Holiday Night

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Holiday Night
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Digital and Holiday version cover
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 4, 2017 (2017-08-04)
RecordedNovember 4, 2016 – May 31, 2017
StudioSM Studio Center (Seoul)
Genre Pop [1]
Length37:01
LanguageKorean
Label
Producer Lee Soo-man (exec.)
Girls' Generation chronology
Lion Heart
(2015)
Holiday Night
(2017)
Forever 1
(2022)
Singles from Holiday Night
  1. "Holiday"
    Released: August 4, 2017
  2. "All Night"
    Released: August 4, 2017

Holiday Night is the sixth Korean studio album and ninth overall by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released digitally on August 4 and physically on August 7, 2017, by SM Entertainment to commemorate the group's tenth anniversary since their debut in 2007. Lee Soo-man, founder of SM Entertainment, served as the album's executive producer.

Contents

The album is a primarily pop record containing ten tracks including the double singles "Holiday" and "All Night", which were released simultaneously with the digital release of the album. It peaked at number two on the Gaon Album Chart and has sold over 160,000 physical copies as of September 2017. The album also peaked atop the Billboard World Albums and the Taiwanese G-Music Chart and appeared on record charts of Australia, France, Japan, and New Zealand.

Background and composition

Holiday Night consists of ten tracks in various genres. The first single "All Night" was written by Kenzie, who penned Girls' Generation's debut single "Into the New World", while the second single "Holiday" was co-written by member Seohyun, who also wrote the track "Sweet Talk". [3] Another track "It's You", a tribute to a fan-letter received by the group, was written by member Yuri. [4]

Release and promotion

On July 4, 2017, Girls' Generation was announced to be releasing their sixth studio album in August 2017 to commemorate the group's tenth debut anniversary. [5] On July 27, the album's title was revealed to be Holiday Night, ostensibly referring to its singles. [6] The album and its singles' music videos were released online on August 4, while physical copies became available on August 7, 2017.

To celebrate their anniversary, Girls' Generation held a fanmeeting titled "Holiday to Remember" on August 5, 2017, at Olympic Hall, where they performed "Holiday", "All Night" and "One Last Time" for the first time. [5] They performed the singles on South Korean music television shows on August 10, 12 and 13, 2017.

Commercial performance

Holiday Night sold over 90,000 copies within one week after being released, surpassing The Boys as Girls' Generation's fastest-selling Korean-language album. [7] It debuted atop the Billboard World Album chart, and peaked at number 2 on the South Korean Gaon Album Chart.

It was the 18th best-selling album of 2017 with 167,638 physical copies.

Track listing

Credits adapted from Naver

Holiday Night
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Girls Are Back"
3:26
2."All Night"
  • Ollipop (The Kennel)
  • Daniel Caesar (Caesar & Loui)
  • Ludwig Lindell (Caesar & Loui)
  • Hayley Aitken
  • The Kennel
  • Caesar & Loui
3:43
3."Holiday"
  • Lawrence Lee
3:20
4."Fan"3:51
5."Only One"3:16
6."One Last Time"
  • Mafly (Joombas)
  • Lee Hee-ju (lalala Studio)
  • Rice n' Peas
3:34
7."Sweet Talk"
  • Wassily Gradovsky
  • Carolyn Jordan
  • Alice Penrose
3:21
8."Love Is Bitter"
  • Hwang Hyun (MonoTree)
  • MonoTree
3:38
9."It's You" (Korean : 오랜 소원; RR : Oraen Sowon;lit. Long Wish)
  • Kevin Charge (TG Publishing)
  • Claire Rodrigues Lee (Hookline & Singer Music)
  • Kevin Charge (TG Publishing)
3:53
10."Light Up the Sky"4:01
Total length:36:03

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [8] 30
French Digital Albums (SNEP) [9] 58
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [10] 19
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [11] 16
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [12] 6
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [13] 2
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [14] 5
US World Albums (Billboard) [15] 1

Sales

CountrySales
South Korean (Gaon) [16] 167,638

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Various [17] August 4, 2017 Digital download SM Entertainment, Genie Music
South Korea [18] August 7, 2017 CD

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