''Dimension: Dilemma'' is the first
studio album
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by South Korean boy band
Enhypen. It was released on October 12, 2021, through Belift Lab. The album consists of eight tracks, including the
lead single "Tamed-Dashed". The repackaged version of the album, ''Dimension: Answer'', was later released on January 10, 2022, including the single "Blessed-Cursed".
Background and release
On August 25, 2021, Belift Lab confirmed that Enhypen would make their comeback at the end of September. On September 2, the agency announced that members Heeseung, Jay, Jake,
Sunghoon, and Jungwon tested positive for COVID-19. Member Ni-ki also tested positive three days later. On September 16, Belift Lab announced the members had recovered and that their first full-length album, ''Dimension: Dilemma'', would be released on October 12,
following the release of a concept trailer titled "Intro : Whiteout", uploaded on September 17.
On December 9, 2021, Belift confirmed that Enhypen would release a repackage of ''Dimension: Dilemma'' titled ''Dimension: Answer''.
Commercial performance
On September 23, it was announced that the album pre-orders had surpassed 600,000 copies in six days. By October 7, pre-orders surpassed 910,000 copies. The album sold 501,748 copies on the first day following its release on the Hanteo charts and also topped the Oricon Daily Album Chart in Japan for two days in a row. On October 25, ''Dimension: Dilemma'' debuted at number 11 on
''Billboard'' 200 chart, surpassing their previous career high with ''Border: Carnival'', which peaked at number 18. As of November 2021, ''Dimension: Dilemma'' has sold over 1.1 million copies on
Gaon, becoming Enhypen’s first-ever million-selling album and receiving a
million
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certification
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from the
Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) in December.
On January 8, 2022, it was revealed that pre-orders for ''Dimension: Answer'' had surpassed 630,000 copies. The lead single, "Blessed-Cursed", became the group's first song to peak at number one on Gaon Download Chart. The album itself placed first on both 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 Korea based on their Record sales, pure sales. It is a part of the Circle Chart, pr ...
and
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 Albu ...
, making it Enhypen's third consecutive album to top the latter. ''Dimension: Answer'' also appeared in the top 20 of the ''Billboard'' 200 at number 13 and became the group's third consecutive number-one on the ''Billboard'' World Albums chart.
Track listing
Accolades
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
Release history
References
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2021 debut albums
Korean-language albums
Enhypen albums
Hybe Corporation albums
Genie Music albums
Stone Music Entertainment albums