The Light (BGYO album)

The Light
Studio album by
Released7 October 2021
Recorded2021
Genre
Length40:25
Language
LabelStar Music
BGYO chronology
The Light
(2021)
BE:US
(2022)
Singles from The Light
  1. "The Light"
    Released: January 29, 2021
  2. "He's Into Her"
    Released: April 23, 2021
  3. "The Baddest"
    Released: August 20, 2021
  4. "When I'm with You"
    Released: October 7, 2021
  5. "Kundiman"
    Released: November 26, 2021

The Light is the debut studio album of Filipino boy band BGYO. It was released by Star Music on 7 October 2021. The album contains twelve tracks, with "When I'm With You" as its key single, four new tracks "Kundiman," "Fly Away," "Sabay," and "Rocketman", which BGYO co-written, four versions of the band's debut single in Bahasa, Japanese, Spanish and Thai, along with the group's signature hits The Light, He's Into Her and The Baddest. The album's lyrical content transcends the spirit of resilience, empathy, and love.[1]

The album debuts and peaks at number 1 on iTunes Albums Chart in 5 countries—Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. It also charted in Canada, Thailand, Qatar, Australia, Norway, Malaysia and Mexico;[2] and has achieved the coveted feat of being the longest consecutive charting album by a Filipino act to stay at number one on iTunes Philippines of all time.[3]

The album surpassed 5 million Spotify streams, 2 weeks since its release.[4]

  1. ^ For citations about "The Light" album as BGYO's debut album.
    • "BGYO Reveals Album Tracklist & Next Key Track Snippet". onemusic.ph. 29 September 2021. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
    • Miguel Dumaual (7 October 2021). "The full BGYO debut album is here, plus the music video for "When I'm With You"". news.abs-cbn.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
    • "BGYO inspires people from all over the world with its first album "The Light"". ent.abs-cbn.com. 7 October 2021. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. ^ For citations of The Light as No. 1 album in iTunes.
  3. ^ RAFAEL BAUTISTA (29 January 2022). "BGYO TURNS ONE: A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THEIR MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS". Pop Culture. Archived from the original on 17 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022 – via Nylon Manila.
  4. ^ Nino Llanera (31 October 2021). "BGYO Celebrates 5 Million Spotify Streams on Debut Album Plus Global Reactions to When I'm With You MV". myx.global. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.