T (TVXQ album)

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T
T cover
2CD+2DVD Special Cover
Studio album by TVXQ
Released Flag of Japan January 22, 2008
Flag of South Korea January 30, 2008
Flag of Hong Kong January 30, 2008
Genre J-Pop
Label Avex Trax/Rhythm Zone
TVXQ chronology
Five in the Black
(2007)		 T
(2008)
Alternate Covers
CD+DVD Cover
CD+DVD Cover
CD Only Cover
CD Only Cover

T is Tohoshinki's third Japanese studio album, released in January of 2008 and debuting at #2. The album's biggest competition in sales was with Zard's "Zard Request Best ~Beautiful Memory~", the last album after its lead vocalist Izumi Sakai's death in 2007. T entered the Top 20 of the United World Chart, compiled by Media Traffic and shows the top-selling albums according to the global sales data and national album charts. TVXQ was ranked #19 on the chart above Mary J. Blige and Celine Dion[1].

According to the members, the "T" stands for several things, such as "Tohoshinki", "Title", "Third" album, "Top" and "Try". [2] It could also stand for "Trick/Trust" and the group's "Teamwork". A week before the album's release, the single " Purple Line" had debuted and reached #1 in Oricon weekly sales.

The management played a different strategy to promote the album by splitting the members into teams which travelled separately to different cities in Japan for a week and appeared on radio shows and TV programs.

The song Kissしたまま、さよなら was specially composed and written by members Micky Yoochun and Hero Jaejoong, included only in 2CD+2DVD version. The song TRICK is a song that is a mix of 5 songs (released after the album), each dedicated to a separate member. The first letter in the following five singles spell out the name 'TRICK'.

Contents

[edit] Music videos

Several songs in the album were singles previously released which had associated music videos, however not all are included in the DVD of the album. List of songs with PVs, in order of release:

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD 1

  1. TRICK
  2. No?
  3. Purple Line
  4. Forever Love
  5. Summer Dream
  6. Ride on
  7. DARKNESS EYES
  8. Lovin' you
  9. Rainbow
  10. SHINE
  11. LAST ANGEL (Tohoshinki Version)
  12. CLAP!
  13. Love in the Ice
  14. Forever Love (Acappella Version)(*)
  15. Lovin' you -Haru's"deep water"mix-(*)

<BONUS TRACK>

  1. Together

[edit] CD 2 (***)

  1. Song for you
  2. Day Moon ～ハルダル～
  3. Beautiful Life (Japanese Version)
  4. You’re my miracle (Japanese Version)
  5. Kissしたまま、さよなら

[edit] DVD 1 (**/***)

  1. Lovin' You PV
  2. Summer Dream PV
  3. SHINE PV
  4. Forever Love PV
  5. Together PV
  6. Off Shot Movie ※初回盤のみ (**)

[edit] DVD 2 (***)

  1. Soul Power Tokyo Summit 2007 -TOHOSHINKI-
  2. 2nd LIVE TOUR ～Five in the Black～ Special Edition
  3. PREMIUM MINI LIVE @YOKOHAMA BLITZ 2007.9.23
  • (*) CD Version Only
  • (**) CD+DVD Version Only
  • (***) 2CD+2DVD Version Only

[edit] Charts and sales

[edit] Oricon sales charts (Japan) [3]

Release Chart Peak Position Sales Total Chart Run
January 23, 2008 Oricon Daily Albums Chart #2 30,003
January 23, 2008 Oricon Weekly Albums Chart #4 52,273 14+
January 23, 2008 Oricon Monthly Albums Chart #30 52,273
January 23, 2008 Oricon Yearly Albums Chart

[edit] Oricon Ranking (Weekly) [4]

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Position #4 #20 #41 #47 #89 #116 #156 #183 #195 #260
Sales (52,273) (9,684) (4,283) (3,133) (1,821) (1,502) (1,120) (930) (998) (805)
Total 52,273 61,957 66,240 69,373 71,194 72,696 73,816 74,746 75,744 76,549

[edit] Korea Foreign Albums & Singles Chart

Release Chart Position Sales Total
January 30, 2008 January Monthly Chart [5] #1 21,412
February 29, 2008 February Monthly Chart [6] #6 26,983
March 31, 2008 March Monthly Chart [7] #12 29,161

[edit] United World Chart (International)

United World Chart
Week 01
Position
#19 [8]

[edit] Singles included in Album

Date Title Weekly Peak Position
2007-06-13 Lovin' You # 2
2007-08-01 SUMMER ~Summer Dream/Song for you/Love in the Ice~ # 2
2007-09-19 SHINE / Ride On # 2
2007-11-14 Forever Love # 4
2007-12-09 Together # 3
2008-01-16 Purple Line # 1

[edit] References

  1. ^ Global Album Chart
  2. ^ Mashup! 音王 MUSIO Interview 1/15/08
  3. ^ Oricon Style
  4. ^ Oricon Style
  5. ^ 무제 문서
  6. ^ 무제 문서
  7. ^ 무제 문서
  8. ^ Global Album Chart

[edit] External links

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Korean albums
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Korean singles
"Hug" · "The Way U Are" · "Hi Ya Ya 여름날" · "Show Me Your Love" · "Fighting Spirit of Dong Bang (Fighting Spirit of the East)" · "Yeo Haeng Gi (Travelling)"
Japanese singles
Heart, Mind and Soul era: "Stay With Me Tonight" · "Somebody To Love" · "My Destiny" · "Asu wa Kuru Kara " · "Rising Sun / Heart, Mind and Soul"

Five in the Black era: "Sky" · "miss you /“O”‐正・反・合" · "Step By Step" · "Choosey Lover"

T era: "Lovin' You" · "SUMMER ~Summer Dream/Song for you/Love in the Ice~" · "SHINE / Ride On" · "Forever Love" · "Together" · "Purple Line"

New singles: "Two hearts / WILD SOUL" · "Runaway / My Girlfriend" · "If...!? / Rainy Night" · "Close to you / Crazy Life" · "Keyword / Maze"  · "Beautiful You / Eternal Love Song"
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