''Voice'' (stylized as ''VOICE'') is the debut Japanese
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. and the fifth overall by South Korean singer
Taeyeon
Kim Tae-yeon (; born March 9, 1989), known mononymously as Taeyeon, is a South Korean singer. She debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and on ...
. It was released digitally on May 13, 2019, by
SM Entertainment Japan, and physically on June 5 by
Universal Music Japan
, often referred to as just Universal Music Japan or UMJ, is a Japanese subsidiary of the Universal Music Group founded in 1990. It is the largest subsidiary for a foreign company in the country regarding music distribution. The company is resp ...
sublabel
EMI Records.
Background and release
On April 12, 2019, it was announced that Taeyeon would release her first Japanese EP in June. The album includes the title track "Voice" for a total of six tracks. It was released in three editions: First Limited Edition A (Live Edition/CD+DVD); First Limited Edition B (Visual Edition/CD+DVD/Photobook); and the Normal CD.
''Voice'' was released digitally on May 13, 2019.
Commercial performance
Japan
''Voice'' debuted and peaked at number 6 on
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in ...
's Digital Albums Chart with 1,134 download albums sold.
It also debuted number 30 on
Billboard Japan
''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine '' Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway
is a Japanese private railway compa ...
's Hot Albums chart and peaked at number 6 in its second week.
It also debuted and peaked at number 7 on Billboard Japan's Top Download Albums and at number 4 on Top Albums Sales with 19,330 estimated copies sold nationwide.
The EP debuted at number 2 on Oricon's Daily Albums Chart with 14,692 physical copies sold.
The album debuted at number 6 on the
Oricon Albums Chart with 17,174 physical copies sold in its first week.
Other territories
The EP debuted at number 11 on ''
Billboard''s
World Albums
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chart for the week ending May 25, 2019.
Track listing
Credits adapted from
Naver
Charts
Release history
References
2019 EPs
Taeyeon albums
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