"My Pace (Japanese ver.)" Released: January 31, 2020
"Double Knot (Japanese ver.)" Released: February 18, 2020
"Levanter (Japanese ver.)" Released: March 9, 2020
SKZ2020 is the firstcompilation album by South Korean boy bandStray Kids. It was released on March 18, 2020, throughEpic Records Japan, andJYP Entertainment, as the group's Japanese debut release. This consists of twenty-seven tracks that the group had released previously, but re-recorded versions consisting of their current lineup, following the departure ofWoojin from the group in late October 2019.[1]
SKZ2020 preceded by the Japanese version of "My Pace", "Double Knot", and "Levanter".[2][3] In Japan, the album was released physically in four versions: first press limited, regular, period time limited, and complete limited edition (cassette tape).[4]SKZ2020 debuted at number three on both theOricon Albums Chart,[5] and theBillboard Japan Hot Albums,[6] selling 36,347 copies in Japan as of March 2020.[7] In the United States, the album entered theBillboard World Albums at number fourteen, selling 1,000 units in its first week.[8]
The album's CD package of first press limited and regular editions consists of two discs; one containing tracks 1-14, and the other with tracks 15-27.
The Korean version ofSKZ2020 ordered the Japanese version track to be the last three tracks,[9] while the international version were not included, but released standalone instead.[10]
^Jeon, Ah-ram (March 12, 2020)."스트레이 키즈, 18일 새 앨범 'SKZ2020' 韓·日 동시 발매…'띵곡' 집약체 [공식입장]" [Stray Kids, New Album 'SKZ2020' Korea-Japan Simultaneous Release on 18th…'Masterpieces' Integration [Public Announcement]].Xportsnews (in Korean). RetrievedDecember 23, 2021.
^"TWICE弟分「Stray Kids」、3・18ベストアルバムで日本デビュー 大阪・横浜公演も決定" [TWICE's younger brother 'Stray Kids' Announced Japan Debut with the Best Album on March 18, and Osaka・Yokohama Concert].Oricon (in Japanese). January 6, 2020. RetrievedDecember 23, 2021.
^"Stray Kids、ジャパンデビューアルバム 『SKZ2020』3月18日発売" [Stray Kids, Japan Debut Album 'SKZ2020' March 18 Release].Tower Records Japan (in Japanese). January 16, 2020. RetrievedMarch 23, 2022.
^Stray Kids."SKZ2020".Oricon (in Japanese). RetrievedDecember 23, 2021.
^"月間 アルバムランキング 2020年03月度" [Monthly Album Chart March 2020].Oricon (in Japanese). Archived fromthe original on April 8, 2020. RetrievedDecember 23, 2021.
