Album · 2011
The Boys
The Boys is a 2011 dance-pop album by Girls’ Generation. It runs 17 tracks across 62 minutes.
Dance-Pop · Electronic · Pop
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The Boys is the third Korean studio album and the fourth overall by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. The record saw the contribution of the group's previous collaborator Hitchhiker, who produced the tracks "Telepathy" and "Sunflower". The title track, "The Boys", was a result of experimenting with new producers, including American Grammy Award-winning producer Teddy Riley. Musically, The Boys mostly contains uptempo dance tracks and occasionally empowerment ballads. The album was released on October 19, 2011, by SM Entertainment, and was distributed in South Korea by KMP Holdings. An alternate version titled Mr. Taxi featured a Korean-language version of the group's 2011 Japanese-language single "Mr. Taxi", and an English-language version of "The Boys" was released on December 9, 2011. An international version featuring the English-language version of "The Boys" was released in January 2012 by Interscope and Polydor Records, which are affiliated with Universal Music Group, in order to expand the group's endeavor to the global music scene. To promote the record for international audiences, the group appeared on television shows in the United States and France.
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Upon its release, The Boys received generally positive reviews from music critics. Commercially, the album was a success in the group's native country South Korea, peaking atop the Gaon Album Chart and was the best-selling album of 2011 in the country. The project won the Digital Daesang Awards at both the 26th Golden Disk Awards and 21st Seoul Music Awards. It also achieved success in other Asian countries, including Japan (reaching number 2 on the Oricon Albums Chart) and Taiwan (reaching number 3 on the G-Music chart). The record additionally charted at numbers 64 and 130 in Spain and France, respectively. In the United States, The Boys reached number 2 on the World Albums and number 17 on the Top Heatseekers. Background In August 2011, S.M. 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.
In brief
- When was The Boys released?
- The Boys was released in 2011.
- How many tracks are on The Boys?
- The Boys has 17 tracks, with a runtime of 62 minutes.
- What genre is The Boys?
- The Boys is catalogued under Dance-Pop, Electronic, Pop.
- What albums are similar to The Boys?
- Listeners of The Boys also rate Formula of Love: O+T=<3 by TWICE, Chill Kill - The 3rd Album by Red Velvet, REBOOT by Wonder Girls.
The Boys at a glance
- Labels
- Polydor Records, Interscope Records, SM Entertainment, Dreamus Company
- Produced by
- Lee Soo-man
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