Jewelry Box | ||||
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Released | June 6, 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2011–2012 | |||
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Length | 45:43 | |||
Label | EMI Music Japan | |||
T-ara chronology | ||||
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Singles from Jewelry Box | ||||
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Jewelry Box is the second studio album and first Japanese release by the South-Korean girl group T-ara. The album was a commercial success peaking at 2 on the official Oricon weekly albums and receiving a Gold certification from RIAJ. A tour was held starting from July 2012 to promote the album which attracted 40,000 spectators.
The album was announced on March 6, 2012, with a June release date, along with the announcement of their live Japanese tour T-ara Japan Tour 2012: Jewelry Box. [1] Jewelry Box was released in three types: Diamond, Sapphire, and Pearl. Diamond features a special jewelry box-style packaging, while the Sapphire edition comes in a digipak and the Pearl edition comes in a regular jewel case. Both the Diamond and Sapphire editions come with a 100-page and 32-page photo book, respectively. All three editions of the album contain a random trading card of 8 types.
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Rolling Stone Japan | [2] |
Jewelry Box debuted at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart, with first-week sales of 57,102 in Japan. [3] In its second week, the album dropped to number seven and sold 14,276 copies. [4] The album spent its third and fourth weeks in the top twenty, and fell into the top thirty in its fifth week. The album ranked at number six on the Oricon Monthly Albums Chart, selling 86,530 copies. [5] After a month of sales, it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of over 100,000 copies. [6]
Four singles have been released prior to the album, with the last released two weeks before the release of Jewelry Box. The group's debut Japanese single, " Bo Peep Bo Peep", was released on September 28, 2011. [7] The music video for the song premiered four weeks prior to the release of the single on September 1, 2011, on the Japanese cable television network Space Shower TV. [8] The single debuted at number one on Oricon's Weekly Singles chart with 49,712 copies sold, breaking records and making them the first Korean girl group to debut at the number one position. [9] The song has also reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. [10]
" Yayaya" was announced on October 14, 2011, [11] and was released on November 30, 2011. [7] The single had high expectations because of "Bo Peep Bo Peep" debuting at number one, but instead the single debuted at number seven on Oricon's Weekly Singles chart with 31,801 copies sold. Peaking at number six on Billboard Japan Hot 100 as well, it is T-ara's lowest charting Japanese single thus far. At the time, the group was busy in both Korea and Japan, promoting their third Korean extended play Black Eyes and "Yayaya" simultaneously.
" Roly-Poly" was released on February 29, 2012, [7] with the music video premiering a month earlier on January 20. After Japanese fans asked if there will be no promotional activities for "Roly-Poly", as the Korean version of the song was included as the b-side for their last single, "Yayaya", T-ara's Korean agency Core Contents Media announced that "It isn't definite that we do not plan to have activities for "Roly-Poly" in Japan, we only added in the Korean version as a b-side for now. We have still only in the early stages and have yet to pick out a song that will come after "Yayaya"." [12] However, a promo flyer for T-ara's third single being "Roly-Poly" was uploaded to the internet on December 20, with their official Japanese website confirming the single on the same day. [11] A music video for one of the b-sides, the Japanese version of " Geojitmal" ( Korean: 거짓말) titled "Kojinmaru~Uso~" (Japanese: コジンマル~嘘~), was also produced. "Roly-Poly" debuted at number three on Oricon's Weekly Singles chart, selling 41,285 copies, and peaking at number five on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.
