page_title: Twice (group)
section_title: 2018–2019: Continued success and touring
hierarchical_section_title: Twice (group) / History / 2018–2019: Continued success and touring
caption_attribution_description: English: Twice at Golden Disk Awards on January 5, 2019.
context_page_description: Twice, is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment. The group is composed of nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu. Twice was formed under the television program Sixteen and debuted on October 20, 2015, with the extended play The Story Begins.
  Twice rose to domestic fame in 2016 with their single "Cheer Up", which charted at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart, became the best-performing single of the year, and won "Song of the Year" at the Melon Music Awards and Mnet Asian Music Awards. Their next single, "TT", from their third EP Twicecoaster: Lane 1, topped the Gaon charts for four consecutive weeks. The EP was the highest selling K-pop girl group album of 2016. Within 19 months after debut, Twice had already sold over 1.2 million units of their four EPs and special album; in 2019, they became the best-selling Korean girl group of all-time. The group has sold over 9 million albums in South Korea and Japan as of July 2020. In 2020, Twice signed with Republic Records for American promotions as part of a partnership with JYP Entertainment.
context_section_description: Twice's second Japanese single titled "Candy Pop" was released on February 7, 2018. The group also embarked on their first concert tour in Japan titled Twice Showcase Live Tour 2018 "Candy Pop", starting on January 19, 2018 in Aichi Prefecture. On April 9, 2018, they released their fifth EP, What Is Love?, with the single of the same name produced by Park Jin-young. The EP sold 335,235 copies in first month and made Twice became the first female artist—and the fifth act—to earn a platinum certification by the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA), for selling over 250,000 copies. Twice's third Japanese single, "Wake Me Up", was released on May 16, 2018 and was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). The single became the first physical single by a foreign female artist to be certified double platinum by the RIAJ. Their second headline tour Twice 2nd Tour: Twiceland Zone 2 – Fantasy Park began in Seoul on May 18–20, 2018. The concert tour attracted over 90,000 fans in six cities across Asia.
  Twice performed a cover of The Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" as the theme song to the Japanese film adaptation of Sensei Kunshu. The song was released as a digital single on June 15, 2018 along with the music video. A second version of the music video featuring the cast of the film was released on June 26, 2018. On July 9, 2018, an expanded reissue of What Is Love? named Summer Nights, along with its lead single "Dance the Night Away", was released. The single surpassed 100 million streams and sold 2,500,000 downloads on Gaon Music Chart, earning group's very first platinum certification's single both streaming and download and making Twice the second act to earn a platinum certification for streaming, download and album by the KMCA since certifications were introduced in April 2018.
  On September 12, 2018, Twice released their first Japanese studio album, BDZ. Its lead single of the same name was pre-released as a digital single on August 17, 2018. It was followed with their concert tour named Twice 1st Arena Tour 2018 "BDZ", beginning in Chiba on September 29, 2018. The studio album was certified platinum by the RIAJ; it was group's fifth consecutive platinum certification in Japan. Twice released their sixth EP, Yes or Yes, on November 5, 2018 with the lead single of the same name. The music video of "Yes or Yes" achieved 31.4 million views on YouTube within the first 24 hours, becoming the seventh biggest 24-hour YouTube debut of all time.
  Twice released a special album titled The Year of "Yes" on December 12, 2018, along with its lead single "The Best Thing I Ever Did", as a reissue of Yes or Yes. The group also released a repackage of BDZ with "Stay by My Side", the theme song of the Japanese television drama Shinya no Dame Koi Zukan, on December 26, 2018. "Stay by My Side" was released as a digital single on October 22, 2018 along with a behind-the-scenes video showing Twice recording the song. On March 6, 2019, they released their second Japanese compilation album #Twice2.
  Twice became the first female K-pop act to hold a Japanese dome tour, named Twice Dome Tour 2019 "#Dreamday". The tour garnered a total audience of 220,000 during five shows in Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya, and was held from March to April 2019. All tickets sold out within one minute. On April 22, 2019, they released their seventh EP Fancy You. The music video for "Fancy", which garnered over 42.1 million views in a single day, also reached the seventh position in the list of YouTube's biggest debuts during the first 24 hours. The release of Fancy You made Twice the best-selling Korean girl group of all-time with a total of 3,750,000 copies sold from their twelve Korean releases, surpassing the twenty-year-old record of S.E.S.
  On June 12, 2019, Twice released two digital singles, "Happy Happy" and "Breakthrough". On July 17, 2019, JYP Entertainment announced the additional Japanese tour leg after reaching tens of thousands of fans on Southeast Asia and North America legs of the Twicelights Tour. They  staged twelve concert
caption: Twice at the 2019 Golden Disk Awards (Chaeyoung, Jihyo, Momo, Nayeon, Mina, Dahyun, Tzuyu, Jeongyeon, Sana)
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