The Beginning is JYJ's international debut album. The English album was produced by American singer/producers Kanye West and Rodney Jerkins and counts with the vocal participations of West and Malik Yusef. Each JYJ member also composed one song for the album.
The Beginning was intended to be released on October 12, however the release date was delayed. Korean stores start selling the album on October 18th (14th for the digital edition), while international stores on October 25th (21st for the regular edition). The album (regular edition) was later released digitally on Amazon and iTunes in November 9.
The album was released in two formats, one regular edition and a "Luxury Package" edition, numbered and limited to only 99,999 copies. The "Luxury Package" edition includes 36-pages photobook, 16 photo cards, a t-shirt and a poster. On the next day the album was announced, 29th September, all the 99,999 copies of the special edition, plus 50,000 copies of the regular edition were sold on pre-orders.
The last track of the "Luxury Package" edition, a remix of "Be My Girl", comes however titled as "Be The One (DJ EON Remix)" on the album's booklet (although not on the back of the box). Also on the booklet, the remix tracks "Empty (DJ EON Remix)" and "Ayyy Girl (S. Tiger Remix)" are featured as if they were the 9th and 10th tracks respectively, however the real order track is the other way around.
A "New Limited Edition" was released in November 25. This new version features a new cover art, comes housed in a digipack and includes a 36-page photobook, a poster, and the two first remix tracks included on the "Luxury Package" edition.
The regular edition of the album reached #8 on the Gaon 2010 yearly charts with 99,903 copies sold, the "New Limited Edition" reached #10 with 98,311 copies sold, and the "Luxury Package" edition reached #11 with 92,649 copies sold. If combined sales for the regular and the "Luxury Package" would be recorded, the album would had reached the #3 spot on the charts.
Released: October 14, 2010
Genre: Pop, R&B
Tracks:
- Intro
- Ayyy Girl (feat. Kanye West and Malik Yusef)
- Empty
- Be My Girl
- Still in Love
- I Can Soar
- I Love You (feat. Flowsik)
- Be The One
CD: Luxury Package Edition
Released: October 14, 2010
- Ayyy Girl (S.Tiger Remix)
- Empty (DJ EON Remix)
- Be My Girl (DJ EON Remix)
CD: New Limited Edition Bonus Track
Released: November 25, 2010
- Ayyy Girl (S.Tiger Remix)
- Empty (DJ EON Remix)
Related Topics: [International/Korean Albums] - In Heaven
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