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Hello (2013)

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Hello was Cho Yong-pil's first album in a decade, and six of its ten songs came from foreign composers, the first time he had worked with international composers since his 1968 debut.

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Album story

Overview

• Hello: nineteenth studio album by South Korean singer Cho Yong-pil
• Released 23 April 2013 on his self-founded label Pil Records
• First album release in ten years
• Mostly known for a trot and folk-centred discography; Hello explored a new style compared with his previous works
• Production mainly handled by Western producers

Background

• Title announced 21 March 2013; artwork unveiled five days later
• Previous full-length album: Over The Rainbow, September 2003
• More than 700 tracks received from domestic and international composers; the selection was narrowed to ten
• Six of the ten tracks written by foreign songwriters, the first time he worked with international composers since his 1968 debut
• The album conveys his return to the music scene and reunion with the public for the first time in a decade

Recording

• Ten tracks mixed and mastered in five countries, including the United States, Australia, United Kingdom and Thailand
• Work moved between South Korea, Thailand, the United States and the United Kingdom

Cover

• Cover shows a concert hall stage lighting, representing his passion for music
• The written word Hello appears on the side of the cover

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born March 21, 1950 in Hwaseong, South Korea; spent part of childhood in Seoul.
• Inspired to become a musician after hearing Ray Charles play harmonica at age seven.
• Began as a guitarist in various bands; formed rock band Atkins in 1968.
• Later joined Five Fingers and, in 1971, Kim Trio.

Career

• Solo debut with "Come Back to Busan Port" in 1976; a hit in Japan as well, with a Japanese-language version.
• Released 19 solo albums over a career of about five decades.
• Dubbed the "King of Pop" of South Korea; regarded as one of the most influential figures in Korean popular music.
• Held a concert at Carnegie Hall in 1980, the first Korean singer to perform there.
• Became the first South Korean singer to perform in China in 1988.
• A 1993 Busan concert drew an audience of 1 million, a record for South Korea.
• Became the first South Korean singer to surpass 1 million record sales in 1994.
• Performed in Pyongyang, North Korea in 2005.
• 19th album "Hello" (2013) debuted at number one on South Korean charts; "Bounce" was named Song of the Year by Gallup Korea.
• Released 20th album "20" in October 2024.

Members

• Solo artist.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Lead single Bounce was named Song of the Year by various organizations
• Hello won several album awards
• Bounce won the Song of the Year daesang at the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards and the 11th Korean Music Awards
• Hello won Best Album at the 23rd Seoul Music Awards
• Bounce topped South Korean music programs during promotion
• Hello won its first music show award on May 1, the first music show win since 1990 with Reunion in Memories
• Bounce debuted at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart and peaked at number one on the K-pop Hot 100

Records

• Topped the Gaon Albums Chart
• Sold more than 250,000 copies in 2013
• Ranked as the fifth best-selling album in South Korea in 2013

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• More than 700 tracks from domestic and international composers were considered before the list was cut to ten
• The Hello music video was directed by Choi Yong-seok of Lumpens studio and filmed in Canada and South Korea
• In June 2013, a teacher and fourth-grade students at Seongbok Elementary School in Yongin made a video set to Bounce; Cho sent them commemorative shirts and signed CDs and invited them to the Suwon concert on 28 September
• The word Hello on the cover is written in Cho's own handwriting
• Bounce was released as the first single one week before the album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

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