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Exo-CBX
Exo-CBX (Korean: 엑소-첸백시; RR: Exo-Chen-Baek-Xi) is the first sub-unit of South Korean boy band Exo, consists of three members: Xiumin, Baekhyun, and Chen. They debuted on October 31, 2016, with the extended play (EP) Hey Mama!.
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| Exo-CBX at Billboard K Power 100 in 2024 From left to right: Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin |
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| Seoul, South Korea |
| K-popR&Bdance-pop |
| 2016 (2016)–present |
| SMAvex TraxINB100 |
| Exo |
| Xiumin |
| Baekhyun |
| Chen |
| smtown.com/artists/10043 |
Exo-CBX (Korean: 엑소-첸백시; RR: Exo-Chen-Baek-Xi) is the first sub-unit of South Korean boy band Exo, consists of three members: Xiumin, Baekhyun, and Chen. They debuted on October 31, 2016, with the extended play (EP) Hey Mama!.
Exo-CBX at Busan One Asia Festival on October 23, 2016
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 SM Entertainment on October 5. On October 23, they performed "For You" for the first time as a unit at the 2016 Busan One Asia Festival. 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.
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, along with the music video for the title track. The group made their debut performance on M Countdown on November 3. 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. 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. On December 25, "Crush U" music video was released.
On May 10, through EXO's official Japanese Twitter account, SM announced that the sub-unit was going to have a Japanese debut during late May. They released their debut Japanese mini album, Girls, on May 24.
In January 2018, via an online program on LINE, they announced that they have prepared for their first Japan arena tour called "Magical Circus" in May and June. The tour had eight shows with four cities in Japan, including: Yokohama, Fukuoka, Nagoya and Osaka. On April 10, the group released their second Korean mini album Blooming Days. CBX's first Japanese studio album, Magic, was released on May 9.
In February 2019, it was announced that the group would have Special Edition concerts of their Japanese tour "Magical Circus" in April.
On June 1, 2023, it was announced that Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin were in the process of terminating their contracts with SM, and had filed a joint lawsuit against the company in regards to transparency of earnings. On June 19, it was announced by SM that the contract dispute had been resolved, and the trio would be staying with the company moving forward.
On January 8, 2024, it was announced that the subunit's future activities and the members' solo activities would be managed by INB100, an independent label established by Baekhyun in June 2022, while their group activities still remains under SM Entertainment.
On December 30, 2025, it was announced that CBX would be performing at the 2026 Dream Concert, marking the group's return to the event after 9 years.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Released: May 9, 2018 (JPN) | |||
| Label: Avex Trax | |||
| Formats: CD, digital download | 3 | 1 | JPN: 64,417+ (Phy.) |
| JPN: 1,331+ (Dig.) |
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Released: October 31, 2016 (KOR) | ||||||||
| Label: SM Entertainment | ||||||||
| Formats: CD, digital download | 1 | — | 15 | 14 | — | 1 | KOR: 303,389 | |
| JPN: 11,445 | ||||||||
| US: 2,000 | —.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}N/a | |||||||
| Released: May 24, 2017 (JPN) | ||||||||
| Label: Avex Trax | ||||||||
| Format: CD, digital download | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | JPN: 71,933 | —N/a |
| Released: April 10, 2018 (KOR) | ||||||||
| Label: SM Entertainment | ||||||||
| Formats: CD, digital download | 1 | 63 | 20 | 10 | 74 | 2 | KOR: 363,567 | |
| CHN: 107,012 | ||||||||
| JPN: 13,513 | KMCA: Platinum | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | — | — | 7 | KOR: 285,728 | Hey Mama! |
| 2017 | — | — | — | — | —N/a | Girls and Magic |
| 2018 | 20 | 2 | — | 8 | Blooming Days | |
| — | — | 100 | — | Magic | ||
| 2019 | — | — | 47 | — | JPN: 1,122 | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.Notes: Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 was introduced on May 29, 2017.Alibaba music chart discontinued in November 2017. |
| Title | Year | Sales | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | KOR: 20,936 | Blade & Soul OST | ||
| 2018 | —N/a | KONA Electric X EXO-CBX | Collaboration with Hyundai |
| Title | Year | Peak chart position | Sales | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 22 | —N/a | KOR: 91,926 | Hey Mama! |
| 28 | KOR: 69,690 | |||
| 27 | KOR: 71,044 | |||
| 25 | KOR: 90,891 | |||
| 2018 | 83 | 3 | —N/a | Blooming Days |
| 87 | 4 | |||
| 91 | 5 | |||
| 93 | 6 | |||
| 96 | 7 | |||
| 100 | 8 | |||
| 2017 | — | —N/a | —N/a | Girls |
| — | ||||
| — | ||||
| — | ||||
| — | ||||
| — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.Notes: Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 was introduced on May 29, 2017.Alibaba music chart discontinued in November 2017. |
| Title | Year | Peakchart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | [달의 연인 - 보보경심 려 OST Part 1] 첸, 백현, 시우민 (EXO) - 너를 위해 MV | |
| 2017 | — | Running Man Animation OST | |
| — | Final Life: Even if You Disappear Tomorrow OSTMagic | ||
| 2018 | 88 | Live OST | |
| 2019 | 117 | Love Playlist Season 4 OST | |
| "—" denotes that the release didn't chart in that region.Note: Alibaba music chart discontinued in November 2017. |
| Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Unknown | |
| Kwon Soonwook | ||
| Unknown | ||
| 2017 | Unknown | |
| 2018 | VM Project Architecture | |
| Unknown | ||
| 2017 | Ninomiya "NINO" Daisuke | |
| 2018 | Jinsoo Chung |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Released: September 26, 2018 | |||
| Languages: Japanese | |||
| Label: SM Entertainment | 3 | 3 | JPN: 21,292 |
| Released: August 21, 2019 | |||
| Languages: Japanese | |||
| Label: SM Entertainment | 4 | 6 | —N/a |
- Magical Circus (2018)
- Magical Circus – Special Edition (2019)
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Album of the Year – 2nd Quarter | Blooming Days | Nominated | ||
| Song of the Year – April | "Blooming Day" | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Disc Bonsang | Blooming Days | Nominated | ||
| Disc Daesang | Nominated | ||||
| Popularity Award | Exo-CBX | Nominated | |||
| NetEase Most Popular K-pop Star | Nominated | ||||
| 2018 | Best Dance Male | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Best Asian Style in Japan | Won | |||
| 2018 | Best Unit | Nominated | |||
| Song of the Year | "Blooming Day" | Nominated | |||
| Mwave Global Fans Choice | Exo-CBX | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Bonsang Award | Nominated | |||
| Popularity Award (Male) | Nominated | ||||
| Global Fandom Award | Nominated |
- Official website (in Korean)
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