Gaon Albums Chart
Promoted as TVXQ's tenth anniversary debut album, their seventh Korean studio album "Tense" was announced in November 2013. The album was released on January 6, 2014 and debuted at number one on South Korea's Gaon Albums Chart and Hanteo Albums Chart, with first-week sales of 73,100 copies. First-month shipments reached 194,198 units, making "Tense" the best-selling album of January 2014 in South Korea. Music critics rated "Tense" favorably, with a general consensus that the album is the duo's best Korean record to-date. Musically "Tense" has elements of neo soul with throwback-inspired pop, and it is described to be more mature than the duo's earlier efforts. The lead single "Something", a swing jazz pop number, debuted at number four on the Gaon Singles Chart and reached number seven on the "Billboard" Korea K-Pop Hot 100, TVXQ's highest debut on both charts. In Japan, "Something" was released as a double A-side single with "Hide &amp; Seek" on February 5, 2014. In late February 2014, TVXQ announced their follow-up Korean single "Spellbound". An expanded version of "Tense", re-titled "Spellbound", was released on February 27, 2014 and debuted at number two on the Gaon Albums Chart, shipping 61,405 copies in two days.