''Celebrate'' is the fourth Japanese studio album (seventh overall) by South Korean girl group

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. It was released on July 27, 2022, by

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. The album features nine tracks, including the title track, " Celebrate", and the previously released single "

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". It also includes "Just Be Yourself", which was previously released as a digital single on March 22, 2022, and was used in Twice's advertisements for

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Release and promotion

In May 2022, Twice announced that they would release an album titled ''Celebrate'' on July 27, to commemorate their fifth debut anniversary in Japan. The title track " Celebrate" was pre-released as a digital single on July 15, along with the accompanying music video. To promote the album, Twice performed the eponymous title track on

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'', on July 22. The next day, the group performed "That's All I'm Saying" and "Celebrate" during a special live broadcast of

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's music program ''Venue 101''. Songs from the album were also performed during Twice Japan Fan Meeting 2022 "Once Day", held in Tokyo and Osaka for five days in October. On December 28, ''Celebrate'' was released as a limited edition

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. This is Twice's first album to be released in that format.

Commercial performance

Following its release, the album debuted atop the daily ranking of the

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. It then debuted at number 2 on the weekly chart with 114,537 copies sold.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Musicians

– vocals, background vocals * Woo Min Lee "collapsedone" –

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, guitar, synthesizer, vocal director (1, 6, 8); bass (1) * Justin Reinstein – programming, synthesizer (1, 8) * Kate – background vocals (1, 3, 5, 8–9) * MRCH – background vocals (1), vocal director (1, 6) * Zaydro – all instruments (2) * Elley – background vocals (2, 4, 6–7) * Emily Yeonseo Kim – vocal director (2, 7) * Trippy – drums, bass, keyboard, synthesizer, vocal director (3, 5); strings (3), guitar (5) * Aaron Kim – all instruments, vocal director (4) * Isaac Han – vocal director (4) * STWP – programming, guitar, synthesizer (6) * IMKK – all instruments (7) * Woo S. Rhee "Rainstone" – all instruments, vocal director (9) * Francis – all instruments (9) * Fingazz – all instruments (9) * JuHyeon Jun – strings arrangement (9) * Kobee – vocal director (9)

Technical

* Goo Hye-jin – recording (1–3, 5–8) * Eom Se-hee – recording (1, 3, 5–6) *

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– mixing (1, 9) * David K. Younghyun – mixing (1), mix engineering (9) * Kwon Nam-woo – mastering (1–8) * Hiroyuki Kishimoto – mixing (2) * KayOne Lee – digital editing (3, 5, 7, 9) * Yoon Won-kwon – mixing (3, 5) * Park Eun-jung – recording (4) * Dawson – digital editing (4) * Ashe Ahn – digital editing (4) * D'tour – digital editing (4) * Lee Tae-sub – mixing (4, 7–8) * Park Nam-jun – digital editing, mix engineering (6) * Shin Bong-won – mixing (6) * Woo S. Rhee "Rainstone" – music recording, digital editing (9) * Francis – music recording, digital editing (9) * Fingazz – music recording (9) * Dante Kim – music recording assistance (9) * Choi Hye-jin – recording (9) *

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– mastering (9)

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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