" Lovey-Dovey", the fourth and final single for Jewelry Box, was released on May 23, 2012. [11]
Tour by T-ara | |
Associated album | Jewelry Box |
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Start date | June 19, 2012 |
End date | July 26, 2012 |
No. of shows | 11 |
T-ara concert chronology |
The T-ara Japan Tour 2012: Jewelry Box (stylized as T-ARA JAPAN TOUR 2012~Jewelry Box~) was the group's first nationwide concert tour in Japan, in support of their first Japanese studio album, Jewelry Box. The tour began on June 19, 2012, at the Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater in Nagoya, Japan and ended on July 26 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, which was completely sold out. [13]
Main Set
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Encore
Nagoya
Osaka
Main Set
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Encore
Main Set
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Encore
Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance |
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June 19, 2012 | Nagoya | Japan | Aichi Prefectural Arts Theater | 4,000 |
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June 22, 2012 | Osaka | Osaka International Convention Center | 8,000 | |
June 23, 2012 | ||||
June 24, 2012 | ||||
June 25, 2012 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka Sunpalace | 4,000 | |
June 26, 2012 | ||||
June 28, 2012 | Sendai | Zepp Sendai | 1,500 | |
June 30, 2012 | Sapporo | Zepp Hokkaido | 1,500 | |
July 25, 2012 | Tokyo | Nippon Budokan | 20,000 [14] | |
July 26, 2012 | ||||
Total | 40,000 [15] |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | " Bo Peep Bo Peep" (Japanese ver.) | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-sung, Zoop | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-sung | 3:47 |
2. | " Yayaya" (Japanese ver.) | E-Tribe, Takafumi Fujino | E-Tribe | 3:29 |
3. | "Weironi" (Japanese ver.) (ウェイロニ, "Why Are You Being Like This?") | Ikuta Magokoro | Kim Do-hoon, Lee Sang-ho | 4:00 |
4. | "Keep Out" | Onomiya ichino | Park Deok Sang, Crazy Park | 3:20 |
5. | "Apple is A" (Japanese ver.) | Ahn Young-min, Shoko Fujibayashi | Cho Young-soo | 3:10 |
6. | "T.T.L ~Time to Love~" (Japanese ver.) | HI-D | Kim Do-hoon | 3:40 |
7. | " Roly-Poly" (Japanese ver.) | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-sung, Shoko Fujibayashi | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-sung | 3:36 |
8. | "LOVE ME! ~Anata no Sei de Kurisou~" (Japanese ver.) (あなたのせいで狂いそう, "I Go Crazy Because of You") | Onomiya ichino, Zoop (Rap only) | Cho Young-soo, Kim Tae-hyun | 3:17 |
9. | "Kojinmaru~Uso~" (Japanese ver.) (コジンマル~嘘~, "Geojitmal~Lies~") | Ahn Young-min, Kei | Cho Young-soo | 3:49 |
10. | "Breaking Heart ~Watashi ga Totemo Itakute" (Japanese ver.) (私がとても痛くて, "I'm Very Hurt") | Fujino Takafumi | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-sung | 3:18 |
11. | "Cry Cry" (Japanese ver.) | Onomiya ichino | Cho Young-soo, Kim Tae-hyun | 3:20 |
12. | " Lovey-Dovey" (Japanese ver.) | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-sung, Shoko Fujibayashi | Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Kyu-sung | 3:36 |
13. | "T-ARATiC MAGiC MUSiC" | Shoko Fujibayashi | Kang Ji-won, Kim Ki-beom | 3:28 |
Total length: | 45:43 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | " Yayaya" (Japanese ver.) | |
2. | " Kojinmaru~Uso~" | |
3. | " Weironi" | |
4. | " Bo Peep Bo Peep" (Japanese ver.) | |
5. | "Love Me! ~Anata no Sei de Kurisou" (Japanese ver.) | |
6. | "Watashi ga Totemo Itakute" | |
7. | "Cry Cry" | |
8. | " Jiyeon solo dance act" | |
9. | " TTL (Time to Love)" | |
10. | " Roly-Poly" | |
11. | "Bo Peep Bo Peep" (Japanese ver.) (Encore) | |
12. | "Yayaya" (Japanese ver.) (Encore) | |
13. | "Roly-Poly" (Japanese ver.) (Encore) | |
14. | "Bo Peep Bo Peep" (Japanese ver.) ( Music video) | |
15. | "Yayaya" (Japanese ver.) (Music video) | |
16. | "Roly-Poly" (Japanese ver.) (Music video) | |
17. | " Lovey-Dovey" (Japanese ver.) (Music video) |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The First Story of T-ara" |
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Japan ( RIAJ) [19] | Gold | 104,478 [18] |
Year | Award ceremony | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | Tower Records Awards | Album of the Year | Nominated | [20] |