Recently, MONSTA X's management agency STARSHIP Entertainment announced that MONSTA X was certified gold again by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) thanks to its latest single 'LIVIN' IT UP' released on September 12.
This would be the second time for the group to be certified gold since MONSTA X already received its first gold with the group's Japanese single 'SPOTLIGHT' back in January.
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Starting with its track 'SPOTLIGHT', MONSTA X ranked #1 on two Japanese music charts including Oricon chart, and Tower Record Weekly Single Chart, and marked #3 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 with its Korean mini album 'THE CONNECT : DEJAVU' released in March, first Japanese full album 'PIECE' released in April, and the latest single 'LIVIN' IT UP'.
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(Kang Eunbee, Credit= 'OfficialMonstaX' Twitter)
(SBS Star)