L.U.V is the fifth Japanese single of the South Korean boy group, BTOB. It was released on June 15, 2016 by Kiss Entertainment. The single album also peaked at #1 on the Daily and Weekly Oricon Singles Chart, making it BTOB's first Japanese single to reach number 1. It sold more than 62,000 copies on its first day, and 77,000 copies on its first week.[1][2][3] The song also reached number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[4]

"L.U.V"
Single by BTOB
ReleasedJune 15, 2016
Recorded2016
GenreBallad
LabelKiss Entertainment
BTOB singles chronology
"'Dear Bride'"
(2016)
"L.U.V"
(2016)

The album is available in 5 different versions— a Limited Edition CD+DVD version, 3 Regular Edition CDs with different B-sides, and individual CD covers of each member.[5][6][7][8]

Track listing

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Limited Edition CD
No.TitleLength
1."L.U.V"4:42
2."Jump!"4:05
3."Go for it"3:29
4."Beyond the Time"5:22
5."L.U.V Instrumental"4:42
Total length:22:20
Limited Edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."L.U.V PV" 
2."PV Making" 
Regular Edition - Type A
No.TitleLength
1."L.U.V"4:42
2."Jump!"4:05
3."L.U.V Instrumental"4:42
4."Jump! Instrumental"4:05
Total length:17:34
Regular Edition - Type B
No.TitleLength
1."L.U.V"4:42
2."Go for it"3:29
3."L.U.V Instrumental"4:42
4."Go for it Instrumental"3:29
Total length:16:22
Regular Edition - Type C
No.TitleLength
1."L.U.V"4:42
2."Beyond the Time"5:22
3."L.U.V Instrumental"4:42
4."Beyond the Time Instrumental"5:22
Total length:20:08

Chart performance

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Released Oricon Chart Peak Debut sales Sales total
June 15, 2016 Daily Singles Chart[9] 1 62,131 78,836
Weekly Singles Chart[10] 1 76,591
Monthly Singles Chart[11] 4 78,836
Yearly Singles Chart[12] 67 78,836

References

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  1. ^ Choi, Jun-yong (16 June 2016). "비투비 '열도 접수' 日 싱글 'L.U.V' 오리콘차트 1위 기염". MBN (in Korean). Naver.
  2. ^ Seon, Mi-kyung (16 June 2016). "비투비, 日 새 싱글 오리콘차트 1위 진입..블락비 2위". OSEN (in Korean).
  3. ^ "韓国7人組BTOBが初首位 日本デビュー2年目". 21 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2016/6/27". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  5. ^ "『L.U.V』メンバー別CDジャケット公開! 1/3" (in Japanese). 28 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  6. ^ "『L.U.V』メンバー別CDジャケット公開! 2/3" (in Japanese). 29 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  7. ^ "『L.U.V』メンバー別CDジャケット公開! 3/3" (in Japanese). 15 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  8. ^ "6/15(水)発売 『L.U.V』CDジャケット公開!!" (in Japanese). 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  9. ^ "デイリー CDシングルランキング 2016年06月14日付". Oricon. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  10. ^ "週間 CDシングルランキング 2016年06月27日付". Oricon. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  11. ^ "月間 CDシングルランキング 2016年06月度". Oricon. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  12. ^ "年間 CDシングルランキング 2016年度". Oricon. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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