:Tri-Angle
{{about|the 2004 album|other uses|Triangle (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Tri-Angle
| type = studio
| artist = TVXQ
| cover = Cover of Tri-angle.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 13, 2004
| recorded = 2003–2004
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
| length = 56:05
| language = Korean
| label = SM
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = The Christmas Gift from TVXQ
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Taiwanese edition cover
| type = studio
| cover = Tri-Angle TW cover.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| caption =
}}
{{Singles
| name = Tri-Angle
| type = Studio
| single1 = Hug
| single1date = January 14, 2004
| single2 = The Way U Are
| single2date = June 24, 2004
| single3 = I Believe
| single3date = October 13, 2004
| single4 = Tri-Angle
| single4date = October 13, 2004
}}
}}
Tri-Angle is the debut studio album by South Korean boy group TVXQ, released through SM Entertainment on October 13, 2004.{{cite web |title=에스엠엔터, 동방신기 첫 정규앨범 발매 |trans-title=SM Entertainment will release TVXQ's first full-length album |url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/008/0000460840?sid=101 |website=Money Today |publisher=Naver |access-date=19 December 2022 |language=ko |date=11 October 2004}} Several singles were released as part of the album, including "Hug", "The Way U Are", "I Believe" and the title track "Tri-Angle" featuring BoA and The TRAX.
Commercially, the album peaked at number 1 on the monthly MIAK album chart for October 2004, selling over 166,000 copies. It was the 8th best-selling album during 2004 in South Korea, selling over 242,000 copies by the end of the year. In addition, the physical release of the singles "Hug" and "The Way U Are" collectively sold over 380,000 copies.
Commercial performance
It sold 242,540 copies and became the eighth most successful album of the year in South Korea.{{cite web|title=2004 Year End Sales|url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_2004.htm|publisher=Music Industry Association of Korea |accessdate= January 31, 2009|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080801080645/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_2004.htm |archivedate = August 1, 2008|language=Korean}} The first single "Hug" debuted with 169,532 physical copies sold in 2004, peaking at number four on the national monthly chart.{{cite web|title= April 2004 Korean Chart|url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200404.htm|publisher=Music Industry Association of Korea |accessdate= January 31, 2009 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080803162353/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200404.htm |archivedate = August 3, 2008|language=Korean}} As of 2014, it sold 242,890 copies. In November 2004, the Japanese version of "Hug" was released in Japan by Rhythm Zone, ultimately selling 4,710 copies.
The second single, "The Way U Are" debuted at number two on the national chart and sold 214,069 copies with its physical release.{{cite web|title= July 2004 Korean Chart|url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200406.htm|work=Music Industry Association of Korea |accessdate= January 31, 2009|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081112053445/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200406.htm|archivedate=November 12, 2008 |url-status=dead}} By the end of the year, the single sold 300,226 copies. The album's last title single "Tri-Angle" uses a sample from the Symphony No. 40 in G minor by Mozart. The single also features the vocals of BoA and rock band the TRAX, however it was not released as a physical single. The album Tri-Angle sold approximately 309,000 copies as of 2011.{{cite web|url=http://miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200805.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308020324/http://miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200805.htm|title=May 2008 Sales|publisher=Music Industry Association of Korea|language=Korean|archivedate=March 8, 2009|accessdate=April 27, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=08&hitYear=2011&termGbn=month |publisher=Gaon Music Chart |title=2011년 08월 Album Char |accessdate=December 4, 2015 |language=Korean |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409060644/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=08&hitYear=2011&termGbn=month |archivedate=April 9, 2015 }}
