''Stay Gold'' (stylized ''STAY GOLD'') is the sixth major-label Japanese studio album (eighth overall) by South Korean

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CNBLUE CNBLUE ( ko, 씨엔블루) is a South Korean pop rock band formed in 2009. The band consists of Jung Yong-hwa (leader, main vocals, guitar, keyboard, rap), Kang Min-hyuk ( drums), and Lee Jung-shin ( bass). First bassist Kwon Kwang-jin left t ...

. It was released on October 18, 2017, under

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. The album was released in four editions: Regular Edition, Limited Editions A and B, and a fan club-only Boice Limited Edition. It went on to debut at number three on Japan's national weekly Oricon Albums Chart. The band will embark on the CNBLUE 2017 Arena Tour Live "Starting Over" from November to December in

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. It was the final CNBLUE release to include Jonghyun, who left the band in August 2019.

Release and promotion

CNBLUE released " Shake" as the first single from the album on May 10, 2017. It peaked at number five on the country's national Oricon Singles Chart, charting for four weeks and selling over 26,000 copies domestically. ''Stay Gold'' was announced as CNBLUE's sixth studio album on August 29, 2017, with a release date of October 18. A video teaser for the album was concurrently released. A 30-second teaser for the single "Starting Over" was uploaded on September 7, with the full music video was premiered eleven days later on

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. On September 25, an album digest video was uploaded on

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. "Starting Over" was released as a digital download on October 6. ''Stay Gold'' was released in four editions: Regular Edition; Limited Edition A with bonus DVD content that includes the music video and a special feature of "Starting Over"; Limited Edition B with bonus DVD content that includes multi-angle performance footage of "Shake" and "Lie" from the CNBLUE Spring Live 2017 "Shake! Shake!" arena tour; and Boice Limited Edition with "special goods". The band will embark on the CNBLUE 2017 Arena Tour Live "Starting Over" from November 3 to December 1, 2017. The concerts will take place at the

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Commercial performance

''Stay Gold'' shifted 21,428 copies on its first day of release. On the chart dated October 30, 2017, the album debuted at number three on Japan's weekly national Oricon Albums Chart, selling 28,060 copies in its first week. It also ranked at number three on the ''

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, the album has sold 30,778 copies domestically since its release.

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stay Gold (Cnblue Album) 2017 albums CNBLUE albums Japanese-language albums Warner Music Japan albums