In the first half of 2019, SM Entertainment's watch moved quickly, and this year, the music industry was filled with music from SM The Artist, as well as the restless comeback rush.
First, on February 11, Shiny member Lee Tae-min released the solo mini-second album 'WANT' (Want). Lee Tae-min, who released her second full-length album "MOVE" (Move) in 2017, caused her "Move Disease" syndrome, again revealed her own color with her understated sexy.
The title song 'WANT' topped major music charts such as Mnet Music, Naver Music, and A Bug's Life shortly after its release, and the album topped the list of 85,000 albums (first) for a week of release, ranking first in various music charts. In addition, it ranked first in the iTunes comprehensive album charts in 29 regions including Sweden, Finland and Austria.
In March, Taeyeon returned. The new single "Four Seasons", released on March 24, consists of two tracks: the title song "Four Seasons" in the alternative pop genre and the ballad song "Blue" (Blue), which featuRED Taeyeon's outstanding vocals and deep sensitivity.
The "four seasons" re-identified the modifier "Taeyeon who believes and listens." The song took the top spot of the week (March 25-March 31) on various music charts including Melon, Ginny, A Bug's Life, Mnet Music, Ole Music, and Soribada, revealing Taeyeon's sound source Power.
EXO's Chen then released his first solo album in seven years of debut. The mini 1st album "April, and a flower" released on April 1st consists of six ballads of various charms, including the title song "Beautiful goodbye after April", and expresses Chen's warm music World.
'We break up after April' was the number one spot on seven major domestic music charts such as Melon, Ginny Music, A Bug's Life, Soribada, Ole Music, Momople and Vibe shortly after release, proving a keen interest in Chen. In addition, it ranked # 1 on the iTunes comprehensive album chart in 32 regions, as well as China's QQ Music, Cougu Music, and Cougar Music Digital Albums charts, confirming Chen's global popularity. The initial sales volume exceeded 103,000 copies, proving value as a solo singer.
In May, NCT 127, which is playing former World stage, returned to Korea for a while. The new mini-album "NCT #127 WE ARE SHUPERHUMAN" (UA Super Human), released on May 24, swept the US Billboard charts as well as domestic ones. The album ranked 11th on the Billboard 200, the main chart of the Billboard, and ranked 6th in 'The Artist 100', making it the second highest ranking in the NCT 127 and the second highest in Korean singer history.
TVXQ's Yunho also released its mini-first album, "Ture Colors" (True Colors) on June 12, and has been a solo singer for 15 years after its debut. Yunho's solo album surpassed 104,000 copies in the first place, setting a record of third place in the first solo singer. He also topped the digital album charts of Oricon Weekly in Japan and showed off his dignity as "Korean Wave King".
On the 19th, RED Velvet was the last runner in the first half. The title track "Zimzalabim" from the new album "The ReVe Festival" Day 1 ('The Reeve Festival' Day One) has put a strong addictive edge on. RED Velvet, which has left summer hits such as "RED Taste" and "Power Up" (Power Up), has also recorded high results on the music charts this time. The day after its release, it topped A Bug's Life and was second on five charts including Melon, Ginny and Mnet.
In addition, EXO member Baekhyun confirmed the release of the solo album on July 10. "City Lights" (City Lights), which will be Baekhyun's first solo mini-album, features a total of six songs. As the album has been in its own tone through a number of collaborations, expectations for this album will increase.
SM Entertainment's First Half of 2019 Total Account