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. It was released by

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versions on December 10, 2015. The album held the record as the fastest selling album in the history of South Korean album sales chart Hanteo, until it was overtaken by Exo's third studio album ''

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'' in June 2016. It is the first Exo record to not feature

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, as he filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment and left the group in August 2015.

Background and release

On November 24, 2015, Exo was confirmed to be releasing their second winter special album, after '' Miracles in December'' (2013). Teaser images for the album began to be released from December 2. The album's track list, including four new songs and a bonus track "Lightsaber", previously released as a single in November, was announced on December 7. Finally, the mini-album was released digitally and physically on December 10.

Promotion

On December 10, 2015, shortly after ''Sing for You'' was released, Exo held a showcase with an audience of 1,500 to promote the album at

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. The showcase was live streamed using the mobile application

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and afterwards set the record as the most-watched live stream ever on the application. Exo began performing the songs " Sing for You" and "

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