TXT (band)
Tomorrow X Together (stylized in all capital; Korean: 투모로우바이투게더; RR: Tumoroubaitugedeo; lit. Tomorrow together), commonly known as TXT (/ˈtiː-ˈɛks-ˈtiː/ TEE-eks-tee), is a five-member South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Entertainment. The group consists of members Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Huening Kai. They debuted on March 4, 2019, with the EP The Dream Chapter: Star. The album debuted and peaked at number one on the Gaon Album Chart and Billboard World Albums Chart and entered the US Billboard 200 at number 140, becoming the highest-charting debut album by any male K-pop group. The album's lead single "Crown" debuted atop the World Digital Songs with TXT topping the Billboard Emerging Artists Chart, making them the fastest K-Pop group to appear in these charts. The group's commercial reception earned them several new artists of the year awards including Rookie of the Year at the 34th Golden Disc Awards and the 2019 Melon Music Awards, New Artist of the Year- Album at the 9th Gaon Chart Music Awards and Best New Male Artist at the 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards.
History
Pre-debut
Plans for a second boy group from Big Hit Entertainment were announced by founder Bang Si-hyuk as early as 2017 and a date for early 2019 set in November 2018. TXT was officially revealed on January 10, 2019. Over the next ten days, YouTube videos depicting each member, dubbed "introduction films", were released.
2019: Debut and The Dream Chapter: Magic
TXT is the first boy band to debut under Big Hit Entertainment in six years after BTS. A debut broadcast for the group was aired on Mnet and its YouTube page and was announced along with the band's debut extended play, The Dream Chapter: Star, which was released on March 4. A debut showcase was held at the Yes24 Live Hall on March 5. Following the release of the EP, the music video of the album's lead single, "Crown" garnered 14.5 million views on YouTube, breaking the record for the most viewed K-Pop debut music video within 24 hours for a boy group. The album debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart and Billboard World Albums Chart while "Crown" debuted at number one on the Billboard World Digital Songs Chart. The group debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Emerging Artists and at No. 140 on the Billboard 200 chart for the first time, making them the fastest K-Pop group to appear in the charts and the highest-charting debut album by any male K-pop group. The album also ranked number 3 on Oricon's Weekly Album Chart. Additionally, the album went onto the top of the Gaon Monthly Album Chart for the month of March. TXT's first music show performance was aired on March 7, 2019, on Mnet's M Countdown. They earned their first-ever music show win on SBS MTV's The Show with the single "Crown" just after a week of their debut. This was soon followed by wins on M Countdown and Show Champion. "Crown" made it on to GQ's Decade-end list of "The game-changers from a decade of K-pop", for the year 2019, with GQ writing, "The bright, effervescent pop of TXT who, despite being BTS’s younger sibling group, are in their own element as they playfully explore teenage growing pains."
On August 8, 2019, it was announced by Big Hit Entertainment that they originally had planned to release a new album in August but due to members Soobin being diagnosed with infectious conjunctivitis and Yeonjun affected by back pains, it was then postponed to September. On August 20, Big Hit revealed members Taehyun and Huening Kai had also been diagnosed with conjunctivitis, thus a reschedule of the album "has become unavoidable", citing the change in release date from September to October. On April 9, 2019, TXT announced its first-ever overseas tour, a six-show debut showcase in the United States encompassing six American cities- New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Orlando, and Atlanta over the course of about two weeks, from May 9 to 24. Tickets to all shows were sold out in less than 24 hours. Following their showcase in May, TXT performed at the 2019 iHeartRadio Wango Tango music concert held at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles on June 1. On June 20, the group announced that they would be performing in two of Japan's largest fashion festivals- Kansai Collection’s Autumn/Winter 2019 runway show on August 27, followed by the famous Tokyo Girls Collection’s Autumn/Winter 2019 show on September 7, making TXT the first Korean artist ever to perform at both shows during the same season. On July 6, TXT performed at the KCON 2019 NY music festival held at Madison Square Garden, New York, in front of 55,000 spectators. Later that month, TXT received their first-ever MTV Video Music Award nomination in the category of "Best K-pop".
