Naturalness is the ninth
EP by South Korean
girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...
,
Dal Shabet
Dal Shabet (Hangul: , stylized as Dal★Shabet or Dalshabet) is a South Korean girl group created by E-Tribe under Happy Face Entertainment. The group debuted on January 3, 2011, with the EP ''Supa Dupa Diva'' and with six members: Viki, Serri, ...
. The EP consists of six songs and one instrumental. It marked their first release as a four-member group since the departure of members
Jiyul and Gaeun in early December 2015. It was released on January 5, 2016, to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the group.
Background and release
On December 21, 2015, Happy Face Entertainment release a teaser image featuring the release date of the upcoming album, and confirming the title of the EP to be ''Naturalness''. On December 24 were released two teaser images featuring members Serri and Woohee, meanwhile on December 25 images of members Ayoung and Subin were released. On December 28 it was released the full track list on their official Twitter account. On December 29 and 30, 2015, were released two teasers of the music video for the title track, titulated "Someone Like You". On January 3, 2016, a highlight medley of the EP was released online. On January 4 the music video was released and on January 5 the EP was released on South Korean music sites and on iTunes for the global market.
Commercial performance
In South Korea, ''Naturalness'' entered and peaked at number 10 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 Korea based on their Record sales, pure sales. It is a part of the Circle Chart, pr ...
at the week ending January 9, 2016. In its second week, the EP fell thirty places and charted at number 40 on the week ending January 16. In its fourth week, ''Naturalness'' charted at number 29, the second best position in its five consecutive weeks within the chart. The EP charted at number 24 for the month of January on the Gaon Album Chart with 2,758 album sales.
The title track of the album, "Someone Like You", entered and peaked at number 49 on the
Gaon Digital Chart
The Circle Digital Chart, previously known as the Gaon Digital Chart, is the music industry standard record chart ranking the 200 most popular singles in South Korea. It provides rankings on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis, which is based o ...
at the week ending January 9, 2016.
Track listing
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Monthly
References
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2016 EPs
Dal Shabet albums
K-pop EPs