''24H'' is the second Japanese
extended play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...
(EP) and by South Korean
boy group
A boy band is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands dance a ...
Seventeen. It was released on September 9, 2020, through
Pledis Japan. It featured a lead single of the same name.
Background and release
After releasing their second Japanese single "
Fallin' Flower
" is a song recorded by South Korean boy group Seventeen. It was released on April 1, 2020, through Pledis Japan, as the group's second non-album and third overall Japanese single. The track debuted at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart, be ...
" in April 2020, Seventeen announced their second Japanese EP ''24H'', which was to be promoted with a title track of the same name as a pre-release single.
The song "24H" was released on Japanese radio through the station Tokyo FM School of Lock on August 18.
It was digitally released alongside its accompanying music video on August 24. The EP was released on September 9, 2020.
Commercial performance
In Japan, ''24H'' accumulated a pre-order volume of 450,000 copies and sold 240,000 copies during its first week of release.
It debuted at number one on the
Oricon Albums Chart
The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon A ...
for the week of September 7 to 15, 2020.
Following Seventeen's other successes atop the chart with their Korean-language EPs ''
You Made My Dawn'' and ''
Heng:garæ'', as well as their third studio album ''
An Ode
''An Ode'' is the third studio album by South Korean boy band Seventeen. It was released on September 16, 2019, through Pledis Entertainment. The album spawned two singles, "Hit" was released as the album's lead single on August 5, 2019, followe ...
'', this achievement marked Seventeen as the first foreign international male artist to top the Oricon weekly album chart with four consecutive albums.
Accolades
The EP was awarded as one of the records selected for The Best 3 Albums (Asia) category at the
35th Japan Gold Disc Awards.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2020 EPs
Japanese-language EPs
2020s Japanese-language albums
Seventeen (South Korean band) EPs
Hybe Corporation EPs