F(x) discography

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f(x) performing in 2012
Studio albums4
EPs2
Singles15
Video albums1
Music videos23
Single albums2

The discography of the South Korean multinational girl group f(x) consists of four studio albums, two extended plays, one reissue album, one video album, fifteen singles, two promotional single and four soundtrack appearances.

Contents

f(x) formed by SM and debuted in September 2009 with the digital single "La Cha Ta" and two month later, they released their first physical single "Chu~♡". In 2010, their first EP Nu ABO was released. The single "Nu ABO" peaked number one on Gaon Chart. In 2011, the group released their first studio album Pinocchio , which was later re-released as Hot Summer in the same year. The album spawned two more singles: "Pinocchio (Danger)" and "Hot Summer" reached number one and two on Gaon Chart. The album was listed as one of the best-selling album of 2011 [1] and also the single "Hot Summer" became one of the best-selling single of 2011. [2] Their second EP Electric Shock (2012) and second studio album Pink Tape (2013) reached number one. The single "Electric Shock" from the second EP and "Rum Pum Pum Pum" from the second studio album all peaked atop South Korea's singles chart. Their album Pink Tape also garnered widespread critical acclaim with became the only K-pop album to be featured on US music channel Fuse's "41 Best Albums of 2013" [3] [4] and was named the "Greatest K-pop Album of the 2010s" by Billboard. [5]

f(x) debuted in Japan with released the Japanese versions of their singles "Hot Summer". [6] The single was re-released in their first Japanese single called "Summer Special: Pinocchio / Hot Summer in 2015. In 2016, their second Japanese single "4 Walls / Cowboy" was released.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSales
KOR
[7]
JPN
[8]
US Heat
[9]
US
World

[10]
Pinocchio 1
  • KOR: 74,032 [11]
  • JPN: 8,004
Pink Tape
  • Released: July 29, 2013
  • Label: SM Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
128211
  • KOR: 107,725 [12]
  • JPN: 11,022
Red Light
  • Released: July 7, 2014
  • Label: SM Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
129132
  • KOR: 97,126 [13]
  • JPN: 7,430
4 Walls
  • Released: October 27, 2015
  • Label: SM Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
13971
  • KOR: 82,181 [14]
  • JPN: 3,700
  • US: 1,000 [15]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Reissues

List of reissues, with selected details, chart positions, and sales
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSales
KOR
[16]
Hot Summer
  • Released: June 14, 2011
  • Label: SM Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2
  • KOR: 70,240 [17]
  • JPN: 9,268

Video albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSales
JPN
DVD
f(x) Dimension 4 – Docking Station in Japan
  • Released: July 6, 2016
  • Language: Korean, Japanese
  • DVD Region: 1
4 (DVD)
3 (Blu-ray)

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions and sales
TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsSales
KOR
[19]
JPN
[8]
US Heat
[20]
US
World

[21]
Nu ABO
  • Released: May 4, 2010
  • Label: SM Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2
Electric Shock
  • Released: June 10, 2012
  • Label: SM Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
116212
  • KOR: 91,119 [23]
  • JPN: 15,243
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and sales, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbum
KOR
[24]
KOR
Hot

[25]
JPN
[26]
JPN Hot
[27]
US
World

[28]
"La Cha Ta" [29] 2009Non-album single
"Chu~♡" [30]
  • KOR: 4,485(phy.) [31]
Chu~♡
"Nu ABO" (NU 예삐오)20101Nu ABO
"Pinocchio (Danger)" (피노키오) [a] 201116923577Pinocchio
"Hot Summer" [b] 230Hot Summer
"Electric Shock"2012123Electric Shock
"Rum Pum Pum Pum" (첫 사랑니)2013115Pink Tape
"Red Light"2014233Red Light
"4 Walls" [c] 201521524 Walls
"Wish List" (12시 25분)21 Winter Garden
"All Mine"2016122 SM Station Season 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Promotional singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
KOR
Gaon
"Chocolate Love (Electronic Pop Ver.)" [43] 20097Non-album singles
"Lollipop" (feat. M.I.C.)2010
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other charted songs

TitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbum
KOR
Gaon

[44]
KOR
Hot.

[25]
"Thrill Love"201016 OST for the drama of Hungry Romeo, Luxury Juliet
"I Love You, I Love You" (사랑해, 사랑해)36More Charming by the Day: Original Sound Track
"Ice Cream" (아이스크림)71 Nu ABO
"Sorry (Dear. Daddy)"77
"Surprise Party"84
"Me+U"88
"Is It OK?" (좋아해도 되나요)2011108
  • KOR: 23,232
Paradise Ranch OST / Hot Summer (Repackage Edition)
"Sweet Witches" (빙그르)77 Pinocchio / Hot Summer (Repackage Edition)
"Dangerous"64
"Beautiful Goodbye"79
"Gangsta Boy"74
"Love" (아이)66
"Stand Up!"100
"My Style"98
"So Into U"101
"Lollipop" (featuring Shinee)29
"Jet" (제트별)20122439 Electric Shock
"Zig Zag" (지그재그)4052
"Beautiful Stranger"2942
"Love Hate"4463
"Let's Try" (훌쩍)4771
"Shadow" (미행 (그림자))2013325Pink Tape
"Pretty Girl"3058
"Kick"4285
"Signal" (시그널)2257
"Step"2586
"Goodbye Summer" (featuring D.O.)526
"Airplane"1647
"Toy"3575
"No More" (여우 같은 내 친구)2861
"Snapshot"3463
"Ending Page"4093
"Milk"20141028Red Light
"Butterfly" (나비)3376
"Rainbow" (무지개)50
"All Night"1637
"Vacance" (바캉스)4997
"Spit It Out" (뱉어내)56
"Boom Bang Boom"51
"Dracula"3982
"Summer Lover"4595
"Paper Heart" (종이 심장)3689
"Traveler" (featuring Zico)2015244 Walls
"Diamond"29
"Glitter"35
"X"38
"Deja Vu"39
"Rude Love"46
"Papi"47
"When I'm Alone"51
"Cash Me Out"52
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Music videos

