TXT (band)


Tomorrow X Together, commonly known as TXT, is a five-member South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Entertainment. The group consists of members Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Huening Kai. They debuted on March 4, 2019 with the EP . The album debuted and peaked at number one on the Gaon Album Chart and Billboard World Albums Chart and entered the US Billboard 200 at number 140, becoming the highest-charting debut album by any male K-pop group. The album's lead single "Crown" debuted atop the World Digital Songs with TXT topping the Billboard Emerging Artists Chart, making them the fastest K-Pop group to appear in World Digital Songs and the second fastest K-Pop group to appear in the Billboard Emerging Artist. The group's commercial reception earned them several new artist of the year awards including Rookie of the Year at the 34th Golden Disc Awards and the 2019 Melon Music Awards, New Artist of the Year- Album at the 9th Gaon Chart Music Awards and Best New Male Artist at the 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards.

Name

TXT is an acronym standing for "Tomorrow X Together". In Korean, the group name is " ", read as "Tomorrow By Together" and transliterated into Hangul. They do not have a separate Korean version of their name. According to their website, the meaning behind "Tomorrow by Together" is five individuals who "come together under one dream in hopes of building a better tomorrow".
In their first ever interview with MBC's "Section TV", the group mentioned that they prefer to be called by their full name, not by their initials.

History

Pre-debut

Plans for a second boy group from Big Hit Entertainment were announced by founder Bang Si-hyuk as early as 2017 and a date for early 2019 set in November 2018. TXT was officially revealed on January 10, 2019. Over the next ten days, YouTube videos depicting each member, dubbed "introduction films", were released.

2019: Debut and ''The Dream Chapter: Magic''

TXT is the first boy band to debut under Big Hit Entertainment in six years after BTS. A debut broadcast for the group was aired on Mnet and its YouTube page, and was announced along with the band's debut extended play, ', which was released on March 4. A debut showcase was held at the Yes24 Live Hall on March 5. Following the release of the EP, the music video of the album's lead single, "Crown" garnered 14.5 million views on YouTube, breaking the record for the most viewed K-Pop debut music video within 24 hours for a boy group and the most liked K-pop debut music video with 2.3 Million likes in 24 hours. The album debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart and Billboard World Albums Chart while "Crown" debuted at number one on the Billboard World Digital Songs Chart. The group debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Emerging Artists and at No. 140 on the Billboard 200 chart for the first time, making them the fastest to appear in these charts and highest-charting debut album by any male K-pop group. The album also ranked number 3 on Oricon's Weekly Album Chart. Additionally, the album went onto top the Gaon Monthly Album Chart for the month of March. TXT's first music show performance was aired on March 7, 2019 on Mnet's M Countdown. They earned their first ever music show win on SBS MTV's The Show with the single "Crown" just after a week of their debut. This was soon followed by wins on M Countdown and Show Champion. "Crown" made it on to GQs Decade-end list of "The game-changers from a decade of K-pop", for the year 2019, with GQ writing, "The bright, effervescent pop of TXT who, despite being BTS’s younger sibling group, are in their own element as they playfully explore teenage growing pains."
On April 9, 2019, TXT announced their first-ever overseas tour, a six-show debut showcase in the United States encompassing six American cities- New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Orlando, and Atlanta over the course of about two weeks, from May 9 to 24. Tickets to all shows were sold out in less than 24 hours. Following their showcase in May, TXT performed at the 2019 iHeartRadio Wango Tango music concert held at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles on June 1. On June 20, the group announced that they would be performing in two of Japan's largest fashion festivals- Kansai Collection’s Autumn/Winter 2019 runway show on August 27, followed by the famous Tokyo Girls Collection’s Autumn/Winter 2019 show on September 7, making TXT the first Korean artist ever to perform at both shows during the same season. On July 6, TXT performed at KCON 2019 NY music festival held at Madison Square Garden, New York, in front of 55,000 spectators. Later that month, TXT received their first ever MTV Video Music Award nomination in the category of "Best K-pop".
On August 8, 2019, it was announced by Big Hit Entertainment that they originally had planned to release a new album in August but due to members Soobin being diagnosed with infectious conjuctivitis and Yeonjun affected by back pains, it was then postponed to September. On August 20, Big Hit revealed members Taehyun and Huening Kai had also been diagnosed with conjuctivitis, thus a reschedule of the album "has become unavoidable", citing the change in release date from September to October.
on August 23, 2019.
On October 21, 2019, TXT released their first studio album, titled, ', with "9 and Three Quarters " as its lead single. Musically, the album incorporates a variety of different music genres, including R&B, tropical house, acoustic pop and hip hop. Commercially, the album debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart, surpassing 124,000 sales in its first week. This marked the group's second chart-topping album following their EP The Dream Chapter: Star. The album debuted at No. 3 on Billboards World Albums Chart and at No. 6 on the Heatseeker's Album Chart. A total of four tracks from the album entered the Billboard World Digital Songs chart with the lead single "9 and Three Quarters " debuting at No. 2. Billboard and Dazed both later named “9 and Three Quarters ” one of the best K-pop songs of the year.
TXT's commercial success in their early months earned them several rookie awards at major Korean year-end music award shows, including the Asia Artist Awards, Melon Music Awards, Mnet Asian Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, Gaon Chart Music Awards and Seoul Music Awards.

