SKZ2020

SKZ2020
Regular edition and digital cover
Compilation album by
Stray Kids
ReleasedMarch 18, 2020
Length90:29
Language
  • Japanese
  • Korean
Label
Producer
  • 3Racha
  • Hong Ji-sang
  • DallasK
  • Earattack
  • Lamook
  • Gongdo
  • Armadillo
  • Rangga
  • Trippy
  • Lee Woo-min "Collapsedone"
  • Fredrik "Fredro" Ödesjö
  • HotSauce
  • Kim Mong-e
  • Time
  • Justin Reinstein
  • Yong Jong-sung (MonoTree)
  • Song Ha-eun
  • Brian Atwood
  • Glory Face (Full8loom)
  • Jake K (Artiffect)
  • Kairos
  • SamUIL
  • K.O
  • Chan
  • Tak1
  • Take
  • Grvvity
  • Lorenzo Cosi
  • YK Koi
Stray Kids chronology
Step Out of Clé
(2020) 		SKZ2020
(2020) 		Go Live
(2020)
Singles from SKZ2020
  1. "My Pace (Japanese ver.)"
    Released: January 31, 2020
  2. "Double Knot (Japanese ver.)"
    Released: February 18, 2020
  3. "Levanter (Japanese ver.)"
    Released: March 9, 2020

SKZ2020 is the first compilation album by South Korean boy band Stray Kids. It was released on March 18, 2020, through Epic Records Japan, and JYP Entertainment, as the group's Japanese debut release. This consists of twenty-seven tracks that the group had released previously, but re-recorded versions consisting of their current lineup, following the departure of Woojin from the group in late October 2019.[1]

SKZ2020 preceded by the Japanese version of "My Pace", "Double Knot", and "Levanter".[2][3] In Japan, the album was released physically in four versions: first press limited, regular, period time limited, and complete limited edition (cassette tape).[4] SKZ2020 debuted at number three on both the Oricon Albums Chart,[5] and the Billboard Japan Hot Albums,[6] selling 36,347 copies in Japan as of March 2020.[7] In the United States, the album entered the Billboard World Albums at number fourteen, selling 1,000 units in its first week.[8]

  1. ^ Delgado, Sara (October 28, 2019). "Stray Kids Member Woojin Is Leaving the K-Pop Group". Teen Vogue. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Jeon, Ah-ram (March 12, 2020). "스트레이 키즈, 18일 새 앨범 'SKZ2020' 韓·日 동시 발매…'띵곡' 집약체 [공식입장]" [Stray Kids, New Album 'SKZ2020' Korea-Japan Simultaneous Release on 18th…'Masterpieces' Integration [Public Announcement]]. Xportsnews (in Korean). Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "TWICE弟分「Stray Kids」、3・18ベストアルバムで日本デビュー 大阪・横浜公演も決定" [TWICE's younger brother 'Stray Kids' Announced Japan Debut with the Best Album on March 18, and Osaka・Yokohama Concert]. Oricon (in Japanese). January 6, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "Stray Kids、ジャパンデビューアルバム 『SKZ2020』3月18日発売" [Stray Kids, Japan Debut Album 'SKZ2020' March 18 Release]. Tower Records Japan (in Japanese). January 16, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  5. ^ Stray Kids. "SKZ2020". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "【ビルボード】ジャニーズWEST『W trouble』が総合アルバム首位 トップ5はすべて初登場でのチャートイン" [[Billboard] Johnny's West "W Problem" Topped on the Overall Albums, All Top 5 Are All New Entry]. Billboard Japan (in Japanese). March 25, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "月間 アルバムランキング 2020年03月度" [Monthly Album Chart March 2020]. Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  8. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (April 2, 2020). "Stray Kids Send 'SKZ2020' Compilation to World Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2021.