EXO's "For Life" won during KBS' "Music Bank" this year. "For Life" is the group's special winter release album with 10 tracks.
On Jan. 2, South Korean boy grou EXO was awarded for the Dec. 30 episode of KBS' "Music Bank," which was originally cancelled. Their winter special album is up against BIGBANG's "FXXK IT," and garnered 8,142 points beating BIGBANG's 6,689 points, Soompi reported.
Although KBS previously deemed "FXXK IT" for broadcast, the song was included in this week's chart after the broadcasting network's re-evaluation. Both songs have outstandingly got the first and second place despite no official promotions on KBS, especially for BIGBANG.
In particular, EXO acquired 6,587 points for its physical album sales. Also, 425,000 copies of "For Life" has been sold so far.
Meanwhile, the group will perform its greatest hits in their upcoming "EXO PLANET #3-The EXO'rDIUM" concert in Manila, Philippines. The two day concert will commence on Feb. 25 to 26 at 7:30 p.m and 5:30 p.m., respectively, as reported by Manila Bulletin.
"EXO'rDIUM" kicked off in Seoul last July 2016 which recorded a 84,000 fans who had attended the six-day concert. EXO is expected to perform their greatest hits including "Call Me Baby," "Monster," "Mama," "Wolf," "Growl," and "Overdose."
In early 2016, the group held their "EXO PLANET #2-The EXO'luXion" concert in Manila on Jan. 23 and 24. After it was announced in 2015, ticket for the said concert sold out like pancakes which prompted the organizers to add a second night for the concert.
Formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2011, the group debuted in 2012 with twelve members separated in two sub-units: EXO-K and EXO-M. Since their debut, the group has already sold million copies of their albums.
As a matter of fact, their 3rd studio album "EX'ACT," along with its repackaged version of "Lotto" have sold an estimated 1.14 million copies in Korea. The group even topped Twitter's " 2016 Top Trending Artist" and landed on the 10th spot as "Top Trending Topics in Music" this year.
Starting Jan. 8, tickets for "EXO'rDIUM In Manila" will be available through http://www.ticketnet.com.ph/
Catch EXO in "Lotto" below:
