Gateway (EP)


Gateway is the seventh extended play by South Korean boy group Astro. It was released on 4 May 2020, by Fantagio Music and distributed by Kakao M. The album contains six songs including the lead single "Knock". This is their third number one album in South Korea.

Release

The album was released on 4 May 2020, through several music portals including MelOn and Apple Music.

Reception

The group re-entered the Emerging Artists chart at number 49. Upon the release of Gateway, Billboard reported that the sextet gained 75,000 new YouTube subscribers, 24,000 new Twitter followers and 6,000 new Facebook page followers. The biggest music move Astro made was with new single "Knock" logging 312,000 on-demand U.S. streams, in its first week available.

Commercial performance

The album debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart for the week ending 9 May 2020. It also debuted at number 38 on Billboard Japan's Hot Albums for the week ending 18 May 2020, and at number 15 on Top Download Albums. It also debuted at number 3 on the Oricon Albums Chart with 11,459 copies sold and peaked at number 3 on the Oricon Combined Albums Chart.

Track listing

Charts