I. Introduction
Ex'Act is the third full album by EXO and it was released on June 9,2016 with a korean and chinese version. The album has 2 versions called Monster and Lucky One.
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.
The album had double title tracks Monster and Lucky One with different visual concepts that correspond with the two versions of physical packagings for the album.
II. Music and Background
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".
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 and She's Dreaming which was written by member Chen and a remix of Monster by LDN Noise.
III. Commercial Performance
Prior to its release, Ex'Act received a record-breaking pre-order by retail outlets of over 660,000 physical copies.
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.
The Korean and Chinese versions of the album debuted at number one and two respectively on the Gaon Album Chart. Both versions combined, the album debuted and peaked at number 2 on the Billboard World Album Chart.
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.
The Korean and Chinese versions of Lotto debuted at number one and two respectively on the Gaon weekly album chart. 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.
IV. Tracklist
1. Lotto
2. Lucky One
3. Monster
4. Artificial Love
5. Can't Bring Me Down
6. Cloud 9
7. Heaven
8. She's Dreaming
9. White Noise
10. One And Only
11. They Never Know
12. Stronger
13. Monster (remix)
V. MV and Album Tracks
