Twice re-proved their reputation by receiving gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with 'I CAN'T STOP ME'.
According to the RIAA's announcement on its official website on the 26th (local time), the title song 'I CAN'T STOP ME' of Twice's 2nd full-length album 'Eyes wide open', released on October 26, 2020. ' has obtained official gold certification. As a result, Twice has their second record with 'I CAN'T STOP ME', following the English single 'The Feels', which received its first gold certification from the RIAA in November last year. RIAA grants qualifications based on sales of singles and albums in the U.S. by dividing them into gold (over 500,000), platinum (over 1 million), multi-platinum (over 2 million), and diamond (over 10 million).
'I CAN'T STOP ME' was written by Park Jin-young and JYP Publishing's composer Shim Eun-ji. The song was widely loved by domestic and foreign listeners for its addictive melody and sensuous performance. The cumulative number of streams on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, is approaching 400 million, and the song's music video has recently surpassed 500 million views on YouTube, making it a long-running hit.
TWICE is carrying out its fifth world tour 'TWICE 5TH WORLD TOUR 'READY TO BE'', which will consist of 44 concerts in 25 cities around the world, starting in Seoul in April this year. Through this tour, they became the first female group in the world to enter and sell out SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and MetLife Stadium in New York, and broke their own record for the largest North American tour audience by mobilizing a total of 250,000 people during 13 performances in 9 cities in the United States. We are accumulating achievements. Building momentum, Melbourne, Australia on November 4, Nagoya, Japan on December 16-17, Jakarta, Indonesia on the 23rd, Fukuoka, Japan on the 27th-28th, Mexico City, Mexico on February 2-3, 2024, 6-7 It is expected that the group will go to places such as Sao Paulo, Brazil and warm up local fans.
On the 21st, Twice held a solo fan meeting '2023 TWICE FANMEETING <ONCE AGAIN>' to commemorate the 8th anniversary of its debut at Olympic Hall, Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul.
Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr