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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.[1] The album features the lead single "The Boys".

According to the Gaon Chart, The Boys was the highest selling album of 2011 in South Korea, selling an impressive 385,348 units (combined A and B versions) within two and a half months of release. Girls' Generation released the English version of the Boys as a maxi single in USA on December 20, 2011 and they released a special album of The Boys in USA on January 17 ,2012 under their American label Interscope Records, making an impressive debut on Billboard World Album Chart at #2 as well as entering Heatseekers Album Chart at #22.

Background

File:20120119 SNSD High1 Seoul Music Awards.jpg
On January 19, 2012, performing The boys in High1 Seoul Music Awards

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, misty 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 digitally 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, Girls' Generation performed the Japanese version of "The Boys" live on the Japanese TV reality show, Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ. SM Entertainment confirmed that the girls would promote the English version of "The Boys" on CBS late-night talk show The Late Show with David Letterman and on popular syndicated daytime talk show Live! with Kelly on January 31 and February 1 respectively.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."The Boys"Yoo YoungjinDOM, Richard Garcia, Taesung Kim, Teddy Riley3:48
2."Telepathy" (텔레파시)Kim BoominHitchhiker3:45
3."Say Yes"Kim YounghooKim Younghoo3:46
4."Trick"Jo YoonkyungMartin Hansen3:15
5."How Great Is Your Love" (봄날)SooyoungJean Na3:54
6."My J"Hwang SungjeHwang Sungje3:53
7."Oscar"Kim JungbaeKenzie3:23
8."Top Secret"Hong JiyuPeter Wennerberg, Mathias Venge, Gabriella Jangfeldt, Sharon Vaughn2:59
9."Lazy Girl" (Dolce Far Niente)Kim TaeyonLucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen3:05
10."Sunflower" (제자리걸음)Kim BoominHitchhiker3:50
11."Vitamin" (비타민)Hwang HyunHwang Hyun3:10
12."Mr. Taxi" (Korean Ver.)STYSTY, Scott Mann, Chad Royce, Paolo Prudencio, Allison Veltz3:32
Version B
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Mr. Taxi" (Korean ver.)STYSTY, Scott Mann, Chad Royce, Paolo Prudencio, Allison Veltz3:32
2."The Boys"Yoo YoungjinTeddy Riley, Taesung Kim, DOM, Richard Garcia3:48
3."Telepathy" (텔레파시)Kim BoominHitchhiker3:45
4."Say Yes"Kim YounghooKim Younghoo3:46
5."Trick"Jo YoonkyungMartin Hansen3:15
6."How Great Is Your Love" (봄날)SooyoungJean Na3:54
7."My J"Hwang SungjeHwang Sungje3:53
8."Oscar"Kim JungbaeKenzie3:23
9."Top Secret"Hong JiyuPeter Wennerberg, Mathias Venge, Gabriella Jangfeldt, Sharon Vaughn2:59
10."Lazy Girl" (Dolce Far Niente)Kim TaeyeonLucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen3:05
11."Sunflower" (제자리걸음)Kim BoominHitchhiker3:50
12."Vitamin" (비타민)Hwang HyunHwang Hyun3:10
13."The Boys" (English ver.)Tiffany Hwang, Teddy RileyTeddy Riley, Taesung Kim, DOM, Richard Garcia3:47
Total length:43:26
Special Album
No.TitleLyricsMusicNotesLength
1."The Boys" (English ver.)Tiffany Hwang, Teddy RileyTeddy Riley, Taesung Kim, DOM, Richard Garcia 3:47
2."Telepathy" (텔레파시)Kim BoominHitchhiker 3:45
3."Say Yes"Kim YounghooKim Younghoo 3:46
4."Trick"Jo YoonkyungMartin Hansen 3:15
5."How Great Is Your Love" (봄날)SooyoungJean Na 3:54
6."My J"Hwang SungjeHwang Sungje 3:53
7."Oscar"Kim JungbaeKenzie 3:23
8."Top Secret"Hong JiyuPeter Wennerberg, Mathias Venge, Gabriella Jangfeldt, Sharon Vaughn 2:59
9."Lazy Girl" (Dolce Far Niente)Kim TaeyonLucas Secon, Thomas Troelsen 3:05
10."Sunflower" (제자리걸음)Kim BoominHitchhiker 3:50
11."Vitamin" (비타민)Hwang HyunHwang Hyun 3:10
12."Mr. Taxi" (Korean Ver.)STYSTY, Scott Mann, Chad Royce, Paolo Prudencio, Allison Veltz 3:32
13."The Boys"Yoo YoungjinDOM, Richard Garcia, Taesung Kim, Teddy Riley 3:48
14."The Boys (Clinton Sparks & Disco Fries Remix)"Tiffany Hwang, Teddy RileyClinton Sparks, Disco FriesFeaturing Snoop Dogg4:16
15."The Boys (Bring Dem Boys)"Tiffany Hwang, Teddy RileyTeddy RileyFeaturing Suzi3:36
16."The Boys (Bring The Boys Out)"Tiffany Hwang, Teddy RileyTeddy Riley, David AnthonyDavid Anthony Remix4:24
17."The Boys (Bring The Boys)"Tiffany Hwang, Teddy RileyTeddy RileyTeddy Riley Remix4:01
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 -

