Key Insights
- The Core is XG’s debut full-length album, leading this week’s music poll.
- Fans voted for XG as their favorite new release, surpassing other artists.
- The album features the single Hypnotize, which debuted alongside a music video.
- XG is set to embark on a tour in February to promote The Core.
The Core, XG‘s first full-length album, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll.
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Jan. 23) on Billboard, choosing the Japanese vocal group’s fresh arrival as their favorite new drop.
The Core arrived in a week that also saw new music streaming in from two former One Direction members — Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles, with separate solo releases (an album for Tomlinson and a single for Styles) — plus Arctic Monkeys, Fred Again.. and Young Thug and more. XG ultimately held steady in the lead, bringing in more than 50% of the vote.
The Core is a long-awaited collection from XG, one that their team described via press statement as “a defining artistic statement” for the Japanese seven-piece upon its release. The group (Jurin, Chisa, Hinata, Juria, Cocona, Maya and Harvey)’s new single from the 10-track album, the song “Hypnotize,” was accompanied by a music video on Friday.
In an interview about XG in the fall, executive producer JAKOPS (SIMON) told Billboard Japan that the goal with The Core was to “create the greatest record in the world.”
XG will soon hit the road for a tour in support of The Core, kicking things off in early February in Yokohama, Japan.
Among the new releases trailing behind The Core are Louis Tomlinson’s How Did I Get Here? album (with 46% of the vote) Harry Styles’ single “Aperture” (with 2% of the vote).
See the final results of this week’s poll below.
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