TXT's commercial success in their early months earned them several rookie awards at major Korean year-end music award shows, including the Asia Artist Awards, Melon Music Awards, Mnet Asian Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, Gaon Chart Music Awards, and Seoul Music Awards. On October 21, 2019, TXT released their first studio album, titled, The Dream Chapter: Magic, with "9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)" as its lead single. Musically, the album incorporates a variety of different music genres, including R&B, tropical house, acoustic pop, and hip hop. Commercially, the album debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart, surpassing 124,000 sales in its first week. This marked the group's second chart-topping album following their EP The Dream Chapter: Star. The album debuted at No. 3 on Billboard's World Albums Chart and at No. 6 on the Heatseeker's Album Chart. A total of four tracks from the album entered the Billboard World Digital Songs chart with the lead single "9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)" debuted at No. 2. Billboard and Dazed both later named “9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)” one of the best K-pop songs of the year.
2020: Japanese promotions and The Dream Chapter: Eternity
On January 15, 2020, TXT made their Japanese debut with the single "Magic Hour", which included Japanese versions of their songs "Run Away", "Crown", and "Angel or Devil". The single debuted at number one on the Oricon daily chart and at number two on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. On January 19, the group's Japanese television debut was announced with its first-ever appearance on TV Asahi's Music Station. They performed the Japanese version of "Run Away" on January 24; they are the first Korean artist to perform on the show in 2020. "Magic Hour" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for selling 100,000 units.
On April 28, Big Hit Entertainment announced the release date of TXT's second EP, titled The Dream Chapter: Eternity, as of May 18, with the lead single "Can't You See Me?". Commercially, the album sold over 181,000 units in its first week and entered the Gaon Album Chart at number two. It debuted at number one on the Oricon Albums Chart, becoming the band's first chart-topper in Japan.
TXT will make their first Japanese comeback on August 19 with their second single "Drama". The single album will include Japanese versions of "Drama" and "Can't You See Me?", and their first original Japanese song, "Everlasting Shine".
Members
- Soobin (수빈) - Leader
- Yeonjun (연준)
- Beomgyu (범규)
- Taehyun (태현)
- Huening Kai (휴닝카이)
Endorsements
In May 2019, TXT was announced as the new ambassadors for the Korean skincare brand, "Its Skin".
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | AUS Dig. | BEL (FL) | FRA Dig. | JPN | US World | |||
| The Dream Chapter: Magic |
| 1 | 22 | 125 | 39 | 11 | 3 |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | BEL (FL) | CAN | FRA Dig. | JPN | SWI | US | US World | |||
| The Dream Chapter: Star |
| 1 | 98 | 100 | 11 | 3 | 58 | 140 | 1 |
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| The Dream Chapter: Eternity |
| 2 | 135 | — | N/A | 1 | — | — | 4 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||||||||
Single albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | ||||
| Magic Hour |
| 2 |
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| Drama |
| TBA | TBA | TBA |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | KOR Hot | JPN | NZ Hot | US World | ||||
| "Crown" (어느 날 머리에서 뿔이 자랐다) | 2019 | 86 | 21 | — | 29 | 1 | N/A | The Dream Chapter: Star |
| "Cat & Dog" (English version) | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Our Summer" (Acoustic mix) | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)" (9와 4분의 3 승강장에서 너를 기다려) | 108 | 71 | 2 | 26 | 2 |
| The Dream Chapter: Magic | |
| "Can't You See Me?" (세계가 불타버린 밤, 우린...) | 2020 | 66 | 52 | — | — | 2 | N/A | The Dream Chapter: Eternity |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR | KOR Hot | US World | |||
| "Blue Orangeade" | 2019 | — | — | 10 | The Dream Chapter: Star |
| "Our Summer" | — | — | 17 | ||
| "Cat & Dog" | — | — | 14 | ||
| "New Rules" | — | 100 | 16 | The Dream Chapter: Magic | |
| "20cm" | — | — | 18 | ||
