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D×D×D (2015)

Where the lyrics of D×D×D take you, and where it was really made.

Shinee's fourth Japanese album reached number one on the Oricon weekly chart, the first album to do so in 2016.

Key places

Recorded at Bunkamura, Tokyo (2015)

Recording site Bunkamura (Tokyo) — Bunkamura in Shibuya, Tokyo is listed among this album's recording locations in the source. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Recorded at Doobdoob, Seoul (2015)

Recording site Big Hit Studios, Seoul — Doobdoob in Seoul is listed among this album's recording locations; the point uses city-centre coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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

Album story

Overview

• D×D×D: fourth Japanese studio album by South Korean boy band SHINee
• Released 1 January 2016 by EMI Records, a sub-label of Universal Music Japan
• Three versions: limited CD+Blu-ray "A", limited CD+DVD "B", and a regular edition
• Includes three earlier singles: "Your Number", "Sing Your Song", and the Japanese version of "View"
• Includes the new single "DxDxD" and seven new songs

Background

• Promoted by Shinee World 2016, the group's fourth Japan nationwide concert tour
• Tour ran from Fukuoka on 30 January 2016 to Hokkaido on 24 April 2016, with 16 concerts in eight cities
• The group's earlier Japanese number one album was I'm Your Boy, released in 2014

Recording

• The source names Bunkamura in Tokyo and Doobdoob in Seoul as recording locations
• The Blu-ray of limited edition A includes a high-resolution (48 kHz / 24-bit) recording of the album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Artist

Formation

• Shinee is a South Korean boy band formed by SM Entertainment in 2008.
• The Korean name is a coined word combining "shine" with the suffix "ee", meaning "one who receives the light".
• The group debuted in May 2008 with the EP Replay.

Members

• The group currently consists of four members: Onew, Key, Minho, and Taemin.
• The group was originally a five-member band; Jonghyun died on December 18, 2017.

Career

• Shinee's signature style is contemporary R&B, incorporating funk rock, hip hop, and EDM.
• Their 2008 album The Shinee World won Newcomer Album of the Year at the 23rd Golden Disc Awards.
• "Ring Ding Dong" topped several Korean charts and gained popularity across Asia.
• Sherlock (2012) became the fifth best-selling album of the year in South Korea with over 180,000 copies sold.
• Shinee debuted in Japan in 2011 and became the first Asian artists to perform at Abbey Road Studios in London.
• They are regarded as one of the best live vocal groups in K-pop and have won the Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Dance Performance Award three times.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Reached number one on the Oricon weekly album chart, the first album to do so in 2016
• Second Japanese number one album for Shinee, following I'm Your Boy (2014)
• Japanese Wikipedia gives first-week sales as 4.5万枚, about 45,000 copies

Records

• First-week sales: 44,921 copies
• Oricon weekly album chart: number one, in the chart dated 11 January 2016
• Stayed at number one for three consecutive weeks on the Oricon weekly chart (Spanish Wikipedia)
• Japanese Wikipedia notes the number one position on the Oricon weekly album ranking dated 11 January
• Sales and chart positions are the only record-based facts given for this release in the sources

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The Blu-ray of limited edition A adds the music videos and making-ofs, plus a high-resolution (48 kHz / 24-bit) recording of the album.
• The tour drew 350,000 people, bringing the group's cumulative concert attendance in Japan to over one million.
• The tour started in Fukuoka on 30 January 2016 and ended in Hokkaido on 24 April 2016, with 16 concerts in eight cities.
• The title track's music video was directed by Hideaki Sunaga (須永秀明) and shot with the BOLT movable crane camera.
• On the Oricon weekly chart the album held the number one spot for three consecutive weeks.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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