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Namanana
File:Lay-namanana-album-cover.webp
Digital cover
Studio album by
Lay
ReleasedOctober 19, 2018 (2018-10-19)
Recorded2018
Studio
  • Doobdoob (Seoul)
  • In Grid (Seoul)
  • SM Big Shot (Seoul)
  • SM LVYIN (Seoul)
  • Zhang Yixing Studio (Beijing)
Genre
Length69:48
Language
Label
ProducerLay
Lay chronology
Winter Special Gift
(2017) 		Namanana
(2018) 		Honey
(2019)
Singles from Namanana
  1. "Give Me a Chance"
    Released: October 5, 2018
  2. "Namanana"
    Released: October 19, 2018

Namanana (stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by Chinese rapper and singer Lay. It was released on October 19, 2018 by SM Entertainment. The album features 22 tracks in total, 11 of which are in Chinese language with English counterparts for each, including the two singles "Give Me a Chance" and "Namanana". The album marks the singer's US debut under the name Lay Zhang.[2][3]

Background and release

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On September 21, Lay announced his US debut with a full-length album, set to be released on October 19.[4] The artist participated in producing each track of the album.[5] On September 28, it was announced that Lay would pre-release his song "Give Me a Chance" on October 5, which was co-written and co-composed by Bazzi, and that he would also release the music video of the song on his birthday, October 7.[6]

On October 5, the track "Give Me a Chance" was released along with a teaser of the music video.[7][8] On October 7, the music video of "Give Me a Chance" was released.[9] On October 16, the album teaser was released[10] and the digital pre-sale in China started.[11] On October 18, Namanana music video teaser was released.[12] On October 19, the album and the music video of the title track "Namanana" were officially released.[13]

Promotion

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Lay performed the title track "Namanana" on Tencent's Yo! Bang music show on October 21. The singer performed "Give Me a Chance" and on episode 8 of the Chinese program Idol Hits, aired on October 26,[14] as well as episode 9, aired on November 2.[15]

Lay began promoting Namanana in the United States on November 2, where he was interviewed by BUILD Series NYC.[16] On November 5, Lay appeared on WNYW's Good Day New York, where he talked about his album and performed "Namanana".[17] On the same day, the singer had an interview on the People Now program.[18] Lay held a free fan event in New York City on November 6, 2018, at the PlayStation Theater.[19]

Singles

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"Give Me a Chance" was released on October 5.[20]

Commercial performance

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Within 11 minutes and 11 seconds of the album's pre-sale in China on October 16, Namanana broke eight records and reached Double Diamond on QQ Music. It became the fastest digital album to break all the certifications in such a short time.[21] The album broke the ninth record on QQ Music and reached the Hall of Fame Gold Diamond status in 11 hours and 57 minutes.[22]

Namanana became QQ Music's best selling album of 2018 and the fastest to receive all 9 QQ Music sales certifications.[citation needed] As of December 11, Namanana became the best selling album of all time on QQ Music, with 23.4 million renminbi (RMB) in sales.[23]

Track listing

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The track list is taken from QQ Music[11]

CD1 (Chinese version)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."集结号" (The Assembly Call)(instrumental)LayLay1:25
2."梦不落雨林" (Namanana)Pan Yan Ting (Golden Hook Music)
  • Lay
  • PinkSlip
  • Anthony Pavel
  • MZMC
Lay3:28
3."爱到这" (Give Me a Chance)Wang Jing Yun
  • Lay
  • Andrew Bazzi
  • Mike Woods
  • Kevin White
  • MZMC
Lay3:43
4."催眠术" (Lay U Down)Pan Yan Ting (Golden Hook Music)
  • Lay
  • Jakob Mihoubi
  • Rudi Daouk
  • Qi Zhe Xi
  • Lay
  • Qi Zhe Xi
3:06
5."爱的引力" (Save You)
  • Pan Yan Ting (Golden Hook Music)
  • Lay
  • Lay
  • Jakob Mihoubi
  • Rudi Daouk
Lay3:31
6."坚持" (Hold On)Sun Yi En
  • Lay
  • Jeff Lewis
Lay3:11
7."幸福上瘾" (Thing for You)Pan Yan Ting (Golden Hook Music)
  • Lay
  • VEDO
Lay2:52
8."麻婆豆腐" (Mapo Tofu)Pan Yan Ting (Golden Hook Music)
  • Lay
  • Dawn
Lay2:42
9."香水" (Flavour)Pan Yan Ting (Golden Hook Music)
  • Lay
  • Jakob Mihoubi
  • Rudi Daouk
Lay4:10
10."快门回溯" (Don't Let Me Go)Pan Yan Ting (Golden Hook Music)
  • Lay
  • Qi Zhe Xi
3:31
11."贝壳女孩" (Tattoo)Zhou Wei Jie
  • Lay
  • Hyuk Shin
  • JJ Evans (Joombas)
  • Ashley Alisha (Joombas)
Lay3:15
Total length:34:54
CD2 (English version)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."The Assembly Call"(instrumental)LayLay1:25
2."Namanana"
  • Anthony Pavel
  • PinkSlip
  • Lay
  • PinkSlip
  • Anthony Pavel
  • MZMC
Lay3:28
3."Give Me a Chance"
  • Lay
  • Andrew Bazzi
  • Mike Woods
  • Kevin White
  • MZMC
Lay3:43
4."Lay U Down"
  • Jakob Mihoubi
  • Rudi Daouk
  • Lay
  • Jakob Mihoubi
  • Rudi Daouk
  • Qi Zhe Xi
  • Lay
  • Qi Zhe Xi
3:06
5."Save You"
  • Jakob Mihoubi
  • Rudi Daouk
  • Lay
  • Jakob Mihoubi
  • Rudi Daouk
Lay3:31
6."Hold On"Jeff Lewis
  • Lay
  • Jeff Lewis
Lay3:11
7."Thing for You"VEDO
  • Lay
  • VEDO
Lay2:52
8."Mapo Tofu"
  • Anthony Pavel
  • MZMC
  • Lay
  • Dawn
Lay2:42
9."Flavour"
  • Jakob Mihoubi
  • Rudi Daouk
  • Lay
  • Jakob Mihoubi
  • Rudi Daouk
Lay4:10
10."Don't Let Me Go"
  • Anthony Pavel
  • MZMC
  • Lay
  • Qi Zhe Xi
3:31
11."Tattoo"
  • JJ Evans (Joombas)
  • Ashley Alisha (Joombas)
  • Lay
  • Hyuk Shin
  • JJ Evans (Joombas)
  • Ashley Alisha (Joombas)
Lay3:15
Total length:34:54

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2018) Peak
position
French Digital Albums (SNEP)[24] 161
US Billboard 200[25] 21
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[26] 1
US World Albums (Billboard)[27] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (2018) Position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[28] 34
US World Albums (Billboard)[29] 4

Sales

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Region Sales
China (DL)[30] 1,102,391
United States[31] 24,000

Accolades

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Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result
2019 26th ERC Chinese Top Ten Awards Top Ten Gold Songs "Namanana" Won
Pop Music Gold Chart Annual Festival Best Music Arrangement of the Year Won
iQIYI Scream Night Awards Producer of the Year Won
Tencent Music Entertainment Awards Best Selling Digital Album of the Year Won
Music program awards
Song Program Date
"Give Me a Chance" Yo! Bang (Tencent QQ) October 14, 2018
October 21, 2018
"Namanana" November 15, 2018

Release history

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Region Date Format Label
United States October 19, 2018 CD, digital download, streaming
China
South Korea
Various Digital download, streaming
  • SM
  • Zhang Yixing Studio

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