Ex'Act

Ex'Act (stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by South Korean–Chinese boy band Exo. It was released by SM Entertainment in Korean and Chinese versions on June 9, 2016. The album was re-released under the title Lotto on August 18, 2016. Ex'Act is the third consecutive studio album by Exo to have sold over 1 million copies, and their fourth album to have won the Mnet Asian Music Award for Album of the Year.

Ex'Act
Digital and Lucky One version cover
Studio album by
Exo
ReleasedJune 9, 2016 (2016-06-09)
Recorded2016
StudioSM, Seoul, South Korea
Genre
Length41:19
Language
LabelSM
ProducerLee Soo-man (exec.), LDN Noise
Exo chronology
Sing for You
(2015)		 Ex'Act
(2016)		 For Life
(2016)
Singles from Ex'Act
  1. "Lucky One"
    Released: June 9, 2016
  2. "Monster"
    Released: June 9, 2016
Repackaged edition cover
Singles from Lotto
  1. "Lotto"
    Released: August 18, 2016

Background and release

On May 31, 2016, Exo was announced to be releasing their third studio album.[1] On June 2, it was revealed that the album's title was Ex'Act and Exo would be simultaneously promoting two singles, "Lucky One" and "Monster", with different visual concepts that correspond with the two versions of physical packagings for the album.[2]

On June 7, 2016, it was revealed that notable music producers including Kenzie, The Stereotypes, and Dem Jointz participated in the production of the album, and member Chanyeol co-wrote the lyrics for the track "Heaven".[3] Ex'Act and the music videos for its singles were released on June 9.

A re-packaged edition of the album, titled Lotto, was released on August 18, 2016. The edition adds four new songs including "Lotto", "Can't Bring Me Down", "She's Dreaming" which was written by member Chen, and a remix of "Monster" by LDN Noise.[4]

Promotion

A promotional showcase for Ex'Act was held at Olympic Hall, Seoul on June 8, 2016.[5] Exo began performing the album's singles on South Korean music television programs on June 9.[6] They embarked on their third headlining concert tour The Exo'rdium in July 2016.[7]

Exo began promoting the repackaged edition Lotto by performing the title track on South Korean music television programs on August 19. Member Kai was absent from promotional activities due to an injury he sustained during the concert tour.[8]

KBS, MBC, and Mnet deemed "Lotto" "unfit for broadcast", thus Exo promoted the song with modified lyrics under an alternative title, "Louder", on these TV channels.[9]

Singles

"Monster" and "Lucky One" peaked at number one and three respectively on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart,[10] and at number one and five respectively on the Gaon weekly digital chart.[11] "Monster" went on to win first place nine times in total on South Korean weekly music television shows.

"Lotto" debuted at number two on the Gaon weekly digital chart[12] and at number one on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart.[13] The song went on to win first place seven times in total on South Korean weekly music television shows.

Commercial performance

Ex'Act

Prior to its release, Ex'Act received a record-breaking pre-order by retail outlets of over 660,000 physical copies.[14] Three days after its release, the album became the fastest selling album in the history of South Korean album sales chart Hanteo at the time with over 450,000 physical copies sold, breaking the record previously held by Exo's fourth extended play Sing for You (2015).[15]

The Korean and Chinese versions of the album debuted at number one and two respectively on the Gaon weekly album chart.[16] Both versions combined, the album debuted and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard World Albums chart.[10]

On October 22, 2017, the Korean Music Copyright Association revealed that "Monster" was the most streamed song of 2016 on two major South Korean music sites, Melon and Genie. It accumulated 190,898,389 and 36,688,492 million streams on each platform respectively, making Exo the most streamed group of 2016.[17]

Lotto

The Korean and Chinese versions of Lotto debuted at number one and two respectively on the Gaon weekly album chart.[18] By the end of August 2016, Ex'Act had collectively sold 1,136,104 copies, becoming the third consecutive studio album by Exo to have sold over 1 million copies.[19]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Naver.[20]

