Twice2

In January 2019, JYP Entertainment announced that Twice would release their second Japanese compilation album on March 6, as well as embark on a dome tour in Japan later that month.^[3] "Likey (Japanese ver.)" was pre-released on January 10 as a digital single, along with an accompanying music video.^[2][4] "What Is Love? (Japanese ver.)" was pre-released as a digital single on February 7, also with an accompanying music video.^[5][6]

#Twice2 was officially released on March 6 in three versions: Standard Edition, First Press Limited Edition A (CD and photo book) and Limited Edition B (CD and DVD). It was also released as a digital download in EP format, containing only the five Japanese-language songs.^[1]

On March 8, 2019, Twice performed a medley of "Yes or Yes (Japanese ver.)", "Likey (Japanese ver.)" and "What Is Love? (Japanese ver.)" on Music Station.^[7]

The album debuted at number 1 on the daily ranking of Oricon Albums Chart with 95,825 units sold, breaking Twice's record of the highest first day album sales for K-pop girl groups in Japan. It was also reported that shipments of the album exceeded 250,000 copies.^[8][9] #Twice2 then topped the weekly Oricon Albums Chart with 200,846 units sold.^[10] It is the first album by a foreign female artist to sell more than 200,000 albums in the first week since Kara's Super Girl in 2011.^[11] On Oricon Digital Album Chart, it debuted at number 2 with 5,192 download count.^[12] It also topped the Billboard Japan Hot Albums recorded 211,406 copies sold.^[13][14]