SM the Ballad Vol. 2 – Breath explained
| SM the Ballad Vol. 2 – Breath |
| Type: | EP |
| Artist: | SM the Ballad |
| Cover: | SM The Ballad - SM the Ballad Vol. 2 – Breath.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Recorded: | 2013–2014 |
| Producer: | Lee Soo Man |
| Prev Title: | Miss You – S.M. The Ballad Vol.1 |
| Prev Year: | 2010 |
SM the Ballad Vol. 2 – Breath is the second extended play by the South Korean project group SM the Ballad. It was released on February 13, 2014, with the song "Breath" as the lead single.
Background
Two of the tracks are written in three different languages and have three versions, with the languages being Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. "Breath" is the first and most heavily promoted song of the two, the Korean version is sung by Taeyeon and Jonghyun; the Chinese version by Chen and Zhang Liyin, while the Japanese version is sung by Max Changmin and Krystal. The other less promoted song is "Blind", with both the Korean and Japanese versions sung by Yesung, and recorded prior to his military enlistment. The Chinese version of "Blind" is sung by Zhou Mi.[1]
Taeyeon and Jonghyun's duet "Breath" (Korean version) was the first track to be released on 10 February,[2] with Jonghyun and Chen's duet "A Day Without You" being released on the 11th, and Taeyeon's solo "Set Me Free" being released on the 12th. A Mandarin version of "Set Me Free" sung by Zhang Liyin was released exclusively online on Baidu Music on the 13th. The full EP was released on February 13, 2014.
Promotions
Taeyeon and Jonghyun performed "Breath" for the first time on M Countdown on 13 February. Chen and Zhang Liyin also performed the Chinese version of "Breath" on the live broadcast of Chinese Hunan TV's The Lantern Festival the day after.The song was also promoted on the shows KBS's Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo in February.
Track listing
Complete version
Charts
Single chart
Album chart
| Chart | Peak
position |
|---|
| Gaon Weekly albums chart[5] | 1 |
| Gaon Monthly albums chart[6] | 5 |
| Gaon Yearly albums chart | | |
Sales and certifications
| Chart (2014) | Amount |
|---|
| Gaon physical album sales (Korean Version)[7] | 41,506 |
| Gaon physical album sales (Chinese Version)[8] | 21,716 |
| Gaon digital download sales for "Breath" (Korean Version)[9] [10] | 464,673 |
| Gaon digital download sales for "Breath" (Chinese Version)[11] | 19,290 |
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Credits and personnel
Notes and References
- http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/02/more-details-including-tracklist-and-participating-artists-for-sm-the-ballads-2nd-album-breath-revealed#ixzz2sLwoH3i1 More details including tracklist and participating artists for SM The Ballad's 2nd album 'Breath' revealed
- http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/02/sm-the-ballad-starts-off-with-taeyeon-and-jonghyuns-korean-breath#axzz2so74Tir2 SM The Ballad starts off with Taeyeon and Jonghyun's Korean 'Breath'
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140731055252/http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/digital.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&f_week=08&f_year=2014&f_type=week South Korea's Gaon music chart's total weekly singles sales for February 9-15, 2014 (in Korean)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140307171112/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-03-01/k-pop-hot-100 List of K-Pop Hot 100 singles for March 1, 2014
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140731054053/http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/album.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&f_week=08&f_year=2014&f_type=week South Korea's Gaon music chart's total weekly album sales for February 9-15, 2014 (in Korean)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140731054418/http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/album.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&f_month=02&f_year=2014&f_type=month South Korea's Gaon music chart's total monthly album sales for February 2014 (in Korean)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140724141623/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/chart/album.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&f_month=03&f_year=2014&f_type=month South Korea's Gaon music chart's total monthly album sales for March 2014 (Breath Korean version ranked #56) (in Korean)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140731054418/http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/album.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&f_month=02&f_year=2014&f_type=month South Korea's Gaon music chart's total monthly album sales for February 2014 (Breath Chinese version ranked #10) (in Korean)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140731061220/http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/download.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&f_month=02&f_year=2014&f_type=month South Korea's Gaon music chart's total monthly singles downloads for February 2014 ("Breath" Korean version ranked #4) (in Korean)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140724170242/http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/download.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&f_month=03&f_year=2014&f_type=month South Korea's Gaon music chart's total monthly singles downloads for March 2014 ("Breath" Korean version ranked #46) (in Korean)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140731062735/http://gaonchart.co.kr/chart/download.php?f_chart_kind_cd=T&f_week=08&f_year=2014&f_type=week South Korea's Gaon music chart's total weekly singles downloads for February 9-15, 2014 ("Breath" Chinese version ranked #70) (in Korean)
