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Holiday Night (2017)

Where the lyrics of Holiday Night take you, and where it was really made.

This tenth-anniversary album sold over 90,000 copies in its first week, faster than any earlier Korean-language release by the group.

Key places

Recording credits at SM studios (2017)

Recording site Big Hit Studios, Seoul — Credits list several SM studios for recording, including SM Blue Cup Studio. This point is set at city level for Seoul, so the exact building is not pinned down. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Private company studio, not open to visitors.

Recording at Seoul Studio (2017)

Recording site Seoul Studio — Seoul Studio is credited for recording tracks 4 and 8 of the album. The point marks the studio location listed in the credits. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• Holiday Night: sixth Korean studio album and ninth overall by Girls' Generation
• Released digitally on 4 August 2017 and physically on 7 August 2017 by SM Entertainment
• Commemorates the group's tenth anniversary since their 2007 debut
• Executive producer: Lee Soo-man, founder of SM Entertainment
• Primarily a pop record with ten tracks
• Double singles 'Holiday' and 'All Night' released alongside the digital album

Background

• Announced on 4 July 2017 as the sixth studio album for August
• Title revealed on 27 July 2017; it ostensibly refers to the singles
• 'All Night' was written by Kenzie, who also penned the group's debut single 'Into the New World'
• 'Holiday' was co-written by member Seohyun, who also wrote the track 'Sweet Talk'
• 'It's You' is a tribute to a fan letter the group received and was written by member Yuri

Recording

• Credits list recording at several SM studios, including SM Blue Ocean, SM Blue Cup and SM Big Shot
• Other credited studios include Doobdoob, Ingrid, MonoTree, Prelude and Seoul Studio
• Mastering for all tracks was done by Sterling Sound

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed by SM Entertainment; known as SNSD and SoShi
• Originally a nine-member group; Jessica departed in September 2014, leaving eight members
• Members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, Seohyun
• Debuted August 5, 2007 with "Into the New World"

Career

• 2009 breakthrough with "Gee", a record nine consecutive weeks at No. 1 on KBS Music Bank
• Oh! (2010) won the Disk Daesang at the Golden Disc Awards, the first and only female act to win the Album Daesang
• Japanese debut in 2011; first non-Japanese girl group to have three number-one albums on the Oricon Albums Chart
• Called "The Nation's Girl Group" in South Korea
• First Asian girl group to reach five YouTube music videos with over 100 million views
• Subgroups TTS, Girls' Generation-Oh!GG, and Girls' Generation-HRS; members have pursued solo careers since 2017
• Reunited for the 15th anniversary in 2022 with Forever 1

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released digitally on 4 August 2017 with its double singles, physical copies followed on 7 August
• Sold over 90,000 copies within one week of release
• The first-week sales surpassed The Boys as the group's fastest-selling Korean-language album
• Debuted atop the Billboard World Album chart
• Peaked at number two on the South Korean Gaon Album Chart
• Also peaked atop the Taiwanese G-Music Chart
• Appeared on record charts of Australia, France, Japan and New Zealand
• Over 160,000 physical copies sold as of September 2017

Records

• Ranked 18th best-selling album of 2017 with 167,638 physical copies

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• A fanmeeting titled 'Holiday to Remember' was held at Olympic Hall on 5 August 2017, where the group performed 'Holiday', 'All Night' and 'One Last Time' for the first time.
• The singles were performed on South Korean music television shows on 10, 12 and 13 August 2017.
• Seohyun, co-writer of 'Holiday', also wrote the album track 'Sweet Talk'.
• The album's first-week sales beat the record set by The Boys, the group's previous fastest-selling Korean-language album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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