Equinox (JO1 album)
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| Released | September 20, 2023 | |||
| Recorded | 2022–2023 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
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| Label | Lapone Entertainment | |||
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Equinox (stylized in all caps) is the third studio album by Japanese boy band JO1. It includes songs from their past EP releases, Midnight Sun and Tropical Night. Lapone Entertainment released the album in five editions on September 20, 2023, with "Venus" and "Radiovision" serving as the main promotional singles. It was the group's first release with unit songs and digipack packaging. Notable contributors include Sunwoo of The Boyz, Masami Kakinuma, and members of JO1.
Equinox was preceded by two promotional digital singles: "NEWSmile", the theme of the Japanese morning news show Mezamashi 8, and "Gradation", from the film When the Dawn Breaks, I’ll Be the First to See You , starring member Ruki Shiroiwa. The album was also supported by the Beyond the Dark tour, which ran from August to December 2023 and included stops in Asia and Kyocera Dome Osaka.
The album marked JO1's second consecutive number-one album on the Oricon and Billboard Japan charts. It was also the first time JO1 had topped combined sales, physical sales and download component charts on both publications.