dome Hotel and a plaza for this stadium). In Japan, it is often us ...
stage in March 2015, Shinee returned with a more formal dome tour as part of their Japan Arena Tour. They performed at
Kyocera Dome
The (official name: ) is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Osaka, Japan. Opened in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. In 2005, the stadium became one of the homes of the Orix Buffaloes, a result of the merg ...
on May 14 and 15, 2016, and were back to Tokyo Dome on the 18th and 19th of the same month.
In total, the tour attracted 350,000 people, bringing their cumulative concert attendance in Japan to over one million.
Commercial performance
The album sold 44,921 copies in its first week.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
Year-end charts
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:DxDxD
Shinee albums
SM Entertainment albums
EMI Records albums
Universal Music Japan albums
2016 albums
2010s Japanese-language albums