Английская Википедия:April, and a Flower

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April, and a Flower (styled as April, and a flower) (Шаблон:Korean) is the debut extended play by South Korean singer Chen. It was released on April 1, 2019 by SM Entertainment and distributed by Dreamus. The extended play features six songs including the hit lead single "Beautiful Goodbye". The album is available in three versions: April, Flower, and a standard Kihno version of the album.

Background and release

On March 8, it was reported that Chen would release his first solo album in April. On March 19, the EP's title April, and a Flower, release date and art cover were revealed. The pre-order of the three versions of the EP started on the same day. On March 21, a detailed teaser photo of the EP schedule was released. On March 22, the track list and the album details were released.

On March 25, three image teasers of the singer were released. On March 26, additional three image teasers were released. On March 27, highlight medley of the EP was released. On March 29, three image teasers of the singer were released. On the same day, the first teaser of "Beautiful Goodbye" music video was released. On March 30, two additional teaser photos were released.

On April 1, the official music video of "Beautiful Goodbye" and the EP were released. On April 5, a vertical video of "Beautiful Goodbye" was released. On April 8, a visual video of "Flower" was released. On April 19, a handwritten video of "Beautiful Goodbye" was released, where fans of Chen participated in writing the lyrics of the song on papers, and a video collage was made of it.

Promotion

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Chen in a showcase on April 1, 2019.

On April 1, Chen held a showcase where he talked about the process of making the EP and held a listening session of it, the singer also performed the lead single "Beautiful Goodbye" for the first time. On the same day he held a busking event titled "Chen's April Busking" at Coex Artium Mall where he discussed about each track of the EP with the fans, and performed "Sorry Not Sorry" and "Beautiful Goodbye". Chen started promoting on Korean music programs for one week starting from April 5, 2019 and resulted in achieving first place on two music programs. On April 6, The singer held a fansign in Sinchon, and on April 20, in Busan and Daegu.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (2019)	Peak position
French Digital Albums (SNEP)	33
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	51
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard)	34
South Korean Albums (Gaon)	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)	Position
South Korean Albums (Gaon)	29

Sales

Region	Sales
South Korea	212,252
Japan	3,220
United States	1,000

Accolades

Awards

Year	Organization	Award	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2020	Golden Disc Awards	Disc Bonsang	April, and a Flower	Шаблон:Nom
		Digital Bonsang	"Beautiful Goodbye"	Шаблон:Nom

Music show awards

Song	Program	Date	Ref.
"Beautiful Goodbye"	Show! Music Core (MBC)	April 13, 2019
	Inkigayo (SBS)	April 14, 2019

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
South Korea	April 1, 2019	Шаблон:Hlist	Шаблон:Hlist
Various		Шаблон:Hlist	SM Entertainment