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Hurricane Venus (2010)

Where the lyrics of Hurricane Venus take you, and where it was really made.

Released to mark BoA's tenth debut anniversary, this Korean album came only months after her Japanese album Identity, yet it was her first major Korean-language release since 2005.

Key places

Recording at SM Studios, Seoul (2010)

Recording site Big Hit Studios, Seoul — The source lists SM Studios in Seoul as the recording place. The map point uses the city center of Seoul, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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

Album story

Overview

• Hurricane Venus: sixth Korean-language studio album by South Korean singer BoA, fourteenth studio album overall
• Released 2 August 2010 by SM Entertainment, timed to the tenth anniversary of her career
• South Korean release date given as 5 August 2010
• Electro-pop and R&B record, executive produced by label founder Lee Soo-man
• BoA co-wrote and composed with several songwriters and production teams, including Hitchhiker, Kenzie, Yoo Young-jin, Erik Lidbom and Toby Gad
• Title track "Hurricane Venus" released ahead of the album on 2 August

Background

• Announced in March 2010 as a new Korean-language album, her first since 2005
• Commemorates the tenth anniversary of her 2000 debut
• Came after her Japanese album Identity in February 2010, making it her second major release within a year
• Her previous major Korean release was the repackage version of Girls on Top in 2005
• Music video for the title track filmed in 3-D by Pace HD and Samsung Electronics; Pace HD also worked on the 2009 film Avatar

Recording

• Recording location listed as SM Studios in Seoul

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

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Kwon Bo-ah, born November 5, 1986 in Gyeonggi Province, was discovered by SM Entertainment talent scouts at a 1998 talent search while accompanying her older brother.
• After two years of training in vocals, dance, English, and Japanese, she debuted in South Korea in 2000 with the album ID; Peace B.
• Her Korean label arranged with Avex Trax to launch her career in Japan, and she quit school to prepare.

Career

• Her debut Japanese album Listen to My Heart (2002) became the first album by a Korean artist to debut at number one on the Oricon chart.
• Valenti (2003) sold over 1,249,000 copies, and Best of Soul (2005) sold over a million copies in Japan.
• Her self-titled English album (2009) was the first record by a K-pop artist to appear on the Billboard 200.
• She has sold over ten million albums and has been called the "Queen of K-pop" for helping open the Japanese market to Korean pop.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Ranked number one on the Hanteo album sales chart after release
• In the top five of other music charts such as Naver and Soribada
• Sold 44,745 units in its first ten days of release
• Third most talked about topic on Twitter on 6 August 2010
• BoA performed "Hurricane Venus" and "Dangerous" on Music Bank on 6 August 2010
• Due to be released in other Asian countries, including Thailand, the Philippines, China, Indonesia and Japan

Records

• Ranked first in August 2010 sales with 54,659 units
• Sold 55,776 units by the end of 2010
• 22nd best-selling album in South Korea for 2010

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• "Romance" is described as a pop jazz ballad, arranged by jazz pianist Song Young-joo
• "Don't Know What to Say" is a collaboration with BoA's brother Kwon Soon-hwon, a classical pianist
• "Dangerous" and "Adrenaline" teamed BoA again with Danish producer Thomas Troelsen, who also produced her American debut single "Eat You Up" in 2008
• Japanese Wikipedia notes the album came after a gap of about five years since Girls On Top
• BoA performed "Hurricane Venus" and "Dangerous" on Music Bank on 6 August 2010

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

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