EXO-CBX

EXO-CBX

Chen, Xiumin and Baekhyun in December 2013
Background information
Also known as
  • ChenBaekXi
  • CBX
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active 2016–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website EXO-CBX
Members

EXO-CBX (Hangul: 엑소-첸백시, also known as CBX or ChenBaekXi) is the first official sub-unit of South Korean boy group EXO. Formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2016, the group is composed by three EXO members: Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin. Their debut extended play Hey Mama! was released in October 2016.

History

2016–present: Formation and debut with Hey Mama!

On July 29, 2016, Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin appeared in a video titled "Reservoir Idols" during Exo's concert tour Exo Planet 3 – The Exo'rdium. They then released an original soundtrack titled "For You" for the SBS television drama series Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo on August 23, 2016. As a result it was speculated that they would form EXO's first sub-unit. This was confirmed by S.M. Entertainment on October 5.[1] On October 23, they performed "For You" for the first time as a unit at the 2016 Busan One Asia Festival.[2] On October 24, the unit's name was announced to be EXO-CBX (shortened from ChenBaekXi), after the first letter of the members' stage names.[3]

On October 31, EXO-CBX released their debut extended play Hey Mama!, which contains five tracks with a variety of genres including electronic dance, R&B ballad and retro pop,[4] along with the music video for the title track.[5] The group made their debut performance on M Countdown on November 3.[6] On November 6, the "Reservoir Idols" video was officially released as a music video for "The One", one of the tracks from the album. Hey Mama! topped the Billboard World Albums chart and South Korean's Gaon album chart. On November 15, the group won their first music program trophy on The Show with "Hey Mama!".[7] Later in November, EXO-CBX recorded a remake of the original soundtrack "Crush U" for the game Blade & Soul. They performed the song on November 18 at the N-Pop Showcase concert, part of the 2016 Blade & Soul world championship tournament.[8]−

Discography

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart
positions		 Sales
KOR
[9]		 JPN
[10]		 TW
[11]		 US World
[12]
Hey Mama! 1 14 4 1

Singles

Title Year Peak chart
positions		 Sales Album
KOR
Gaon
[15]		 US
World
[16]
"Hey Mama!" 2016 4 7 Hey Mama!

Promotional singles

Title Year Peak chart
positions		 Sales Album
KOR
Gaon
"Crush U" 2016 TBA Blade & Soul OST

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart
position		 Sales Album
KOR
Gaon
[15]
"The One" 2016 22 Hey Mama!
"Rhythm After Summer" 28
"Juliet" 27
"Cherish" 25

Filmography

Variety shows

Year Title Role Network Notes
2016 You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook Guests KBS2 with Kangta
MY SMT Youku Xiumin & Chen only

Radio shows

Year Title Role Station
2016 Cultwo Show Guests SBS Power FM
Choi Hwa-jung Power Time

Music videos

Year Music video Album Language
2016 "Hey Mama!" Hey Mama! Korean
"The One"

Achievements

Music programs

The Show

Year Date Song
2016 November 15[7] "Hey Mama!"

References

  1. ↑ "첸·백현·시우민, 엑소 첫 유닛 출격..10월 말 출격" (in Korean). entertain.naver.com. October 5, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ "[BOF]'엑소 유닛' 첸백시 첫 공식무대, 2만 5천팬 홀렸다" (in Korean). entertain.naver.com. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ SMTOWN_EN. "[Vyrl] SMTOWN_EN : #EXO's first unit #EXO-CBX 1st mini album 'Hey Mama!' drops Oct 31, 0A". Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ SMTOWN_EN. "[Vyrl] SMTOWN_EN : #EXO-CBX's 1st mini album '#HeyMama!' includes 5 tracks with a variety". Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "#EXO-CBX release MV for "Hey Mama!"". Allkpop. October 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ "엑소 첫 유닛 '첸백시', 11월 3일 엠카로 첫방". 인사이트 (in Korean). Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Sun Mi-kyung (2016-11-15). "엑소 첸백시, '더쇼'서 유닛 첫 1위..레이 솔로 공개". Korea Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  8. ↑ Kim Joo-ae (November 18, 2016). "'N-POP' 엑소-첸백시X레드벨벳, '블소' 켜게 만드는 마성의 목소리". Xsports News (in Korean). Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  9. ↑ Peak positions on the Gaon Album Chart:
    • "Hey Mama!". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ Peak positions on the Oricon Album Chart:
  11. ↑ "Five Music-5大唱片". www.5music.com.tw. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
  12. ↑ Peak positions on the Billboard World Albums Chart:
  13. ↑ Cumulated sales for Hey Mama!:
  14. ↑ "2016 Oricon Chart – November Week 3". Oricon. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  15. 1 2 Peak chart positions on the Gaon Digital Chart:
  16. ↑ "World Digital Songs". Billboard. (subscription required (help)).
  17. 1 2 3 Cumulative sales for "Hey Mama!", "The One" and "Cherish":
  18. 1 2 "Gaon Download Chart - Week 45, 2016". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-11-11.

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