Piece is the first Japanese-language album and second studio album of the South Korean boy group Monsta X. It was released and distributed by Universal Music Japan on April 25, 2018.
Background and release The album was announced in February 2018, as Monsta X's first Japanese album. The album consists of ten tracks, including four new tracks, while the other six were already released singles or Japanese versions of some of the group's earlier Korean tracks. Just prior to the release of this album, in March 2018, "Spotlight", originally released in January that year, became a certified gold single by RIAJ, the first of the group's Japanese singles to achieve this certification.
On April 10, a music video for the track "Puzzle" was released in advance of the album, with a short version of the music video posted to YouTube.
The album was released in three versions, the regular version and limited editions A and B.
Following the release of the album, Monsta X held their first Japanese tour, through April and May 2018.
Commercial performance The album sold more than 55,000 copies in Japan. Billboard Japan charts for Piece: The album had three tracks which charted in Japan, although the track "Puzzle" did not; these are the Japanese versions of "Hero" and "Beautiful", as well as "Spotlight".
Track listing
Charts Album Weekly charts + Chart performance for Piece Chart (2018) Peakposition Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan) 7 Japanese Albums (Oricon) 3
Songs Weekly charts
+ Chart performance for "Hero" (Japanese version) Chart (2017) Peakposition Japan Hot 100 (Billboard Japan) 3 Japanese Singles (Oricon) 2
+ Chart performance for "Beautiful" (Japanese version) Chart (2017) Peakposition Japan Hot 100 (Billboard Japan) 4 Japanese Singles (Oricon) 2
+ Chart performance for "Spotlight" Chart (2018) Peakposition Japan Hot 100 (Billboard Japan) 2 Japanese Singles (Oricon) 2
Certification and sales Region Work Certification Certified units/Sales Album Japan Piece — 55,042Cumulative sales for Piece:
Songs Japan (RIAJ) "Hero" (Japanese version) — 69,713 "Beautiful" (Japanese version) — 68,218 "Spotlight" Gold 94,651 Cumulative sales for Spotlight:
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