Korean music videos

List of Korean music videos
YearMusic videoDirector(s)Note
2009"La Cha Ta"Un­knownDebut music video
"Chocolate Love"
(electro-pop version)
Commercial film for LG's Chocolate (2 versions)
"Chu~♡"
"Hard but Easy" OST for Invincible Lee Pyung Kang (Luna and Krystal duet)
2010"Thrill Love" OST for Hungry Romeo, Luxury Juliet
"Nu ABO"
2011"Pinocchio (Danger)" Zanybros
"Hot Summer"
2012"Electric Shock"Most viewed f(x) music video on YouTube
2013"Rum Pum Pum Pum"
2014"Red Light" Min Hee-jin Last music video as a 5-member group
2015"4 Walls" Shin Hee-won First music video as a 4-member group
"12:25 (Wish List)"Un­knownStory music video
2016"All Mine" Amber Directed by Amber

Japanese music videos

List of Japanese music videos
YearMusic videoDirector(s)Note
2012"Hot Summer"Un­knownJapanese debut PV
2015"Pinocchio (Danger)"Filmed in 2011 (at the same time as the Korean version)
2016"4 Walls"Filmed in 2015 (at the same time as the Korean version)

Chinese music videos

List of Chinese music videos
YearMusic videoDirector(s)Note
2010"Lollipop"Un­knownCommercial film for LG's Lollipop (with M.I.C.)

See also

Notes

  1. "Pinocchio" was released in Japan in 2015 as "Summer Special: Pinocchio / Hot Summer".
  2. "Hot Summer" was released as a digital single in Japan in 2012.
  3. "4 Walls" was released in Japan in 2016 as a double A-side single titled "4 Walls / Cowboy".

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  9. Billboard Heatseekers
  10. Billboard World
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  12. Cumulative sales for "Pink Tape":
  13. Cumulative sales for "Red Light":
  14. Cumulative sales for "4 Walls":
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  17. Cumulative sales of "Hot Summer":
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  19. Gaon Album Chart:
  20. Billboard Heatseekers
  21. Billboard World
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  23. Cumulative sales of "Electric Shock":
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  31. Cumulative physical sales figures for "Chu~♡":
  32. Cumulative sales for "Nu ABO":
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  34. Cumulative sales for "Pinocchio":
  35. Cumulative sales for "Hot Summer":
  36. Cumulative sales for "Electric Shock":
  37. Cumulative sales for "Rum Pum Pum Pum":
  38. Cumulative sales for "Red Light":
  39. Cumulative sales for "4 Walls":
  40. "2016 Oricon Singles Chart – November Week 1". Oricon. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  41. Cumulative sales for "Wish List"
  42. Cumulative sales for "All Mine"
  43. "Chocolate Love – Music" (in Korean). Naver. Naver Corporation . Retrieved May 6, 2016.
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  45. 1 2 3 Cumulative sales of "Sweet Witches", "Beautiful Goodbye", "Gangsta Boy":
  46. 1 2 Cumulative sales of "Dangerous", "Love":
  47. 1 2 3 Cumulative sales of "Stand Up!", "My Style", "So Into U":
  48. Cumulative sales of "Lollipop":
  49. Cumulative sales of "Jet":
  50. 1 2 3 4 Cumulative sales of "Zig Zag", "Beautiful Stranger", "Love Hate", "Let's Try":
  51. 1 2 Cumulative sales of "Shadow", "Goodbye Summer":
  52. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cumulative sales of "Pretty Girl", "Kick", "Signal", "Step", "Toy", "No More", "Snapshot", "Ending Page":
  53. Cumulative sales of "Airplane":
  54. Cumulative sales of "Milk":
  55. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sales of "Butterfly", "Rainbow", "Vacance", "Spit It Out", "Boom Bang Boom", "Dracula", "Summer Lover", "Paper Heart":
  56. Cumulative sales of "All Night":
  57. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cumulative sales of "Traveler", "Diamond", "Glitter", "X", "Deja Vu", "Rude Love", "Papi", "When I'm Alone", "Cash Me Out":
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Korean Music Awards: Group Musician of the Year
2011
Succeeded by
Preceded by 26th Golden Disk Awards: Disk Bonsang
2011
Succeeded by
Incumbent