BTS - You Never Walk Alone

I. Introduction

You Never Walk Alone is a repackage of BTS' second studio album Wings. It was released on February 13, 2017 with "Spring Day" serving as the album's title track.

The album was the third best-selling album of 2017 in South Korea. As 2020, the album has sold more than one million copies alone and with the original edition more than two million copies.

II. Background and Release

On November 18, 2016 Big Hit Entertainment released a teaser trailer for an upcoming concert tour of Wings while revealing the ticketing schedule with ticket sales starting on December 21. They later announced BTS would be back on February 13, 2017 with part two of Wings. On February 2 and 3 concept photos were released on the group's official Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts, indicating that the physical album would be available in two versions, designated 'Left' and 'Right'.

The track list was then released on BTS' official homepage and Twitter account on February 7, revealing the track "Outro: Wings" as a remake from their previous album. A music video teaser was released on YouTube on February 10 hinting at the new lead single, "Spring Day". On February 11, the second music video teaser was released on YouTube, which indicated that "Not Today" was another single from the album.

You Never Walk Alone is a continuation of Wings and contains stories that were not included in the previous album. The album also contains messages of hope and consolation meant to heal the youth of the generation.

III. Tracklist

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V. Videos

Official Video(s)

Live Performance(s)

Dance Practice(s)

VI. Concept Pictures

VII. Reception

You Never Walk Alone received a record-breaking pre-order of over 700,000 physical copies, the highest pre-order record for the first half of 2017.

Within an hour of its midnight release, lead single "Spring Day" reached the top spot on eight online music streaming sites, including Melon, Mnet, Genie and Naver Music. "Spring Day" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard World Digital Songs, selling 14,000 digital downloads. Together with "Not Today", "Outro: Wings" and "A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone", the four new tracks held the top four slots on the World Digital Songs chart making BTS the first K-pop act to do so. "Not Today" surpassed "Spring Day" in the following week, rising up the chart to No. 1 and recording BTS' fourth entry as chart-toppers on the ranking.

The album You Never Walk Alone debuted at No. 61 on the Billboard 200, extending BTS' record as the K-pop act with the most entries on the chart. This eventually led to their 6th entry on the chart, unique for a Korean artist at the time. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard World Albums, giving BTS their third chart-topper album on that ranking.

In South Korea, the album charted at No. 1 on Gaon Weekly Chart with 373,750 albums sold in one week, earning the band their 7th weekly chart-topper and breaking the record set by Wings. It also topped February Gaon Monthly Chart, the highest physical sales for the first half of 2017.

VIII. Awards