The Boys (Girls' Generation album)

The Boys
Studio album by Girls' Generation
Released October 19, 2011 (2011-10-19)[1]
(see release history)
Recorded 2011
Genre Electropop, dance-pop
Label SM Entertainment (Korea)
Universal Music Group
Producer Lee Soo Man
Girls' Generation chronology
Girls' Generation
(2011)		 The Boys
(2011)
Alternative cover
Version B cover as Mr. Taxi
Singles from The Boys
  1. "The Boys"
    Released: October 19, 2011 (2011-10-19)
  2. "Mr. Taxi"
    Released: December 8, 2011 (2011-12-08)

The Boys is the third studio album (fourth overall) by the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. It was released on October 19, 2011 by both SM Entertainment and KMP Holdings in South Korea. The album features the lead single "The Boys".

Contents

Background

In August 2011, SM Entertainment confirmed that the group will be back in September with their third full-length album, but the release date was eventually delayed to October due to Sooyoung’s unexpected car accident injury.

On September 26, 2011 the first teaser photo featuring Taeyeon was released online for the impending comeback for "The Boys", followed by Sunny and Hyoyeon on September 27, Jessica, Sooyoung and Tiffany on September 28, and Yoona, Yuri, and Seohyun on September 29. The girls all represented a fairytale theme. On September 30, 2011, SM Entertainment announced that the album would be indefinitely postponed due to ongoing discussions about an album release in the United States, with details to be released as soon as they were confirmed.[2]

On October 1, 2011, SM Entertainment released the first teaser for "The Boys", followed by second teaser on October 7, 2011. Both teasers showed Yoona picking up a black crystal, and proceeds to show the rest of the members in an outside, mistly atmosphere. Later on October 13, 2011, SM Entertainment released a 16 second teaser clips for both the Korean and English version of the "The Boys". The teaser depicts the girls rapping and chanting along to the song. On the same day, SM released 30 second teaser clips of "The Boys", which showed a longer version of the previous teaser videos.

The album was officially released on 19 October 2011 and the group's comeback performances commenced on October 21, 2011, starting with Music Bank. A US maxi single was announced to be released worldwide on November 19, 2011 under their American label Interscope Records, but after postponing the maxi-single for one month Interscope Records announced that they will be officially releasing the maxi-single on December 20.

It was confirmed on November 27 that a re-release of the album will be out on December 8. The concept for the B Version will be "Mr. Taxi" promoted as the title track, with the addition of "The Boys" English version.

A Japanese version of "The Boys" has been produced for the repackaged album of Girls' Generation which is scheduled to be released on December 28, 2011. However, The Japanese version of "The Boys" debuted through various websites as most people have seen a 71 second preview of it. On December 19,2011, however, Girls' Generation performed the Japanese version of "The Boys" live on the Japanese TV reality show, HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ.

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "The Boys"   Yoo Youngjin DOM, Richard Garcia, Taesung Kim, Teddy Riley 3:48
2. "Telepathy" (텔레파시) Kim Boomin Hitchhiker 3:45
3. "Say Yes"   Kim Younghoo Kim Younghoo 3:46
4. "Trick"   Jo Yoonkyung Martin Hansen 3:15
5. "How Great Is Your Love" (봄날) Sooyoung, Jenny Hyun Jean Na 3:54
6. "My J"   Hwang Sungje Hwang Sungje 3:53
7. "Oscar"   Kim Jungbae Kenzie 3:23
8. "Top Secret"   Hong Jiyu Peter Wennerberg, Mathias Venge, Gabriella Jangfeldt, Sharon Vaughn 2:59
9. "Lazy Girl"   Kim Taeyoon Lucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen 3:05
10. "Sunflower" (제자리걸음) Kim Boomin Hitchhiker 3:50
11. "Vitamin" (비타민) Hwang Hyun Hwang Hyun 3:10
12. "Mr. Taxi" (Korean Ver.) STY STY, Scott Mann, Chad Royce, Paolo Prudencio, Allison Veltz 3:32
Total length:
 39:39

Charts and Sales

Title Peak positions
Gaon
[3]		 Billboard
K-pop Hot 100
[4]
"The Boys (Korean ver.)" 1 1
"Telepathy" 23 26
"Say Yes" 31 37
"Trick" 13 24
"How Great is Your Love" 27 31
"My J" 44 -
"Oscar" 42 -
"Top Secret" 37 46
"Lazy Girl" 43 -
"Sunflower" 41 -
"Vitamin" 35 41
"Mr. Taxi (Korean ver.)" 9 15
"The Boys (English ver.)" 62 -

Oricon Chart

Chart Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart 2
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart 19 ( October )

10 (November)
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart 95

Gaon chart

Chart Peak
position
South Korea Gaon Weekly album chart 1
South Korea Gaon Monthly album chart 1 ( October and November )

Sales

Chart Reported
sales
South Korean Gaon Albums 293,042+
South Korean Hanteo Albums 148,519+
Japan Oricon Albums 83,193+ (Imports)

Release history

Version Country Date Label Format
The Boys South Korea
October 19, 2011
SM Entertainment/KMP Holdings[5]
CD, digital download
Philippines
October 29, 2011
Universal Music Group
CD
Japan[6]
November 5, 2011
Mr. Taxi South Korea
December 8, 2011
SM Entertainment
CD, digital download
The Boys (Maxi-Single) Worldwide
December 20, 2011
Interscope Records
Digital download
The Boys (Special Album) United States
January 17, 2012
Interscope Records
CD, digital download
Europe
Polydor

References

  1. ^ Girls' Generation Cancel Album Release. The Chosun Ilbo. October 3, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  2. ^ (Korean)"소시, 3집 韓발매연기 공식발표 "美앨범발매때문"". Star News. January 21, 2010. http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2011093019024680455&type=1&outlink=1. Retrieved October 2, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Gaon Chart Search" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/search/list.gaon?Search_str=%EC%94%A8%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80&x=36&y=9. 
  4. ^ "Billboard Launches K-Pop Hot 100 Chart, Sistar Debuts at Number 1". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/news/billboard-k-pop-hot-100-launches-sistar-1005327842.story#/news/billboard-k-pop-hot-100-launches-sistar-1005327842.story. 
  5. ^ HANTEO - Girls' Generation - The Boys
  6. ^ The Boys (Girls' Generation album) on CDJapan

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