Accolades
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Awards and nominations !Year !Award !Category !Result !{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| rowspan="6" |2004
| rowspan="2" |MBC Gayo Daejejeon | Top Ten Singers Award | {{won}} |
| Best New Artist
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="2" |Mnet KM Music Video Festival
| Best New Group Video (for "Hug") | {{won}} | |
| Best Dance Video (for "The Way U Are")
| {{nom}} | |
| rowspan="2" |SBS Gayo Daejeon
| Main Prize (Bonsang) | {{won}} | |
| Grand Prize (Daesang)
| {{nom}} | |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Music program awards ! Song ! width="120" |Program ! width="130" |Date |
| rowspan="6" |"Hug"
| rowspan="3" |Inkigayo |March 28, 2004 |
| April 4, 2004 |
| April 11, 2004 |
| rowspan="3" |Music Camp
|April 3, 2004 |
| April 10, 2004 |
| April 17, 2004 |
| rowspan="4" |"The Way U Are"
| rowspan="3" |M Countdown |August 5, 2004 |
| August 12, 2004 |
| August 19, 2004 |
| Inkigayo
|September 5, 2004 |
| rowspan="3" |"I Believe"
| rowspan="2" |M Countdown |November 25, 2004 |
| December 9, 2004 |
| rowspan="2" |Inkigayo
|December 5, 2004 |
| "Tri-Angle"
|January 2, 2005 |
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Tri-Angle {{nobold|– Standard edition}}
| extra_column = Arrangement
| total_length = 56:05
| title1 = I Believe
| note1 = {{Korean|labels=no|hangul=믿어요|rr=Mid-eoyo}}
| lyrics1 = Park Chang-hyun
| music1 = Park Chang-hyun
| extra1 = Park Chang-hyun
| length1 = 4:51
| title2 = Thanks To
| lyrics2 = Kim Su-jeong
| music2 = Lee Sang-in
| extra2 = Lee Sang-in
| length2 = 4:22
| title3 = Tri-Angle
| note3 = Extended version) (featuring BoA and The TRAX
| lyrics3 = Yoo Young-jin
| music3 = {{hlist|Yoo Young-jin|{{ill|Groovie.K|ko|Groovie K}}}}
| extra3 = Yoo Young-jin
| length3 = 4:34
| title4 = Will You Be My Girlfriend?
| note4 = {{Korean|labels=no|hangul=내 여자친구가 되어줄래?|rr=Nae Yeojachinguga Doe-eojullae?}}
| lyrics4 = Bae Hwa-young
| music4 = {{hlist|{{ill|Tommy La Verdi|no}}|Daniel Pandher|Erik Andre Rydningen}}
| extra4 = Ahn Ik-Soo
| length4 = 3:43
| title5 = Whatever They Say
| note5 = Acappella version
| lyrics5 = {{hlist|Young-hu Kim (Xperimental Music)|Daniel Roman}}
| music5 = {{hlist|William Pyon (Xperimental Music)|Young-hu Kim (Xperimental Music)}}
| extra5 = Xperimental Music
| length5 = 3:48
| title6 = Million Men
| lyrics6 = Yoo Young-jin
| music6 = Yoo Young-jin
| extra6 = Yoo Young-jin
| length6 = 3:29
| title7 = Like Now
| note7 = {{Korean|labels=no|hangul=지금처럼|rr=Jigeumcheoreom}}
| lyrics7 = Kenzie
| music7 = Kenzie
| extra7 = Kenzie
| length7 = 4:21
| title8 = I Never Let Go
| lyrics8 = {{ill|Lee Yoon-jae|ko|이윤재 (작곡가)}}
| music8 = Lee Yoon-jae
| extra8 = Lee Yoon-jae
| length8 = 4:18
| title9 = Hey, Kid
| note9 = {{Korean|labels=no|hangul=꼬마야|rr=Kkomaya}}
| lyrics9 = Yoon Jung
| music9 = {{hlist|Jeff Franzel|{{ill|Jon Rydningen|no|Jon-Willy Rydningen}}|Ken Ingwersen|Marjorie Maye}}
| extra9 = Kenzie
| length9 = 3:39
| title10 = You Always
| note10 = {{Korean|labels=no|hangul=넌 언제나|rr=Neon Eonjena}}
| lyrics10 = Jeong Kyung-ah
| music10 = Park Jung-won
| extra10 = {{ill|Hwang Seong-je (BJJ Music)|ko|황성제}}
| length10 = 3:46
| title11 = Hug
| lyrics11 = {{hlist|Park Chang-hyun|Yoon Jung}}
| music11 = Park Chang-hyun
| extra11 = {{hlist|Park Chang-hyun|Yeom Chul-hee}}
| length11 = 3:48
| title12 = My Little Princess
| note12 = {{Korean|labels=no|hangul=있잖아요...|rr=Itjanhayo...|lit=You Know...}}
| lyrics12 = Bae Hwa-young
| music12 = Hwang Seong-je (BJJ Music)
| extra12 = Hwang Seong-je (BJJ Music)
| length12 = 3:51
| title13 = The Way U Are
| lyrics13 = Taehoon
| music13 = {{hlist|Daniel Pandher|Robert Zuddas}}
| extra13 = Hwang Seong-je (BJJ Music)
| length13 = 3:28
| title14 = Tri-Angle
| note14 = TVXQ version
| lyrics14 = Yoo Young-jin
| music14 = {{hlist|Yoo Young-jin|Groovie.K}}
| extra14 = Yoo Young-jin
| length14 = 4:05
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Tri-Angle {{nobold|– Japanese edition}}
| title15 = Hug
| note15 = international version
| length15 = 4:13
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Tri-Angle {{nobold|– Taiwanese edition (2CD deluxe version)}}
| title1 = 我相信 中文版
| title2 = Tri-Angle 三角-魔力 中文版
| note2 = 東方神起 & BoA & Trax 加長版
| title3 = My Little Princess
| note3 = 想跟妳説）(中文版