Ex'Act – Korean version[21]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Lucky One"
  • JQ (Makeumine Works)
  • Seolim (Makeumine Works)
  • Choi Jin-seon (Makeumine Works)
  • Jang Yeo-jin (Makeumine Works)
3:47
2."Monster"
3:41
3."Artificial Love"
  • Timothy "BOS" Bullock
  • Adrian McKinnon
  • Jeremy "Tay" Jasper
  • MZMC
  • Timothy "BOS" Bullock
4:05
4."Cloud 9"
4:01
5."Heaven"
3:45
6."White Noise" (Korean: 백색소음; RR: Baeksaeng So-eum)
3:32
7."One and Only" (Korean: 유리어항; RR: Yuri-eohang; lit. Glass Fishbowl)
3:49
8."They Never Know"
  • MZMC
  • Jamil "Digi" Chammas
  • Adrian McKinnon
  • Jeremy "Tay" Jasper
  • Leven Kali
  • Otha "Vakseen" Davis III
  • MZMC
  • Jamil "Digi" Chammas
3:33
9."Stronger" (Sung by Suho, Baekhyun, Chen, D.O.)
3:39
10."Lucky One" (Instrumental) 
3:47
11."Monster" (Instrumental) 
3:47
Total length:41:26
Ex'Act – Chinese version[21]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Lucky One" (Chinese Version)
  • JQ (Makeumine Works)
  • Seolim (Makeumine Works)
  • Choi Jin-seon (Makeumine Works)
  • Jang Yeo-jin (lalala Studio)
  • Arys Chien
3:47
2."Monster" (Chinese Version)
3:41
3."Artificial Love" (Chinese Version)
  • Timothy "BOS" Bullock
  • Adrian McKinnon
  • Jeremy "Tay" Jasper
  • MZMC
  • Timothy "BOS" Bullock
4:05
4."Cloud 9" (Chinese Version)
4:01
5."Heaven" (Chinese Version)
  • Chanyeol
  • Min Yeon-jae (lalala Studio)
  • DeerJenny
3:45
6."White Noise (白色噪音)"
3:32
7."One and Only (玻璃鱼缸)"
  • Otha "Vakseen" Davis III
3:49
8."They Never Know" (Chinese Version)
  • MZMC
  • Jamil "Digi" Chammas
  • Adrian McKinnon
  • Jeremy "Tay" Jasper
  • Leven Kali
  • Otha "Vakseen" Davis III
  • MZMC
  • Jamil "Digi" Chammas
3:33
9."Stronger" (Sung by Lay, Baekhyun, Chen, D.O.)
3:39
10."Lucky One" (Instrumental) 
3:47
11."Monster" (Instrumental) 
3:47
Total length:41:26
Lotto – Repackaged album (Korean version)[22]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Lotto"
3:09
2."Lucky One"
3:47
3."Monster"
3:41
4."Artificial Love"
  • Timothy "BOS" Bullock
  • Adrian McKinnon
  • Jeremy "Tay" Jasper
  • MZMC
  • Timothy "BOS" Bullock
4:05
5."Can't Bring Me Down"
  • Droyd
3:06
6."Cloud 9"
4:01
7."Heaven"
3:45
8."She's Dreaming" (Korean: 꿈; RR: Kkum; lit. Dream) (Sung by Suho, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O.)
  • Jay J. Kim
  • Erin Kim
  • Im Kwang-wook (Devine Channel)
  • Jay J. Kim
  • Erin Kim
4:06
9."White Noise" (Korean: 백색소음; RR: Baeksaek So-eum)
3:32
10."One and Only" (Korean: 유리어항; RR: Yuri-eohang; lit. Glass fishbowl)
3:49
11."They Never Know"
  • MZMC
  • Jamil "Digi" Chammas
  • Adrian McKinnon
  • Tay Jasper
  • Leven Kali
  • Otha "Vakseen" Davis III
  • MZMC
  • Jamil "Digi" Chammas
3:33
12."Stronger" (Sung by Suho, Baekhyun, Chen, D.O.)
3:39
13."Monster" (LDN Noise Creeper Bass Remix)
4:05
Total length:48:20
Lotto – Repackaged album (Chinese version)[22]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Lotto" (Chinese Version)
3:09
2."Lucky One" (Chinese Version)
3:47
3."Monster" (Chinese Version)
3:41
4."Artificial Love" (Chinese Version)
  • JQ (Makeumine Works)
  • Ji Ye-won (Makeumine Works)
  • Seolim (Makeumine Works)
  • Timothy "BOS" Bullock
  • Adrian McKinnon
  • Jeremy "Tay" Jasper
  • MZMC
  • Timothy "BOS" Bullock
4:05
5."Can't Bring Me Down" (Chinese Version)
  • Droyd
3:06
6."Cloud 9" (Chinese Version)
4:01
7."Heaven" (Chinese Version)
3:45
8."She's Dreaming (梦)" (Sung by Lay, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O.)
  • Jay J. Kim
  • Erin Kim
  • Im Kwang-wook (Devine Channel)
  • Jay J. Kim
  • Erin Kim
4:06
9."White Noise (白色噪音)"
3:32
10."One and Only (玻璃鱼缸)"
3:49
11."They Never Know" (Chinese Version)
  • MZMC
  • Jamil "Digi" Chammas
  • Adrian McKinnon
  • Jeremy "Tay" Jasper
  • Leven Kali
  • Otha "Vakseen" Davis III
  • MZMC
  • Jamil "Digi" Chammas
3:33
12."Stronger" (Sung by Lay, Baekhyun, Chen, D.O.)
3:39
13."Monster" (LDN Noise Creeper Bass Remix (Chinese Version))
4:05
Total length:48:20

Charts

Sales
Country Sales
Ex'Act Lotto
Korean
version		 Chinese
version		 Korean
version		 Chinese
version
South Korea (Gaon)[25] 551,750 248,325 244,502 120,238
Japan (Oricon)[26] 24,679 7,210 ——

Accolades
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Exo
Year Award Nominated work Category Result
2016 Melon Music Awards Ex'Act Album of the Year Nominated
"Monster" Best Male Dance Won
Mnet Asian Music Awards Ex'Act HotelsCombined – Album of the Year Won
"Monster" HotelsCombined – Song of the Year Nominated
Golden Disk Awards Ex'Act Disk Bonsang Won
Disk Daesang Won
"Monster" Digital Bonsang Nominated
Gaon Chart Music Awards Ex'Act (Korean ver.) Artist of the Year (Album) – 2nd Quarter Won
Ex'Act (Chinese ver.) Nominated
Lotto (Korean ver.) Artist of the Year (Album) – 3rd Quarter Won
Lotto (Chinese ver.) Nominated
"Monster" Artist of the Year (Digital) – June Nominated

Release history
Edition Date Region Format Label
Ex'Act
 June 9, 2016 South Korea CD, digital download
Worldwide Digital download S.M. Entertainment
Lotto
 August 18, 2016 South Korea CD, digital download
  • S.M. Entertainment
  • KT Music
Worldwide Digital download S.M. Entertainment

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