2020: Japanese promotions and ''The Dream Chapter: Eternity''

On January 15, 2020, TXT made their Japanese debut with the single "Magic Hour", which included Japanese versions of their songs "Run Away", "Crown", and "Angel or Devil". The single debuted at number one on the Oricon daily chart and at number two on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. On January 19, the group's Japanese television debut was announced with their first-ever appearance on TV Asahi's Music Station. They performed the Japanese version of "Run Away" on January 24; they are the first Korean artist to perform on the show in 2020. "Magic Hour" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for selling 100,000 units.
On April 28, Big Hit Entertainment announced the release date of TXT's second EP, titled , as May 18, with the lead single "Can't You See Me?". Commercially, the album sold over 181,000 units in its first week, and entered the Gaon Album Chart at number two. It debuted at number one on the Oricon Albums Chart, becoming the band's first chart-topper in Japan.
TXT will make their first Japanese comeback on August 19 with their second single "Drama". The single album will include Japanese versions of "Drama" and "Can't You See Me?", and their first original Japanese song, "Everlasting Shine". On the 29th of July 2020 TXT has been chosen to sing the opening of the anime Black Clover with the song "Everlasting Shine" that will be aired on the 1st of September 2020.

Members

In May 2019, TXT were announced as the new ambassadors for Korean skin care brand, "It's Skin".

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Single albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Videography

Music videos

Other videos

DVD

Filmography

Television

Online shows

Awards and nominations

Award ceremonyYearCategoryNominee/workResult
Asia Artist Awards2019Rookie of the Year TXT
Asia Artist Awards2019Popularity AwardTXT
Brand of the Year Awards2019Male Rookie Idol of the YearTXT
Bravo Otto2019Best K-popTXT
BreakTudo Awards2019Best International Debut MV Clip"Crown"
The Fact Music Awards2020Next Leader AwardTXT
Gaon Chart Music Awards2020New Artist of the Year – AlbumTXT
Gaon Chart Music Awards2020New Artist of the Year – DigitalTXT
Gaon Chart Music Awards2020Album of the Year – 1st Quarter'
Genie Music Awards2019Best New Male ArtistTXT
Genie Music Awards2019Genie Music Popularity AwardTXT
Genie Music Awards2019Global Popularity AwardTXT
Genie Music Awards2019Top Artist AwardTXT
Golden Disc Awards2020Rookie Artist of the YearTXT
Golden Disc Awards2020Tiktok Golden Disc Most Popular ArtistTXT
Golden Disc Awards2020Disc Bonsang'
Melon Music Awards2019Rookie of the YearTXT
Mnet Asian Music Awards2019Best New Male ArtistTXT
Mnet Asian Music Awards2019Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10TXT
Mnet Asian Music Awards2019Worldwide Icon of the YearTXT
Mnet Asian Music Awards2019Artist of the YearTXT
MTV Video Music Awards2019Best K-Pop"Cat & Dog"
MTV Video Music Awards2020Best K-Pop"Run Away"
Seoul Music Awards2020New Artist AwardTXT
Seoul Music Awards2020Popularity AwardTXT
Seoul Music Awards2020K-Wave Popularity AwardTXT
Seoul Music Awards2020QQ Music Most Popular K-Pop Artist AwardTXT
Soribada Best K-Music Awards2019Rookie AwardTXT
Soribada Best K-Music Awards2019BonsangTXT
Soribada Best K-Music Awards2019Male Popularity AwardTXT
Soribada Best K-Music Awards2020BonsangTXT
Soribada Best K-Music Awards2020Male Popularity AwardTXT
Spotify Awards2020Radar Artist/Emerging ArtistTXT
V Live Awards2019Global Rookie Top 5TXT
V Live Awards2019The Most Loved ArtistTXT