| title4 = The Way U Are
| note4 = 妳的樣子) (中文版
| title5 = Hug
| note5 = 擁抱) (中文版
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Tri-Angle DVD {{nobold|– Taiwanese edition (2CD deluxe version)}}
| title6 = Hug
| note6 = music video
| title7 = My Little Princess
| note7 = acappella) (music video
| title8 = The Way U Are
| note8 = music video
| title9 = Tri-Angle
| note9 = music video
| title10 = 믿어요
| note10 = Believe) (music video
}}
Credits and personnel
Recording
- SM Yellow Tail Studio – recording
- SM Booming System – recording, mixing
- SM Digital Recording Studio – recording
- SM Blue Cup Studio – mixing
- Sonic Korea – mastering
Staff
- SM Entertainment – executive producer
- Lee Soo-man – executive producer
- Min Hee-jin – art direction, design
- Joon-young Park – art direction, design
- Eugenie – A&R direction and coordination
- Jeong Chang-hwan – A&R direction and coordination
- Seung-hee Lee – stylist
- Jeong Bo-yoon – stylist
- Cho Chae-young – publishing
- Jin Hyun-joo – publishing
- Park Sang-hoon – photography
- Kim Kyung-wook – executive supervisor
Charts
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= Weekly charts =
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| Chart (2004)
! Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=Tri-Angle – 東方神起 (Tohoshinki) |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/348854/products/573894/1/ |website=Oricon News |access-date=September 3, 2022 |language=ja |date=December 6, 2004}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 93 |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (2010)
! Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| South Korean Albums (Gaon){{cite web |title=Album Chart – Week 10 of 2010 |url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=10&hitYear=2010&termGbn=week&yearTime=3 |website=Circle Chart |access-date=September 3, 2022 |language=ko |date=February 28 – March 6, 2010}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 35 |
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= Monthly charts =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (2004)
! Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| South Korean Albums (RIAK){{cite web |script-title=ko:2004.10월 – 가요 음반 판매량 |trans-title=2004.10 – Sales volume |url=http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200410.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041127041601/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200410.htm |archivedate=November 27, 2004 |accessdate=May 8, 2021 |publisher=Music Industry Association of Korea |language=ko}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 1 |
= Year-end charts =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (2004)
! Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| South Korean Albums (RIAK){{cite web|url=http://www.riak.or.kr/chart/riakpdf.asp?hit_year=2004|script-title=ko:2004년 가요음반판매량|trans-title=2004 Album Sales Figures|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Korea|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718055251/http://www.riak.or.kr/chart/riakpdf.asp?hit_year=2004|archive-date=July 18, 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=November 28, 2014}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 8 |
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Sales
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Korea|nocert=yes|salesamount=305,343|salesref={{cite web|url=http://miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200806.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718045228/http://miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200806.htm|title=June 2008 Sales|publisher=Music Industry Association of Korea|language=ko|archivedate=July 18, 2008|accessdate=October 15, 2017}}}}
{{Table end}}
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! Country ! Date ! Version(s) ! Format(s) ! Label(s) |
| scope="row" | South Korea
| October 13, 2004 | rowspan="4" |Standard | {{hlist|CD|cassette|digital download}} | SM |
|---|
| scope="row" | Japan
| November 25, 2004 | CD, digital download | {{hlist|Avex Trax|SM}} |
| scope="row" | Thailand
| December 5, 2005 | CD+VCD | {{hlist|Avex Trax|SM|GMM Grammy}} |
| scope="row" | Hong Kong
| July 14, 2006 | rowspan="3" | CD | rowspan="2" | SM |
| scope="row" | Taiwan
| May 31, 2007 | rowspan="2" | Deluxe |
| scope="row" | Japan
| July 15, 2007 | Avex Trax |