First Step (CN Blue album)
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First Step is the debut album by the Korean rock
band CN Blue. The album was released on March 21, 2011. The song "Intuition" was used as the title track. The album contains twelve songs, four new songs and eight Korean versions of their Japanese songs. The album was re-released on April 7, 2011 in a Special Limited Edition with the same tracklist and an 80-pages photobook with making-of of the music videos "Intuition" and "Love Girl".
account. The second teaser was released a week after. The full music video was released on March 21, 2011, along with the album.
's show M! Countdown
and was also promoted in the tv shows Music Bank
, Music Core
and Inkigayo
. The songs "Love Follows the Rain", "Love Girl", "I Don't Know Why" and "Imagine" were used for the special comeback week performances. The song won 7 music show awards: 3 on M! Countdown, 3 on Music Bank and 1 on Inkigayo. To celebrate the "triple crown" on M! Countdown, the group made a special stage performance with the songs "Love Girl" and "Lie". The promotions of the song ended on April 24, on Inkigayo. They followed the promotions with the song "Love Girl" to promote the special EP "First Step +1 Thank You", the first performance of the song was on April 29 on Music Bank. The promotions of the song and albums ended in May 22.
released by the Korean rock band CN Blue. It was released on April 26, 2011 with the song "Love Girl" as the title track. The EP was released as a "thank you" gift for the fans who supported the group with their first studio album "First Step". It comes with 4 songs, 3 Korean versions and an acoustic version of the song "Love Girl".
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band CN Blue. The album was released on March 21, 2011. The song "Intuition" was used as the title track. The album contains twelve songs, four new songs and eight Korean versions of their Japanese songs. The album was re-released on April 7, 2011 in a Special Limited Edition with the same tracklist and an 80-pages photobook with making-of of the music videos "Intuition" and "Love Girl".
Composition
The album contains Korean versions of songs which were previously released in Japanese. The songs "I Don't Know Why", "Lie", "One Time" and "Ready N Go" (previously titled "The Way part 1 ~One Time~" and "The Way part 2 ~Ready N Go~") from their second Japanese album "392", "Just Please" from their Japanese debut EP "Now or Never", "Wanna Be Like U" and "One of a Kind" from their second Japanese EP "Voice", and the song "Thank You" (previously titled "a.ri.ga.tou.") from their first Japanese album "ThankU".Intuition
The first teaser of the music video for "Intuition" was released on March 6, 2011 on the CN Blue's YouTubeYouTube
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account. The second teaser was released a week after. The full music video was released on March 21, 2011, along with the album.
Love Girl
A teaser for the music video of "Love Girl" was released on April 21, 2011 and the full music video on April 25 on the CN Blue's YouTube account.Promotions
The promotions of the title track "Intuition" started in March 24, on MnetMnet (TV channel)
Mnet is a music television channel in South Korea owned by CJ Group.-Television programs:* Superstar K* M! Countdown* 2NE1 TV* MUST* Kara Bakery* Wonder Bakery* Girls' Generation Goes to School...
's show M! Countdown
M! Countdown
M! Countdown is a South Korean music television program broadcast by M.net. It airs live every Thursday at 6:00PM KST. The show features some of the latest and most popular artists who perform live on stage. It is hosted by Tony An and Girls' Generation's Sooyoung...
and was also promoted in the tv shows Music Bank
Music Bank (TV series)
Music Bank is a South Korean music television program broadcast by Korean Broadcasting System, KBS. It airs live every Friday at 6:10 PM KST. It is currently hosted by guest MCs...
, Music Core
Show! Music Core
Show! Music Core is a South Korean music television program broadcast by MBC. It airs live every Saturday at 4:20PM KST. The show features some of the latest and most popular artists who perform live on stage...
and Inkigayo
The Music Trend
The Music Trend is a South Korean music program broadcast by SBS. It airs live every Sunday at 3:50 PM KST. The show features some of the latest and most popular artists who perform on stage. It is currently hosted by Goo Ha-ra, IU and Nicole.- History :...
. The songs "Love Follows the Rain", "Love Girl", "I Don't Know Why" and "Imagine" were used for the special comeback week performances. The song won 7 music show awards: 3 on M! Countdown, 3 on Music Bank and 1 on Inkigayo. To celebrate the "triple crown" on M! Countdown, the group made a special stage performance with the songs "Love Girl" and "Lie". The promotions of the song ended on April 24, on Inkigayo. They followed the promotions with the song "Love Girl" to promote the special EP "First Step +1 Thank You", the first performance of the song was on April 29 on Music Bank. The promotions of the song and albums ended in May 22.
Tracklisting
Chart performance
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Gaon Gaon Chart The Gaon Chart is a national record chart of South Korea. It is complied by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon charts... Weekly album chart |
1 |
| Gaon Weekly domestic album chart | 1 |
| Gaon Monthly album chart | 2 |
Sales and certifications
| Chart | Amount |
|---|---|
| Gaon physical sales | 111,521 |
First Step +1 Thank You
"First Step +1 Thank You" is a special and third Korean EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
released by the Korean rock band CN Blue. It was released on April 26, 2011 with the song "Love Girl" as the title track. The EP was released as a "thank you" gift for the fans who supported the group with their first studio album "First Step". It comes with 4 songs, 3 Korean versions and an acoustic version of the song "Love Girl".
Composition
This EP contains Korean versions of songs which were previously released in Japanese. Excluding "Love Girl", all the songs were previously released on their third Japanese indie single "Re-Maintenance".Tracklisting
Chart performance
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Gaon Weekly album chart | 1 |
| Gaon Weekly domestic album chart | 1 |
| Gaon Monthly album chart | 4 |
Sales and certifications
| Chart | Amount |
|---|---|
| Gaon physical sales | 29,723 |
Release history
| Country | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... |
March 21, 2011 | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
FNC Music |
| April 7, 2011 (Special Limited edition) | CD | ||
| April 26, 2011 (First Step +1 Thank You) | CD, Digital download | ||
| Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... |
April 27, 2011 | CD | Warner Music Taiwan Warner Music Group Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies... |
| June 2, 2011 (First Step +1 Thank You) |