''Newtro'' is the fifth
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 ...
by South Korean girl group
DIA. It was released digitally on March 19, 2019 and physically on March 29, 2019 by
MBK Entertainment
MBK Entertainment () was a South Korean entertainment company established by Kim Kwang-soo. MBK Entertainment is known for managing multiple successful K-pop artists, such as T-ara, DIA, Davichi, SeeYa, F-ve Dolls, Shannon, Coed School, and S ...
under
Kakao M
Kakao M Corp. (; formerly Seoul Records, YBM Seoul Records and LOEN Entertainment) was a South Korean entertainment company established by Min Yeong-bin in 1978. It was one of the largest co-publisher companies in South Korea. The company opera ...
's music distribution. The EP includes a total of five tracks including the lead single "Woowa". Jenny did not participate in the album's recordings and promotions due to health concerns before her departure from the group on July 6, 2019.
Release
The EP was released through several music portals, including
MelOn
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in South Korea, and
iTunes
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for the global market.
Commercial performance
The album debuted and peaked at number 8 on the
Gaon Album Chart
The Circle Album Chart, previously known as the Gaon Album Chart, is a record chart ranking the 100 most popular albums, extended plays and single albums in South Koreabased on their Record sales, physical sales. It is a part of the Circle Chart, ...
for the week ending March 30, 2019. ''Newtro'' spent seven consecutive weeks within the Top 40 and a total of eight weeks within the Top 100 on the chart.
The album placed at number 52 on the Gaon Album Chart for the month of March 2019 with 4,272 copies sold. It also charted at number 42 for the month of April with 5,110 additional copies sold. It has sold 10,576 copies as of May 2019.
Track listing
Charts
Release history
References
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2019 EPs
DIA (group) albums
Kakao M EPs
Korean-language EPs
2010s Korean-language albums