Volume 9 (Shinhwa album) explained

Volume 9
Type:	studio
Artist:	Shinhwa
Cover:	Shinhwa-Vol 9.jpg
Caption:	Volume 9 cover
Recorded:	2008
Genre:	K-pop dance
Length:	34:25
Language:	Korean
Label:	Good Entertainment Warner Music Korea
Prev Title:	Winter Story 2007
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	The Return
Next Year:	2012

Volume 9, also known as 10th Anniversary album, is the ninth studio album of South Korean boy band Shinhwa. It was released on April 3, 2008, by Good Entertainment,^[1] marking the group's 10th anniversary. It was first released as a First Press Limited Edition, with 50,000 copies, each with a hologram serial number and a 120-page photobook.^[2] The regular edition was released a week later on April 10. "One More Time", a ballad track, was the lead track to be released, as a digital single on March 24, 2008.^[3]

A 20,000 copies repackaged White Edition was released on July 3, 2008, which included new track, "Destiny of Love" ^[4] and a music video which feature footage from their Shinhwa Must Go On: 10th Anniversary Live concert held on March 29 and 30, 2008 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul.

Music videos

The music video for "Destiny of Love" feature footages from Shinhwa Must Go On: 10th Anniversary Live concert in Seoul. "Run" was the next track to be released with a promotional music video.

Commercial performance

Shinhwa did limited promotional activities for this album, due to members' solo activities, and it sold over 100,000 copies in the first month. It was ranked 1st in album sales for the April monthly chart, but did not chart in May; and it charted at #25 in June and #3 in July.

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the album liner notes.^[5]

• Park Kwon-young – producer
• Lee Jang-eon – producer
• Shinhwa – producer
• Kang Bong-gu – producer
• Park Hyeok – sound engineer
• Jeon Hoon – mastering engineer
• Jeong Ku-hyeon – guitar ("Voyage")
• Sam Lee – guitar ("Just One More Time", "2 Ma Luv...", "So In Love")
• Ko Tae-young – guitar ("Run", "An Unfinished Story")
• K-Strings – strings ("Voyage")
• Kim Jae-seok – piano, keyboard ("Just One More Time", "2 Ma Luv...")

Release history

Country	Date	Distributing label	Format
South Korea	April 3, 2008	Good EMG, Vitamin Entertainment	Collectors' Edition CD (VDCD-6061)^[8]
	April 10, 2008		CD (VDCD-6062)^[9]
	April 14, 2008		Overseas Edition CD (VDCD-6)^[10]
	July 2, 2008		White Edition CD (VDCD-6068)^[11]
Japan	September 17, 2008	Pony Canyon	CD (PCCA-02755)^[12]

Notes and References

1. http://music.daum.net/album/main?albumId=474779 "Volume 9 album info"
2. http://www.yesasia.com/global/shinhwa-vol-9-first-press-limited-edition/1010043620-0-0-0-en/info.html "Volume 9 (Press Limited Edition) album info"
3. http://global.mnet.com/album/album.m?searchAlbumVO.album_id=158964 "'One More Time' digital single info"
4. http://music.daum.net/album/main?albumId=474781 "Volume 9 (White Edition) album info"
5. Volume 9 . 2008 . Good EMG.
6. Web site: Album Sales For The Month Of April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080731125229/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200804.htm . July 31, 2008 . August 4, 2008 . Recording Industry Association Korea . ko.
7. Web site: Album Sales For The Month Of July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080908022750/http://miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200807.htm . September 8, 2008 . March 20, 2015 . Recording Industry Association Korea . ko.
8. Web site: Volume 9 Collectors' Edition info . March 20, 2015 . Hanteo . ko.
9. Web site: Volume 9 CD info . March 20, 2015 . Hanteo . ko.
10. Web site: Volume 9 Overseas Edition info . March 20, 2015 . Hanteo . ko.
11. Web site: Volume 9 White Edition info . March 20, 2015 . Hanteo . ko.
12. Web site: Volume 9 album info (Japan) . March 20, 2015 . Oricon . ja.