The South Korean boy band Sechs Kies has released six studio albums, one extended play, four compilation albums, one live album, one musical album, and several singles.
In August 2000, DSP was investigated by the police for allegations of tax evasion, embezzlement, and unequal contracts.SECHSKIES' label is suspected of tax evasion DSP was cleared of suspicion. On the other hand, the National Tax Service conducted a tax audit of the corporation and collected additional hundreds of millions of won from it. So there are suspicions that the album sales were underreported in the purpose of tax evasion
The physical sales of SechsKies' albums remain unclear not only because of DSP's under-reporting but also because the official records do not exist for the first two albums. The Recording Industry Association of Korea (hereafter, RIAK)'s official website currently only shows album sales data from the year 1999. 한국영상음반협회 (The Korea Video Record Association), which preceded RIAK, had only announced physical album sales records from September 1998.
The physical album sales for the first album, School Byeolgok (학원별곡), was 600,000 according to newspaper articles. Kang Sunghoon has once mentioned that the first album sold 1,200,000 copies. The second album, Welcome To The Sechskies Land, sold 700,000 copies. In 2012, the former manager of SechsKies stated that their debut album sold between 1.7 and 1.8 million copies, but this may be a combined figure for the first two albums. The third album, Road Fighter, has two separate records. The official record reported by 한국영상음반협회 (The Korea Video Record Association) is 226,569. In contrast, a news report reveals that SechsKies' third album sold more than 700,000 copies. The official sales record for SechsKies' biggest hit, Special Album, is 305,307. As this was the most successful album of SechsKies, this official record seems to be a result of under-reporting. Eun Jiwon has stated the Special album sold approximately a million copies on a TV show. The discrepancy between official and news article is also great for the fourth album, Com’Back. The official record is merely 350,128. However, according to news articles, Com’Back seems to have sold for more than 700,000 copies.
However, the above statement is also not a fact. First of all, news articles were inaccurate at that time. There were many cases of exaggerating through the media. This problem received media spotlight by being reported on MBC in 1999. DSP media was the subject for that report. Thus high sales in the article are also inaccurate. And the National Tax Service just collected additional hundreds of millions of won, didn't say that it is from underreported album sales.
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peakpositions SalesKOR TWAnother Light:"第39 週 統計時間：2017/9/22 - 2017/9/28"USWorld School Byeolgok(학원별곡) Released: May 14, 1997 Label: DSP Media Formats: CDrowspan="5" rowspan="5" rowspan="5" KOR: 1,200,000 Welcome To The SechskiesLand Released: November 1, 1997 Label: DSP Media Formats: CD KOR: 700,000 Road Fighter Released: July 15, 1998 Label: DSP Media Formats: CD KOR: 700,000 Special Album Released: October 30, 1998 Label: DSP Media Formats: CD KOR: 1,000,000 Com’Back Released: September 9, 1999 Label: DSP Media Formats: CD KOR: 700,000 Another Light Released: September 21, 2017 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 2 4 10 KOR: 98,775"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region."*" Gaon Chart was introduced in February 2010. 1 As there are no official sales records for earlier albums, estimated album sales are given
Compilation albums Title Album details Peakpositions Sales KOR JPN TW2016 Re-Album: "第49 週 統計時間：2016/12/2 - 2016/12/8" The 20th Anniversary: "第18 週 統計時間：2017/4/28 - 2017/5/4" USWorld 1020 Mix Released: April 26, 1999 Label: DSP Media Formats: CD rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2" KOR: 30,986RIAK's Official Record for May 1999 Blue Note Released: May 31, 2000 Label: DSP Media Formats: CD KOR: 86,900RIAK's Official Record for July 2000 2016 Re-ALBUM Released: December 1, 2016 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 2 — 7 — KOR: 82,592Total sales for "2016 Re-ALBUM" in 2016Total sales for "2016 Re-ALBUM" in 2017 The 20th Anniversary Released: April 28, 2017 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 1 33 1 9 KOR: 75,185 JPN: 2,196"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Live albums TitleAlbum details Sales Sechskies Live Concert Released: March 1, 1999 Label: DSP Media Formats: CD KOR: 87,835RIAK's Official Record for March 1999
Musical albums TitleAlbum details Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves Musical OST Released: April 29, 1998 Label: DSP Media Formats: CD
Extended plays Title Album details Peakpositions SalesKOR All for You Released: January 28, 2020 Label: YG Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download 2 KOR: 42,459
Singles As a lead artist TitleYearPeak positionsSales AlbumsKOR "School Byeolgok" (학원별곡) 1997 —School Byeolgok "The Way This Guy Lives" (사나이 가는 길) — "Remember Me" — "Chivalry" (총)—Welcome to the Sechskies Land "Road Fighter"1998—Road Fighter "Reckless Love" (무모한 사랑)— "Couple" (커플)154Special Album "Com' Back"1999—Com' Back "Hunch" (예감)—"Three Words" 2016 1KOR: 616,583Total sales for "Three Words":"Couple" (2016 version) 2KOR: 309,731Total sales for "Couple": 2016 Re-ALBUM"Be Well" (아프지 마요) 2017 1KOR: 436,441Total sales for "Be Well": The 20th Anniversary"Sad Song" (슬픈 노래) 14KOR: 108,477Total sales for "Sad Song": "Something Special" (특별해) 1KOR: 570,847Total sales for "Something Special": Another Light"Smile" (웃어줘) 42KOR: 30,640Total sales for "Smile": "All for You" (올포유) 2020 15 rowspan="2" All for You"Don't Look Back" (뒤돌아보지 말아요) 2021 6
Other charted songs Title Year Peak positions Sales AlbumKOR "Heartbreak (연정)"201639KOR: 58,389* 2016 Re-ALBUM "Chivalry (기사도)"49KOR: 28,709 "Got a Feeling (예감)" 72KOR: 26,221 "Com' Back" 83KOR: 22,540 "Dear Love (사랑하는 너에게)" 86KOR: 22,033 "Reckless Love (무모한 사랑)" 93KOR: 20,236 "Road Fighter (로드 파이터)" 94KOR: 19,999 "Come to Me Baby" 97KOR: 19,185
Music videos Year Title Director(s) 1997 School Byeolgok (학원별곡) rowspan="14" The Way This Guy Lives - Pomsaengpomsa (사나이 가는 길 - 폼생폼사) For you 1998 Road Fighter Reckless Love (무모한 사랑) Letting You Go (너를 보내며) Couple (커플) Prayer (기도) 1999 Hunch (예감) Summer in love 2000 Thanks 2016 Three words (세 단어) Couple (커플) New Ver. 2017 Be Well (아프지 마요) Sad Song (슬픈 노래) Wani (LIKETHAT production) Something Special (특별해) Oui Kim Smile (웃어줘) Han Sa-min 2020 All for You 2021 Don't Look Back Shin Won-ho
Other appearances 1999 - 우린 하나되어 이겼어'지금 다시…' 가요계 스타 60명 '국민화합' 대합창
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