''Do It Amazing'' is the debut

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by South Korean girl group DIA. It was released on September 14, 2015, by

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and distributed by

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. It consists of 11 tracks with "Somehow" serving as the album's title track. This marked the only release with the original line-up that included member Seunghee, who left the group in April 2016. The album peaked at number 11 on the

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Background and release

In late-July 2015,

announced that they would be debuting a new girl group called DIA in August 2015. It was later pushed back to September 2015. They officially announced that the group would be debuting on September 14. On September 10, it was announced that the group would be releasing their first full album titled ''Do It Amazing'', consisting of ten tracks, including the title track "Somehow" and its Chinese, acoustic and instrumental version. Their album would be produced by

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, Sanchez and actor, Hyun-woo, with members Seunghee and Cathy also taking part in the composition of some songs. The album was released digitally and physically on September 14, 2015. A few days later, the group released three music videos: a drama version of "Somehow"; "I Wanna Listen To Music"; and "Lean On Me". The music videos were filmed in

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Promotion

Single

"Somehow" was released as the group's debut single in conjunction with the album on September 14. A music video teaser was released on August 24. "My Friend's Boyfriend" was released as a digital single on October 20.

Live performances

DIA held a debut showcase at the Ilchi Art Hall in Seoul on September 14 and performed the album track. The group made their debut stage on September 17 on Mnet's

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, followed by performances on KBS' Music Bank, MBC's Show! Music Core and SBS's Inkigayo. The group return to promotion new track "My Friend's Boyfriend" on October 20 on SBS The Show, followed by performances on MBC's Show Champion, Mnet's M Countdown, KBS' Music Bank, MBC's Show! Music Core and SBS's Inkigayo.

Commercial performance

''Do It Amazing'' debuted and peaked at number 11 on the

, on the chart issue dated September 20–26, 2015. The album also debuted at number 36 for the month of September 2015, with 1,684 physical copies sold. The album sold a total of 2,375 physical copies in 2015.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

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