| "Angel or Devil" | — | — | 21 | ||
| "Drama" | 2020 | 170 | 93 | 9 | The Dream Chapter: Eternity |
| "Fairy of Shampoo" | — | 94 | 12 | ||
| "Maze in the Mirror" | — | — | 18 | ||
| "Puma" | — | — | 16 | ||
| "Eternally" | — | — | 14 | ||
Videography
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Crown" | 2019 | Oui Kim (GDW) | Debut MV | |
| "Crown (Choreography Version)" | Performance Video | |||
| "Blue Orangeade" | Kim Jakyoung (Flexible Pictures) | Lyric Video | ||
| "Cat & Dog" | Oh Jiwon (UNDERMOOD FILM) | |||
| "Cat & Dog (English ver.)" | ||||
| "Nap of a Star" | Seong Wonmo (Digipedi) | TU-certified content 1 | ||
| "Our Summer" | TXT | Selfie version | ||
| "Run Away" | Oui Kim (OUI), Yongseok Choi (Lumpens) | |||
| "Magic Island" | Seong Wonmo (Digipedi) | TU-certified content 1 | ||
| "Angel Or Devil" | Kim Jakyoung (Flexible Pictures) | |||
| "Run Away (Japanese ver.)" | 2020 | Japanese debut MV | ||
| "Can't You See Me?" | Oui Kim (OUI) | |||
| "PUMA" | Guzza (Lumpens) | |||
| "Eternally" | Seong Wonmo (Digipedi) | TU-certified content 1 |
- ^1 : TXT Universe (TU) content certified by Big Hit Entertainment
Other videos
| Title | Year | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Dream Chapter: MAGIC Concept Trailer" | 2019 | Yongseok Choi (Lumpens) | |
| "The Dream Chapter: ETERNITY Concept Trailer" | 2020 | Seong Wonmo (Digipedi) |
DVD
| Title | Album details | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Tomorrow X Together 2020 Season's Greetings |
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| H:OUR : The First Photobook |
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Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Network | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | ONE DREAM.TXT | Mnet | TXT-based reality show, 8 Episodes |
Online shows
| Year | Title | Network | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | TALK X TODAY | V Live & YouTube | TXT-based reality show, 2 Seasons | |
| 2020 | TO DO X Tomorrow X Together | V Live & Weverse | TXT-based variety show | |
| Weekly TXT | AbemaTV | Japanese weekly reality show | ||
| TALK X TODAY ZERO | V Live & YouTube | Predebut TXT- based reality show |
Awards and nominations
Name of the award ceremony, year presented, award category, the nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee(s)/work(s) | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Artist Awards | 2019 | Rookie of the Year (Music) | TXT | Won | |
| Popularity Award | Longlisted | ||||
| Brand of the Year Awards | 2019 | Male Rookie Idol of the Year | Won | ||
| Bravo Otto | 2019 | Best K-pop | Nominated | ||
| BreakTudo Awards | 2019 | Best International Debut MV Clip | "Crown" | Won | |
| The Fact Music Awards | 2020 | Next Leader Award | TXT | Won | |
| Gaon Chart Music Awards | 2020 | New Artist of the Year – Album | Won | ||
| New Artist of the Year – Digital | Nominated | ||||
| Album of the Year – 1st Quarter | The Dream Chapter: Star | Nominated | |||
| Genie Music Awards | 2019 | Best New Male Artist | TXT | Won | |
| Genie Music Popularity Award | Nominated | ||||
| Global Popularity Award | Nominated | ||||
| Top Artist Award | Nominated | ||||
| Golden Disc Awards | 2020 | Rookie Artist of the Year | Won | ||
| Tiktok Golden Disc Most Popular Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Disc Bonsang | The Dream Chapter: Magic | Nominated | |||
| Melon Music Awards | 2019 | Rookie of the Year | TXT | Won | |
| Mnet Asian Music Awards | 2019 | Best New Male Artist | Won | ||
| Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10 | Won | ||||
| Worldwide Icon of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| MTV Video Music Awards | 2019 | Best K-Pop | "Cat & Dog" | Nominated | |
| Seoul Music Awards | 2020 | New Artist Award | TXT | Won | |
| Popularity Award | Nominated | ||||
| K-Wave Popularity Award | Nominated | ||||
| QQ Music Most Popular K-Pop Artist Award | Nominated | ||||
| Soribada Best K-Music Awards | 2019 | Rookie Award | Won | ||
| Bonsang | Nominated | ||||
| Male Popularity Award | Nominated | ||||
| Spotify Awards | 2020 | Radar Artist/Emerging Artist | Nominated | ||
| V Live Awards | 2019 | Global Rookie Top 5 | Won | ||
| The Most Loved Artist | Nominated |
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