Youth (BTS album)

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Youth
BTS Youth album cover.jpg
Limited edition cover
Studio album by
BTS
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2016
Genre
Length49:06
Language Japanese
Label Pony Canyon
Producer Pdogg
BTS chronology
The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever
(2016)
Youth
(2016)
Wings
(2016)
Singles from Youth
  1. "For You"
    Released: June 17, 2015
  2. "I Need U (Japanese Ver.)"
    Released: December 8, 2015
  3. "Run (Japanese Ver.)"
    Released: March 15, 2016

Youth is the second Japanese-language and third overall studio album by South Korean boy band BTS, which was released on September 7, 2016, through Pony Canyon. The album features 13 tracks. [1]

Contents

Editions

Both versions have the complete track listing and a photocard came with all first edition albums. [2]

Commercial performance

Youth sold 44,547 copies on its release day and topped the daily issue of the Oricon Albums Chart for September 6, 2016. [3] [4] It went on to sell 76,483 copies during the tracking period dated September 5–11, and debuted atop the subsequent weekly issue of the chart dated September 19. [5] The album entered the September monthly chart at number four, with 81,763 cumulative sales, [6] and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) shortly afterwards, denoting 100,000 physical copies sold. [7] It was the 48th best-selling album of the year in Japan per Oricon's annual album chart for 2016. [8]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by KM-MARKIT

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Introduction: Youth"
Ryuja2:16
2."Run" (Japanese version)
  • Pdogg
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • RM
  • Suga
  • V
  • Jungkook
  • J-Hope
Pdogg3:55
3."Fire" (Japanese version)
  • Pdogg
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • RM
  • Suga
  • Devine-Channel
Pdogg3:24
4."Dope" (超ヤベー) (Japanese version)
  • Pdogg
  • Ear Attack
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • RM
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
Pdogg4:05
5."Good Day"
  • Matt Cab
  • Ryuja
4:25
6."Save Me" (Japanese version)
  • Pdogg
  • Ray Michael
  • Djan Jr
  • Ashton Foster
  • Samantha Harper
  • RM
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
Pdogg3:19
7."フンタン少年団" (Boyz with Fun) (Japanese version)
  • Suga
  • Pdogg
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • RM
  • J-Hope
  • Jin
  • Jimin
  • V
  • Suga
  • Pdogg
4:06
8."ペップセ" (Baepsae) (Japanese version)
  • Pdogg
  • Supreme Boi
  • RM
  • Slow Rabbit
Pdogg3:55
9."Wishing on a Star"
  • Matt Cab
  • Willie Weeks
4:29
10."Butterfly" (Japanese Ver.)
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Slow Rabbit
  • Pdogg
  • Brother Su
  • RM
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
Pdogg4:04
11."For You"
  • UTA
  • Hiro
  • RM
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
  • Pdogg
Pdogg4:39
12."I Need U" (Japanese version)
  • Pdogg
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • RM
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
  • Brother Su
Pdogg3:33
13."Epilogue: Young Forever" (Japanese version)
  • Slow Rabbit
  • RM
  • "Hitman" Bang
  • Suga
  • J-Hope
  • RM
  • Slow Rabbit
2:54
Total length:49:06
DVD
No.TitleLength
1."For You" (music video) 
2."For You" (Behind the Scene -Music Video Shooting-)4:16
3."I Need U" ((Japanese version) -Music Video-)3:56
4."I Need U" ((Japanese version) (Behind the Scene) -Music Video Shooting-)4:05
5."Run" ((Japanese version) -Music Video-)3:50
6."Run" ((Japanese version) (Behind the Scene) -Music Video Shooting-) 

Certifications

Certifications for Youth
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [7] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for Youth
CountryDateFormatLabel
JapanSeptember 7, 2016 CD, digital download Pony Canyon

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