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SM the Ballad (stylized as S.M. THE BALLAD) is a South Korean ballad project group composed of singers from SM Entertainment. [1] The group released its first extended play, Miss You, in 2010 [2] and its second extended play, Breath , in 2014. [3]
"Miss You", the lead single of the unit's first EP, was originally titled "When It Began" and was written as a duet song for Shinee. When Shinee members Onew and Jonghyun recorded the song, which included the rap vocals of member Minho, S.M. Entertainment intended to include the duet in Shinee's 2008 debut album, Replay . Due to incompatibility with their album's image, Shinee planned to release the song as a separate single. After a few more image changes, it was decided that the single would be performed by Xia Junsu, Super Junior's Kyuhyun, and Jonghyun. Two months prior to the EP's release, Junsu left S.M. Entertainment. The final plan was to include Jay Kim of the TRAX and new SM trainee, Jino, and the song title officially became "Miss You". With Jonghyun, Kyuhyun, Jay Kim, and Jino in the final line-up, S.M. the Ballad debuted their first performance of "Miss You" on SBS' Inkigayo on November 28, 2010. [4] They released their album, Miss You, on November 29, 2010.
On February 3, 2014, S.M. Entertainment revealed, TVXQ's Max Changmin, Super Junior's Yesung, Zhang Liyin, Girls' Generation's Taeyeon, Super Junior-M's Zhou Mi, f(x)'s Krystal and Exo's Chen gathered to release a new EP together with original member Jonghyun. [5] S.M. explained, "SM the Ballad is indeed planning to comeback [sic] very soon. We're going to reveal the details soon". It was later announced that the track list would contain songs in Korean, Japanese and Chinese.
On February 12, 2014, the members of SM the Ballad – with the exception of Changmin and Yesung – held a joint recital concert, performing the new songs from their album. Breath was released on February 13, 2014.
2010 lineups | 2014 lineups
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Miss You |
Track listing
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Breath |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
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"Miss You" (너무 그리워) | 2010 | 16 | Miss You | |
"Breath" (숨소리) (sung by Taeyeon and Jonghyun) | 2014 | 3 |
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"A Day Without You" (하루) (sung by Jonghyun and Chen) | 8 |
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"Set Me Free" (sung by Taeyeon) | 18 |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
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"Hot Times" (시험하지 말기) | 2010 | 93 | Miss You | |
"Blind" (내 욕심이 많았다) (sung by Yesung) | 2014 | 56 | Breath | |
"When I Was... When U Were..." (좋았던 건, 아팠던 건) (sung by Krystal and Chen) | 31 |
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"Breath" (呼吸) (Chinese ver., sung by Chen and Zhang Liyin) | 68 |
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"Breath" (Japanese ver., sung by Max and Krystal) | — [lower-alpha 2] |
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"Blind" (僕のせいだよ) (Japanese ver., sung by Yesung) | — [lower-alpha 3] | |||
"Blind" (太貪心) (Chinese ver., sung by Zhou Mi) | — [lower-alpha 4] | |||
On January 4, 2011, SM Entertainment, together with NEOWIZ Internet Corporation, Ltd, released an iPhone application which features S.M. the Ballad's first mini-album Miss You. The app includes preview tracks of the album, an image gallery and clock, as well as the music videos for "Miss You" and "Hot Times". [16]
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