Gaon chart

Chart Peak
position
South Korea Gaon Weekly album chart [5] 1
South Korea Gaon Monthly album chart [6] 1
  • 1 - October 2011
  • 1 - November 2011
  • 1 - December 2011

Oricon Chart

Chart Peak
position
Oricon Weekly Albums Chart [7] 2
Oricon Monthly Albums Chart [8] 10
Oricon Yearly Albums Chart [9] 95

Billboard chart

Chart Peak
position
Billboard World Albums chart [10] 2
Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart [11] 22

Sales

Chart Reported
sales
South Korean Gaon Albums 385,348+
South Korean Hanteo Albums 166,723+
Japan Oricon Albums 96,379+ (Imports)

Release history

Version Country Date Label Format
The Boys South Korea
October 19, 2011
SM Entertainment/KMP Holdings[12]
CD, digital download
Philippines[13]
October 29, 2011
Universal Music Group
CD
Japan[14]
November 5, 2011
Mr. Taxi South Korea
December 8, 2011
SM Entertainment
CD, digital download
The Boys (Remix Single) Worldwide
December 20, 2011
Interscope Records
Digital download
The Boys (Special Album) United States, Europe
January 17, 2012
Interscope Records
CD, digital download
The Boys & Mr. Taxi (PH Version) Philippines [15]
January 28, 2012
Universal Music Group
CD plus Freebies

References

  1. ^ Girls' Generation Cancel Album Release. The Chosun Ilbo. October 3, 2011. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  2. ^ Template:Ko icon"소시, 3집 韓발매연기 공식발표 "美앨범발매때문"". Star News. January 21, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  3. ^ "Gaon Chart Search" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
  4. ^ "Billboard Launches K-Pop Hot 100 Chart, Sistar Debuts at Number 1". Billboard.
  5. ^ Template:Ja icon "Album Ranking Aggregate (16/10/201 -22/10/2011)" (in Korean). Gaon. January 16, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
  6. ^ Template:Ja icon "Album Ranking Aggregate (December 2011)" (in Korean). Gaon. =January 16, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  7. ^ Template:Ja icon"Weekly rankings CD album - 2011 October 30, October 24, 2011" (in Japanese). Oricon. January 16, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  8. ^ Template:Ja icon"Monthly Index CD album in November 2011" (in Japanese). Oricon. January 16, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  9. ^ Template:Ja icon"Annual ranking in 2011 CD album" (in Japanese). Oricon. January 15, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  10. ^ "SNSD "The Boys" Debuts at #2 on Billboard's World Chart". Soompi.
  11. ^ "SNSD "The Boys" Debuts at #2 on Billboard's World Chart". Soompi.
  12. ^ HANTEO - Girls' Generation - The Boys
  13. ^ [1]
  14. ^ The Boys (Girls' Generation album) on CDJapan
  15. ^ [2]
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