''Lose Control'' is the debut
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. by Chinese singer
Lay
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(Zhang Yixing). It was released on October 28, 2016 in
South Korea
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and
China by
SM Entertainment
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and distributed by
KT Music. The EP features six tracks in total, including the two singles "what U need?" and "Lose Control".
The EP was a commercial success peaking at number 1 on the
Gaon Album Chart and 7th of
Best-Selling Albums of 2016 and broke seven out of eight
Guinness World Records
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on the
YinYueTai
YinYueTai (), is one of the major music video sharing sites in China. YinYueTai is the counterpart of Billboard and Gaon Charts in China and it hosts the annual V Chart Awards.
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The website started when the founder could not easily find ...
China Weekly Charts.
Background and release
On September 21, 2016 it was announced that Lay would release his first solo album in October. "what U need?" was released on October 7 as Lay's birthday gift for his fans.
On October 21 it was revealed that Lay would release his first mini-album ''Lose Control'' on October 28 in
South Korea
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and
China and that the album consists of 6 Chinese tracks. The single "what U need?" was included in this mini-album. Lay was a producer, and personally in charge of the composition, arrangement and writing the lyrics of all the songs. On October 25, 2016, S.M. Entertainment released a teaser for the music video of
Lose Control. ''Lose Control'' was officially released on October 28 through online and regular stores.
Singles
The song "Lose Control" stayed as #1 on
Billboard's China V Chart for 6 weeks in a row. It also topped "Alibaba Top 100 Weekly Songs" for 14 weeks in a row and ranked #1 on YinYueTai's TOP 100 Songs of 2016.
"what U need?" hit the #4 spot on the China V Chart as well as in
Billboard's World Digital Songs. The song reached number one on the Alibaba real time music chart in China.
Promotion
On October 27, Lay held a press conference for the mini-album at Shanghai Town & Country Community in China. Lay performed "what U need?" for the first time on October 9 at the 2016
Asia Song Festival in
Busan
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, South Korea. On November 15, Lay made his debut performance on the music program
''The Show''.
Commercial performance
The physical album sales exceeded 50,000 copies a day after its release. On the first weekend have exceeded 97,000, and had sold more than 125,000 in 7 days. Over 1,000,000 copies of the digital album has been sold on Xiami.
The album broke seven out of eight
Guinness World Records
''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...
on the
YinYueTai
YinYueTai (), is one of the major music video sharing sites in China. YinYueTai is the counterpart of Billboard and Gaon Charts in China and it hosts the annual V Chart Awards.
Summary
The website started when the founder could not easily find ...
China Weekly Charts.
The accompanying music video was #1 on real-time (98.54) and weekly (100.00). The album ranked at #1 for consecutively 6 weeks on the
YinYueTai
YinYueTai (), is one of the major music video sharing sites in China. YinYueTai is the counterpart of Billboard and Gaon Charts in China and it hosts the annual V Chart Awards.
Summary
The website started when the founder could not easily find ...
China Weekly Song Charts. The album sold 260,000 physical copies in 2016.
The album is also the highest selling album by a solo artist in Hanteo charts with 247,660 copies sold. On January 23, 2017, it was revealed that the album sold over 250,000 copies on Hanteo since its release.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
Year-end charts
Awards
Sales
Release history
References
External links
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2016 debut EPs
SM Entertainment EPs
Lay Zhang albums
Mandopop EPs
Dance-pop EPs
Genie Music EPs