The War (album)

The War
The War
	Korean version digital cover artwork
Studio album by Exo
Released	July 18, 2017
Recorded	2017
Studio	SM Studios (Seoul)
Genre	K-pop; hip hop; R&B; EDM;
Length	31:35; 41:53 (The Power of Music - repackage)
Language	Korean; Mandarin;
Label	SM; Genie;
Producer	Lee Soo-man; Britt Burton; Dewain Whitmore Jr.; Droyd; Wassily Gradovsky; iDR; Ryan S. Jhun; J. Que; LDN Noise; Harvey Mason Jr.; Obi; Rice N' Peas; R!OT; Styalz Fuego; Ronnie Svendsen; The Fliptones; The Jackie Boyz;
Exo chronology
Singles from The War
	"Ko Ko Bop"; Released: July 18, 2017;
Repackage album cover
Singles from The Power of Music
	"Power"; Released: September 5, 2017;

The War (stylized in all caps) is the fourth studio album by South Korean boy band Exo. It was released on July 18, 2017, by SM Entertainment under Genie Music's distribution. The album includes a total of nine tracks including the lead single "Ko Ko Bop". The War received the highest number of pre-orders at the time for a K-pop album, with more than 800,000 physical copies.^[1] 24 days after being released, it became Exo's first album to have sold over 1 million copies with a single release.^[2] The War became Exo's fifth consecutive album win Album of the Year and the MAMA Awards.

The album was re-released under the title The War: The Power of Music on September 5, 2017.^[3] This was the first Exo release not to feature member Lay, who began an indefinite hiatus shortly before the music video for "Ko Ko Bop" was filmed,^[4] and the last album to be separately released in both Korean and Chinese language.

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^ ""넘사벽 원톱"..엑소, 쿼드러플 밀리언셀러 달성..신기록" (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
^ "EXO Goes All Out Teasing Fans With Upcoming 'Power' Release". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
^ "[단독] 엑소, 레이 제외한 8인조로 7월 컴백 :: 네이버 TV연예". Naver. Archived from the original on July 30, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2018.

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[:0-2] ""넘사벽 원톱"..엑소, 쿼드러플 밀리언셀러 달성..신기록" (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2017.

[:2-3] "EXO Goes All Out Teasing Fans With Upcoming 'Power' Release". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2017.

[4] "[단독] 엑소, 레이 제외한 8인조로 7월 컴백 :: 네이버 TV연예". Naver. Archived from the original on July 30, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2018.

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