Brand New (Shinhwa album)

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Brand New
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Brand New cover
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 27, 2004 (2004-08-27)
Recorded2004
Genre
Language Korean
Label
Shinhwa chronology
Winter Story
(2003)
Brand New
(2004)
Winter Story 2004-2005
(2004)
Singles from Brand New
  1. "Brand New"
    Released: August 27, 2004
  2. "Angel"
    Released: August 27, 2004
  3. "Crazy"
    Released: November 4, 2004
  4. "Oh!"
    Released: November 4, 2004

Brand New is the seventh studio album of South Korean boy band Shinhwa. It was released on August 27, 2004, by Good Entertainment. It is their first album since leaving SM Entertainment and signing with Good Entertainment. The four lead singles are "Brand New", "Angel", "Crazy" and "Oh". Brand New sold 324,772 copies in 2004 and was the fifth best-selling album of the year.

Contents

Background

The members of Shinhwa began taking charge as lyricist in the release of the album. Eric wrote some rap lyrics for some of the songs while Minwoo took charge and began writing full lyrics. Some songs that he wrote are: "All of My", "Oh" and "U". He later went on to write the song "Superstar" for the group Jewelry, which became a hit.

Commercial performance

Brand New debuted at number 3 on the MIAK monthly album chart, and made its way to number 2 before dropping to number 11. However, it made a large jump from number 11 to number 1, with a large jump in sales from 168,654 copies to 320,337 copies. The lead track "Brand New", was composed by Park Geun-tae and Cho Young-soo, won the Triple Crown, i.e. first place for three consecutive weeks, on Mnet's live music program M Countdown . [1]

Accolades

In 2006, "Brand New" was ranked number 58 in a Gallup Korea poll of top 100 favorite Korean songs of all time. [2] Melon and Seoul Shinmun ranked the single number 68 in their 2021 list of the top 100 K-pop songs of all time. [3]

Awards and nominations for Brand New
YearOrganizationCategoryResultRef.
2004 Golden Disc Awards Album Bonsang (Main Prize)Won [4]
Album Daesang (Grand Prize)Nominated
Mnet KM Music Video Festival Best Dance Performance (for "Brand New")Won [5]
Best Male Group Video (for "Angel")Won
Overseas Viewers' Award (for "Brand New")Won
SBS Gayo Daejeon Grand Prize (Daesang)Won [6]
Main Prize (Bonsang)Won
Seoul Music Awards Popularity AwardWon
Music program awards
SongProgramDateRef.
"Brand New" M Countdown September 30, 2004 [1]
October 7, 2004
October 14, 2004
Inkigayo October 10, 2004
October 17, 2004
"Crazy"December 12, 2004
December 19, 2004

Tracks

Brand New track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Shooting Star"Brian Kim, Eric Mun B. KimB. Kim4:01
2."U" Lee Min-woo, Eric MunM.A.R.S.M.A.R.S.3:24
3."Brand New"An Young-min, Eric MunPark Geun-tae, Jo Young-sooPark Joon-ho3:46
4."Fever (Crazy)" (Korean: 열병 (Crazy))Y.M. An, Eric MunY.S. JoY.S. Jo4:09
5."Oh!"Lee Min Woo, Shin Hye-sung, Eric MunLee Min WooLee Min Woo4:11
6."Angel"Y.M. An, Eric MunPark Geun-tae, Y.S. Jo, Lee Hyeon-seungY.S. Jo, H.S. Lee3:57
7."All of My..."B. Kim, Lee Min Woo, Eric MunLee Min WooLee Min Woo3:50
8."Time Machine"Eric MunPark Geun-taeY.S. Jo4:05
9."My Everything Part II" (Korean: 나의 전부 Part II)Eric MunEric MunEric Mun3:59
10."Set Free" (Korean: 놓아요) Kim Dong-wan Kim Dong WanD.W. Kim4:07
11."Liar"E. MunEric MunEric Mun4:00
12."Cheers!" (Korean: 위하여) Psy, Eric MunPsyPsy3:02
13."I Want" (Korean: 원해)Lee Sang-in, Eric MunS.I. LeeS.I. Lee2:56
14."2gether 4ever"Yoon Ji-woong, Eric MunJ.W. YoonJ.W. Yoon4:00

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Brand New. [7]

Charts and sales

Sales

RegionSales
South Korea (RIAK)325,333 [10]

Release history

CountryDateDistributing labelFormat
South KoreaAugust 27, 2004Good EMG, IO Music CD (EKLD-0444) [11]
November 4, 2004Special Edition (CD+DVD) (EKLD-0492) [12]
JapanDecember 8, 2004 Avex Trax CD (AVCD-18067/B) [13]

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