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.
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.
Accolades In 2006, "Brand New" was ranked number 58 in a Gallup Korea poll of top 100 favorite Korean songs of all time. Melon and Seoul Shinmun ranked the single number 68 in their 2021 list of the top 100 K-pop songs of all time.
+Awards and nominations for Brand New Year Organization Category Result2004Golden Disc AwardsAlbum Bonsang (Main Prize) Album Daesang (Grand Prize) Mnet KM Music Video FestivalBest Dance Performance (for "Brand New") Best Male Group Video (for "Angel") Overseas Viewers' Award (for "Brand New") SBS Gayo Daejeon Grand Prize (Daesang) Main Prize (Bonsang) Seoul Music Awards Popularity Award
+Music program awards SongProgramDate"Brand New"M CountdownSeptember 30, 2004October 7, 2004October 14, 2004InkigayoOctober 10, 2004October 17, 2004"Crazy"December 12, 2004December 19, 2004
Tracks
Credits and personnel Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Brand New.
Park Geun-tae – producer Shinhwa – producer Kim Young-seong – recording engineer, mixing engineer Yoon Won-kwon – recording engineer Song Kyeong-jo – recording engineer Kang Hae-gu – recording engineer Jeong Doo-seok – recording engineer Ha Jeong-soo – recording engineer Ko Seung-wook – mixing engineer
Park Hyeok – mixing engineer Jo Kyu-beom – mixing engineer Sam Lee – guitar Tommy Lee – guitar Hong Joon-ho – guitar Ko Tae-young – guitar Lee Tae-yoon – bass Im Seung-beom – keyboard The String – strings
Charts and sales
Monthly charts Chart (November 2004) Peakposition South Korean Albums (RIAK) 1
Yearly charts Chart (2004) Position South Korean Albums (RIAK) 5
Sales Region Sales South Korea (RIAK) 325,333
Release history Country Date Distributing label Format South Korea August 27, 2004Good EMG, IO Music CD (EKLD-0444) November 4, 2004 Special Edition (CD+DVD) (EKLD-0492) Japan December 8, 2004 Avex Trax CD (AVCD-18067/B)
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