Overdose (EP)

***Overdose*** is the second extended play of the South Korean boy band Exo. It was released on May 7, 2014 by the label S.M. Entertainment and distributed by KT Music.

## Background and release

The EP was intended to be released on April 21, 2014 , but its release was postponed due to the sinking of Sewol on April 16. The album was later released on May 7, 2014. On May 15, 2014, the leader of EXO-M, Kris, filed a lawsuit against S.M. Entertainment to cancel his contract for the company's violation of human rights and unattended health.

The Korean edition was positioned in number 2 on Billboard's World Albums Chart and 129 in _Billboard 200_ , that made EXO Korean male group with the highest Billboard 200 charts.

## Promotion

Before the release of _Overdose_ Exo made their promotions with a showcase at the Jamsil Arena in Seoul on 15 April. 1 to April 9 did a sponsored by Samsung contest allowed fans to enter and win tickets to attend the showcase. The group members promoted in South Korea and China separated in the respective sub-groups.

## Charts

**Korean and Chinese versions**

|scope="col" rowspan=2|Chart|scope="col" colspan=4|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|align="center"|2|
|align="center"|1|align="center"|2|
|align="center"|1|align="center"|2|
|align="center"|93|align="center"|—|
|align="center"|3|align="center"|5|
|align="center"|11|align="center"|19|
|align="center"|2|align="center"|5|
|align="center"|1|align="center"|—|
|align="center"|129|align="center"|—|

## Awards and nominations

|Award|Nominated work|Category|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Golden Disk Awards|rowspan="11"|_Overdose_|**Disk Bonsang**||
|**Disk Daesang**||||||
|**Digital Bonsang**||||||
|MelOn Music Awards|**Album of the Year**|||||
|rowspan="2"|Mnet Asian Music Awards|**UnionPay Song of the Year**||||
|**UnionPay Album of the Year**||||||
|Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards|**Artist of the Year (Album) - 2nd Quarter**|||||
|SBS Awards Festival|**Best Album**|||||
|8th Miguhui Awards|**Best Performance Award**|||||
|2014 Bugs Music Awards|**Top 10 Albums**|||||
|3rd YinYueTai V-Chart Awards|**Album of the Year — Korea**|||||

### Awards won on Music Shows

|Date|Music Show|Song|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|May 14, 2014|Show Champion|rowspan="10"|"중독 (Overdose)" <small>(EXO-K)</small>||
|May 15, 2014|rowspan="2"|M! Countdown|||
|May 22, 2014|||||
|May 16, 2014|rowspan="2"|Music Bank|||
|May 23, 2014|||||
|May 17, 2014|rowspan="2"|Show! Music Core|||
|May 24, 2014|||||
|May 18, 2014|rowspan="3"|Inkigayo|||
|May 25, 2014|||||
|June 1, 2014|||||
|May 10, 2014|rowspan="2"|Global Chinese Music|rowspan="2"|上癮 (Overdose) <small>(EXO-M)</small>|
|May 17, 2014|||||

## Release history

|Region|Date|Format|Label|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|Worldwide|rowspan="2" align="center"|May 7, 2014|rowspan="2" align="center"|CD Digital download|align="center"|S.M. Entertainment|
|align="center"|South Korea|align="center"|S.M. Entertainment KT Music|||||

## Album sales

|scope="col"|Chart|scope="col"|Sales|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|15,000+ <small>(Chinese version)</small>|||
|align="center"|37,000+ <small>(Korean version)</small>|||
|align="center"|283,039+ <small>(Chinese version)</small>|||
|align="center"|400,092+ <small>(Korean version)</small>|||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Overdose
- **type**: EP
- **artist**: Exo
- **recorded**: 2014
- **language**: Korean, Chinese
- **genre**: K-pop, dance
- **label**: S.M. Entertainment
- **producer**: Lee Soo-man, The Underdogs, Yoo Young-jin,
- **prev title**: ''Miracles in December
(2013)
- **next title**: Exology Chapter 1: The Lost Planet
(2014)