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| Released | May 4, 2020 | |||
| Genre | K-pop | |||
| Length | 19:39 | |||
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Gateway is the seventh extended play by South Korean boy group Astro. [1] It was released on May 4, 2020, by Fantagio Music and distributed by Kakao M. The album contains six songs including the lead single "Knock". [2] This is their third number one album in South Korea. [3]
The group re-entered the Emerging Artists chart at number 49. Upon the release of Gateway, Billboard reported that the sextet gained 75,000 new YouTube subscribers, 24,000 new Twitter followers and 6,000 new Facebook page followers. The biggest music move Astro made was with new single "Knock" logging 312,000 on-demand US streams, in its first week available. [2]
The album debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart for the week ending May 9, 2020. [4] It also debuted at number 38 on Billboard Japan's Hot Albums for the week ending May 18, 2020, and at number 15 on Top Download Albums. [5] [6] It also debuted at number 3 on the Oricon Albums Chart with 11,459 copies sold and peaked at number 3 on the Oricon Combined Albums Chart. [7]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | "Knock" (널 찾아가) |
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| 3:13 |
| 2. | "When You Call My Name" (내 이름을 부를 때) |
| Coach & Sendo | Coach & Sendo | 3:29 |
| 3. | "Somebody Like" |
| MosPick | MosPick | 3:07 |
| 4. | "We Still" |
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| Erik Lidbom | 3:16 |
| 5. | "12 Hours" (12시간) |
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| 3:10 |
| 6. | "Lights On" (빛이 돼줄게) |
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| 3:24 |
| Total length: | 19:39 | ||||
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 3 |
| Japan Combined Albums (Oricon) | 3 |
| Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [5] | 38 |
| Japan Top Download Albums (Billboard Japan) [6] | 15 |
| South Korea (Gaon) [4] | 1 |
| Song | Program | Date |
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| "Knock" | Show Champion (MBC M) | May 13, 2020 |
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