Sadame Explained

is the debut Japanese studio album by South Korean boy band Enhypen. It was released on October 26, 2022, through Virgin Music. The album consists of nine tracks, including the Japanese versions of "Blessed-Cursed" and "Future Perfect (Pass the Mic)".

Background and release

In August 2022, Belift Lab confirmed that Enhypen would release their first Japanese studio album in October.^{[1] [2] [3]} Titled Sadame, the album was released on October 26, through Universal Music Japan. It contained nine tracks, including the original Japanese songs "Always" and "Forget Me Not" and the Japanese versions of "Blessed-Cursed" and "Future Perfect (Pass the Mic)", as well as "Polaroid Love" as a CD-only bonus track.^[4] The album also featured the new Japanese song "Make the Change", the theme for the second season of the Tokai TV and Fuji TV Japanese drama Saikou no Obahan Nakajima Haruko, which began airing on October 8; the song was digitally pre-released on October 12.^[5]

Commercial performance

On the first day of its release, Sadame sold 183,373 copies and placed first on Oricon's Daily Album Ranking.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2022–2023)! scope="col"

Peak position
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[9]	10
Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon)[10]	1
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[11]	1
US World Albums (Billboard)[12]	5

Monthly charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"

Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[13]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"

Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[14]	13
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[15]	17

Release history

Release formats for Sadame! Region! Date! Format! Label

Various	October 26, 2022

Notes and References

1. Web site: ENHYPEN to release first Japanese album, '定め SADAME, this October. bandwagon.asia. 27 October 2022 . en . 31 August 2022.
2. Web site:
   1. ENHYPEN JAPAN 1st ALBUM "定め" (KILL ver.) 2022.10.26 Release
   . ENHYPEN Official Japan. August 30, 2022. October 27, 2022. Twitter.
3. Web site:
   1. ENHYPEN JAPAN 1st ALBUM "定め" - Promotion Calendar
   . ENHYPEN Official Japan. August 18, 2022. October 27, 2022. Twitter.
4. Web site: Will Schube. ENHYPEN Announce First Japanese Studio Album, 'Sadame'. udiscovermusic. August 19, 2022. September 15, 2022.
5. Web site: ENHYPEN、ドラマ「最高のオバハン 中島ハルコ」第2シリーズの主題歌担当. Natalie. September 15, 2022. September 15, 2022.
6. Web site: https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=052&aid=0001806111. ko: 엠넷-빅히트 아이돌 육성 프로그램 '아이랜드' 6월 방송. ENHYPEN 1st full-length Japanese album, 1st in Oricon daily album on the first day of release. Lee. Yoo-na. www.ytn.co.kr. October 27, 2022. ko. Naver. October 27, 2022.
7. Web site: Jeong Ji-won. October 27, 2022. ko:엔하이픈 日 정규, 오리콘 앨범 차트 1위. Enhypen Japanese regular, Oricon album chart 1st place. https://www.joynews24.com/view/1532527. October 27, 2022. joynews24 . ko.
8. Web site: Cheon Seol-hwa. October 27, 2022. ko:ENHYPEN, 정규앨범 포함 6개 앨범 오리콘 앨범 차트 정상. ENHYPEN tops Oricon album chart with 6 albums including regular album. http://www.stardailynews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=401440. October 27, 2022. stardailynews. ko.
9. Web site: Sadame – Week 50, 2022. 19 December 2022 . HDU. hr. December 21, 2022.
10. Web site: Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2022-11-07 . . November 4, 2022. ja.
11. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of November 2, 2022. Billboard Japan. ja. November 2, 2022.
12. World Albums: Week of December 17, 2022. Billboard. December 13, 2022.
13. Web site: Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2022-10 . . November 11, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221109034255/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2022-10/ . November 9, 2022 . ja.
14. Web site: https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2022/p/2/. ja:年間 アルバムランキング 2022年度. Oricon. ja. Annual Album Ranking 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221222005522/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2022/p/2/. December 22, 2022. live. December 21, 2022.
15. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums Year-End 2022 . . December 9, 2022.