This Christmas (Taeyeon song)

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"This Christmas"
Single by Taeyeon
from the album This Christmas: Winter Is Coming
ReleasedDecember 12, 2017 (2017-12-12)
Genre Ballad
Length4:27
Label SM
Songwriter(s)
  • Score (13)
  • Megatone (13)
Producer(s) 13
Taeyeonsingles chronology
"Make Me Love You"
(2017)		"This Christmas"
(2017)		"Something New"
(2018)
Music video
"This Christmas" on YouTube

"This Christmas" is a song recorded by South Korean singer Taeyeon. It was released as a digital single on December 12, 2017, by SM Entertainment. It is the title track of Taeyeon's special Christmas album This Christmas: Winter Is Coming .

Contents

Background and release

The music video for "This Christmas" was released on December 12, 2017. [1] The song is an authentic ballad featuring a magnificent orchestral sound and the delicate and explosive singing ability of 'Taeyeon' and an instrumental version is also included. [2] The younger version of Taeyeon in the video is played by Kim Jiwon, who made her debut as Liz of IVE in 2021, but was not a trainee at the time. [3] To promote the album, Taeyeon held a two-night concert titled "The Magic of Christmas Time" on December 22 and 23, 2017 at Kyung Hee University, Seoul. [4] [5]

Chart performance

"This Christmas" debuted at number 2 on the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart. [6] On the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 Chart, the song debuted at number five in the chart issue dated December 30, 2017. [7]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
South Korea (Gaon) [6] 2
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100) [7] 5

Sales

RegionSales
South Korea [8] 227,856

Credits

Credits adapted from the EP's liner notes. [9]

Studio

Personnel

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Worldwide [10] [11] December 12, 2017 Digital download SM Entertainment

Awards and nominations

YearAwardsCategoryRecipientResult
2018 Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards Song of the Year – December"This Christmas"Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Taeyeon celebrates Christmas with special album". The Korea Herald . December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ "[Album review] Taeyeon's Christmas ballads heaven to ears". The Korea Herald . December 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  3. ↑ 아이브 리즈, 극락 파트의 비결이 이거라고...?![IVE LIZ](ENG, ESP, INDO, TH), 28 December 2021, retrieved 2021-12-28
  4. ↑ "Taeyeon to return with Christmas record, concert in December". The Korea Herald . November 16, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  5. ↑ Hong Se-young (2017-12-08). "태연, 12일 'This Christmas' 발표…겨울감성 폭격 [공식]" [Taeyeon releases 'This Christmas' on the 12th... Winter emotional bombing [Official]]. Sports Donga (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "2017년 50주차 Digital Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Chart - Week of 2017-12-30". Billboard. December 18, 2017. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  8. ↑ Accumlated digital sales for "This Christmas":
  9. ↑ Taeyeon (2017). This Christmas: Winter Is Coming (photobook). South Korea: SM Entertainment. Credits.
  10. ↑ "This Christmas - Winter is Coming – EP by Taeyeon" (in Korean). Melon . Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  11. ↑ "This Christmas - Winter is Coming – EP by Taeyeon". Apple Music. 12 December 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
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