Shinhwa discography

Shinhwa discography

Shinhwa Grand Tour in Singapore press conference on 16 June 2012 (L to R: Eric, Jun Jin, Lee Min-woo, Andy, Kim Dong-wan and Shin Hye-sung)
Releases
↙Studio albums	15
↙Live albums	3
↙Compilation albums	5
↙EPs	3
↙Singles	34
↙Other appearances	16

The discography of South Korean boyband Shinhwa consists of fifteen studio albums, three live albums, five compilation albums, three EPs, thirty-four singles, and sixteen contributions to multi-artist compilations. Shinhwa was created by SM Entertainment and debuted in 1998 with the album 해결사 (Resolver). Under SM Entertainment, Shinhwa released six full-length albums and contributed to numerous SM Town compilation albums featuring various other SM artists. Sixteen promotional, not-for-sale singles were also released. One greatest hits compilation, My Choice, was released in 2002 in South Korea.

After expiration of their contract with SM Entertainment in 2002, Shinhwa moved to Good EMG, a small and then-relatively unknown agency.^[1] Following discussions and compromises regarding the group's right to continued use of their name and to perform the music and choreography created under SM Entertainment,^[2] Shinhwa released their first album under Good EMG, Winter Story, in late 2003. Winter Story was the first of four albums Shinhwa would eventually release under Good EMG with "Winter Story" in the titles. The albums are considered "special releases" and are usually not counted when assigning ordinals to Shinhwa's studio album releases in the media and by the group itself. Thus, it was Shinhwa's next album release, Brand New in 2004, that was publicized as their seventh album,^[3] though technically it was their eighth. The success Brand New brought the group two prestigious Daesang (lit. "grand prize") awards for the year 2004, a first for the group.^[4][5] Shinhwa went on to release a total of eight albums and EPs under Good EMG, plus thirteen promotional singles. In 2006, they also contracted with Nippon Columbia to release a Japanese-language album, Inspiration #1 and single "僕らの心には太陽がある" ("We Have the Sun in Our Hearts") in Japan. Shinhwa's first six Korean albums were released to the Japanese market in 2001, 2002, and 2003, and Avex Trax released three greatest hits compilations in Japan and one in Taiwan.

The year 2008 signaled the beginning of a four-year hiatus of Shinhwa's group activities, as five of the six group members were required to fulfill their mandatory national military service.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} During the inactive period, Pony Canyon released a multi-disc box set collection of Shinhwa's Korean albums in Japan in 2009.^[11]

In August 2011, in preparation for their post-military return to the music industry, Shinhwa established Shincom Entertainment (formerly Shinhwa Company), a joint venture to oversee Shinhwa's group activities.^[12][13] Since 2012, Shinhwa have released three full-length albums and four promotional singles, distributed through CJ E&M. They are one of the only Korean pop artists currently who continue to release full-length albums instead of a multitude of EPs and maxi-singles.^[14] They are also considered the longest-running "idol group" in Korea, having existed for 17 years with no changes in member lineup.^[14]

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

Other songs charted

Other appearances

Notes

• A ^ The Recording Industry Association Korea (RIAK) tracked physical album, EP, and singles sales and released a consolidated sales and ranking chart monthly from January 1999 to September 2008.^[82] It did not track digital-only sales.

• B ^ The Gaon Music Chart began releasing data in 2010 after the Recording Industry Association Korea stopped compiling data in October 2008.^[83] Charts are released weekly, monthly, and yearly. Chart positions listed in this article are weekly rankings, unless otherwise noted. Online sources for charts released after September 2008 and before January 2010 are currently unavailable.

• C ^ There are no publicly-available records for Japan's Oricon chart prior to mid-2005.

• D ^ The Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 charted sales in Korea from August 25, 2011^[84] to May 17, 2014.^[85]

• E ^ Shinhwa's Japanese single, "We've Got the Sun in Our Hearts", was released in Korea as "우리들의 마음에는 태양이 있어" on September 6, 2006 ^[86] and was tracked on the RIAK's "pop" chart for foreign music releases. The chart for the month of September 2006 was never successfully archived, and thus the probable chart peak for the single is unavailable. The highest verifiable chart position is number 7 for the following month of October 2006. The single sold 15,052 copies in its debut month (17,316 total sales through October - 2,264 sales in October).^[87]

References

External links

• Shincom Entertainment Official Homepage (Korean)