A Letter from Greenland explained
| A Letter from Greenland |
| Type: | studio album |
| Artist: | S.E.S. |
| Cover: | SES4.jpg |
| Released: | December 22, 2000 |
| Recorded: | 2000 |
| Studio: | SM Digital Recording Studio
SM Booming System
AC+E Studio |
| Length: | 55:22 |
| Language: | Korean |
| Label: | SM |
| Prev Title: | Be Ever Wonderful |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | Here & There – S.E.S. Singles Collection |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
A Letter from Greenland is the fourth studio album by South Korean girl group S.E.S., released on December 22, 2000, by SM Entertainment and distributed by Avex Asia. A Korean-language cover of Japanese singer Misia's single "Tsutsumikomu Yō ni..." (1998) called "Show Me Your Love", served as the album's lead single and promotions along with single "Be Natural".
Commercially, A Letter from Greenland peaked at number one of the MIAK monthly album chart in December 2000. It has since sold over 635,000 copies in South Korea.
Commercial performance
A Letter from Greenland experienced commercial success in South Korea. It peaked at number one on the monthly MIAK album chart in December 2000 with initial sales of 445,600 copies, making it the 16th best-selling album of 2000 despite being released at the end of the year. The album sold an additional 190,113 copies in 2001 and was ranked the 37th best-selling album of the year.
Music videos
Music videos were produced for the singles "Show Me Your Love" and "Be Natural". In July 2001, the latter was voted the best music video of the first half of 2001 in a survey conducted by Mnet.[1]
Covers
In October 2014, Red Velvet re-recorded their single "Be Natural" and released as the group's second single, featuring NCT's Taeyong. Other artists who have covered "Be Natural" include Everglow in 2019[2] and (G)I-dle's Miyeon and Minnie on a M Countdown special stage in March 2020.[3]
Accolades
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| Year | Award | Category | Result | |
|---|
| 2001 | Golden Disc Awards | Popularity Award (for "Show Me Your Love") | | [4] |
| Album Bonsang (Main Prize) | | | |
Program! width="140" | Date |
| Music Bank | February 8, 2001 |
| February 15, 2001 |
| February 22, 2001 |
| Inkigayo | February 18, 2001 |
| February 25, 2001 |
| Music Camp | February 10, 2001 |
| February 17, 2001 |
| February 24, 2001 | |
Credits and personnel
S.E.S.
Recording
- Recorded at SM Digital Recording Studio, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
- Recorded & mixed at SM Booming System (1, 3, 8)
- Recorded at AC+E Studio; mixed at King Studio (2, 9)
- Mastered at Sonic Korea
Staff
- KAT – mixing, recording (3,8)
- Yoo Young-jin – mixing, recording (1, 3, 8)
- Do Jeong-ho – mixing, recording (2, 9)
- Yeo Du-hyeon – mixing, recording (2, 9)
- Won Chang-jun – recording (2, 9)
- Jeon Hoon – mastering
- Yoo Chang-yong – engineer assistant (1, 3, 8)
- Yoo Han-jin – engineer assistant (1, 3, 8)
- Kim Eun-ae – artwork coordinator
- Jeong Chang-hwan – artwork coordinator
- Kim Kyung-wook – production coordinator
- Cho Ji-young – cover design
- Lee Soo-man – executive producer
- SM Entertainment – executive producer
Charts
Year-end charts
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: July 30, 2001 . ‘밤이 깊었네’ 뮤직비디오 최고 . The best music video for 'The Night Is Deep' . January 12, 2024 . Kookmin Ilbo . . ko.
- Web site: 에버글로우, 'Be Natural' 연습영상 공개..18일 데뷔 . Everglow releases practice video for 'Be Natural'...debuts on the 18th . . . 12 January 2024 . ko . 2019-03-07.
- Web site: '엠카' (여자)아이들 미연X민니, 'Be Natural' 완벽 커버..몽환美 발산 . 'M Countdown' (G)I-dle Miyeon X Minnie, perfect cover of 'Be Natural'...radiating dreamy beauty . Osen . . 12 January 2024 . ko . 2020-03-06.
- Web site: god 골든디스크 '대상' . god Golden Disk 'Grand Prize' . December 14, 2001 . November 15, 2020 . . ko.
- Web site: http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200012.htm. ko:2000.12월 – 가요 음반 판매량. 2000.12 – Sales volume. Music Industry Association of Korea. December 17, 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041217080145/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200012.htm. ko. January 21, 2019.
- Web site: http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_2000_2h.htm. ko:2000년 가요음반판매량. 2000 Album Sales Figures. Music Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20070516070806/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_2000_2h.htm. May 16, 2007. December 29, 2022.
- Web site: http://miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_2001_2h.htm. ko:2001년 가요음반판매량. 2001 Album Sales Figures. Music Industry Association of Korea. ko. https://web.archive.org/web/20090228163329/http://miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_2001_2h.htm. February 28, 2009. December 29, 2022.
