SuperM (EP)

SuperM is the eponymous debut extended play (EP) by South Korean pop group SuperM.[2][3][4][5] It was released on October 4, 2019 by SM Entertainment and Capitol Records.[6][7] The CD version of the EP has eight different versions: one individual edition for each member and a "united" version.[8][9] The EP debuted at the top spot of the United States' Billboard 200 albums chart, becoming the first Korean act to top the chart with their debut release.

SuperM
Digital cover
EP by SuperM
Released	October 4, 2019 (2019-10-04)
Recorded	2019[1]
Genre	K-pop dance hip hop
Length	24:57
Language	Korean English
Label	SM Capitol
Singles from SuperM
"Jopping" Released: October 4, 2019

Commercial performance

SuperM debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 by the end of its first week of release with 168,000 album-equivalent units (of which 164,000 were in album sales), earning the group their record as the first Korean act to hit number one with a debut album.[10][11][12] The EP earned the top spot on the Billboard World Albums Chart and remained number one for the next eight consecutive weeks.[13] Following the EP release, the group topped Billboard's Artist 100 chart as the top musical act in the US for the week ending 19 October, making the group the second K-pop act to ever lead the chart, following BTS.[14] The EP placed itself on the eleventh spot with 31,000 units for the following week and continued to chart on the Billboard 200 for the next six weeks (eight weeks in total).[15][16]

In South Korea, the EP debuted at the third spot of the Gaon Weekly Albums Chart[17] and sold 153,590 copies in just one day of tracking.[18]

Accolades

Year-end lists

Critic/Publication	List	Work	Rank	Ref.
Dazed	The 20 best K-pop songs of 2019	"Jopping"	15	[19]
Billboard	The 25 best K-pop Songs of 2019		25	[20]
South China Morning Post	The 10 best K-pop songs of 2019		7	[21]
BuzzFeed	Best K-pop Music Videos of 2019		13	[22]
MTV	The Best K-pop B-sides of 2019	"2 Fast"	12	[23]
Refinery29	The Best K-Pop Songs Of 2019	"I Can't Stand The Rain"	10	[24]
PopCrush	Best Pop Albums of 2019	SuperM	N/A	[25]

Track listing

Adapted from Naver and Apple Music.[26]

SuperM

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Jopping"	Jeremy "Tay" Jasper Adrian McKinnon Kim Min-ji Hwang Yoo-bin	LDN Noise Jeremy "Tay" Jasper Adrian McKinnon Nasia Jones Geoffrey McCray Zachary Chicoine Marcus Scoutt	LDN Noise Yoo Young-jin	4:11
2.	"I Can't Stand the Rain"	Kenzie	Thomas Troelsen Sam Martin Kenzie	Kenzie	3:28
3.	"2 Fast" (performed by Taemin, Baekhyun, Mark, and Lucas)	Danke (lalala Studio)	LDN Noise Adrian McKinnon Ebenezer Olaoluwa Fabiyi	LDN Noise	3:00
4.	"Super Car" (performed by Taemin, Baekhyun,Taeyong, Ten, and Mark)	Park Seong-hee	Jonatan Gusmark (Moonshine) Ludvig Evers (Moonshine) Bobii Lewis Charite Viken Reinås	Moonshine	3:34
5.	"No Manners" (performed by Taemin, Kai, Taeyong and Ten)	Kim Ran Cho Yu-ri Taeyong	Jonathan Santana Shae Jacobs Tyler Holmes Taeyong	Jonathan Santana	3:03
6.	"Jopping" (Instrumental)		LDN Noise Jeremy "Tay" Jasper Adrian McKinnon Nasia Jones Geoffrey McCray Zachary Chicoine Marcus Scoutt	LDN Noise Yoo Young-jin	4:11
7.	"I Can't Stand the Rain" (Instrumental)		Thomas Troelsen Sam Martin Kenzie	Kenzie	3:28
Total length:					24:57

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019–2020) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[27] 130 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[28] 38 Estonian Albums (Eesti Ekspress)[29] 26 French Digital Albums (SNEP)[30] 11 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[31] 34 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[32] 7 Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[33] 5 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[34] 39 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[35] 34 Scottish Albums (OCC)[36] 30 South Korean Albums (Gaon)[37] 3 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[38] 74 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 86 UK Digital Albums (OCC)[40] 19 UK Physical Albums (OCC)[41] 52 US Billboard 200[10] 1 US World Albums (Billboard)[42] 1 Year-end charts Chart (2019) Peak position South Korean Albums (Gaon)[43] 33 US Billboard 200[44] 185 US World Albums (Billboard)[45] 2

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United States	October 4, 2019	CD LP digital download streaming	SM Capitol	[46]
Various		Digital download streaming CD	Universal Music Caroline Virgin EMI	[47][48] [49][50]
South Korea	October 31, 2019	CD	SM Dreamus	[51]

See also

• List of K-pop albums on the Billboard charts
• List of K-pop songs on the Billboard charts
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2019

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