Sixth Sense (Brown Eyed Girls album)

Sixth Sense is the fourth studio album released by the South Korean girl group Brown Eyed Girls. The album was released on 23 September 2011.[1] The song with the same title was used as the promotional song. The song "Hot Shot" was released on September 16 as a teaser for the album. A repackaged version of the album was released on November 4. The repackaged album comes with a DVD, a 40-pages photobook, a calendar with 12 pages, 4 autographed cards by the girls and a poster.[2]

Sixth Sense
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2011
Recorded2011
Genre
Length28:53
LanguageKorean
Label
Producer
Brown Eyed Girls chronology
Festa On Ice 2010
(2010)
Sixth Sense
(2011)
Black Box
(2013)
Singles from Sixth Sense
  1. "Hot Shot"
    Released: September 16, 2011
  2. "Sixth Sense"
    Released: September 23, 2011
  3. "Cleansing Cream"
    Released: November 4, 2011

Concept

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The concept for the album is “Resistance for freedom of expression through music via sixth sense.” Representatives of NegaNetwork explained, “This album focuses not only on their singing and performance. The members hope to convey their thoughts to the public through music. Their title track is an expression of the limitations of experiencing music with only five senses, and it asks people to feel it instead with their sixth sense. The song itself is very free in style.”[3]

Promotions

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The promotions of the album and song "Sixth Sense" started in September 24, on MBC's Show! Music Core and was also promoted on the shows M! Countdown, Inkigayo and Music Bank. The song "Hot Shot" was promoted during the comeback week. The song won four music show awards: two mutizens on Inkigayo and two awards on M! Countdown. The promotions of the song ended in October 23. Promotions for the song "Cleansing Cream" started in November 4, on Music Bank.

Track listing

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Vol. 4 Sixth Sense
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Swing it Shorty" (Intro) Junjaman, Lee Min Soo1:21
2."Sixth Sense"Kim EanaLee Min Soo3:48
3."Hot Shot"Kim Eanaeast4a, Lee Min Soo3:21
4."La Boheme"D'DayYoon Il Sang3:48
5."An Inconvenient Truth" (불편한 진실; Bulpyeonhan Jinsil)JeA, Kim EanaJeA, KZ3:48
6."Lovemotion"Kim Eanaeast4a3:22
7."Countdown" (Interlude)D'Day, Kim EanaKZ1:50
8."Vendetta"Kim EanaKZ3:41
9."Sixth Sense" (Instrumental)  3:48
Total length:28:53
CD Repackaged edition
No.TitleLength
9."Cleansing Cream" (클렌징크림)3:33
10."Sixth Sense" (Instrumental)3:48
Total length:32:26
DVD Repackaged edition
No.TitleLength
1."Jacket Shooting" 
2."Hot Shot" (Music video - Making of) 
3."Hot Shot" (Music video) 
4."Sixth Sense" (Music video - Making of) 
5."Sixth Sense" (Music video) 
6."Sixth Sense" (Music video - NG) 

Chart performance

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Album chart

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Sixth Sense

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Chart Peak
position
Gaon Weekly album chart[4] 2
Gaon Weekly domestic album chart[4] 2
Gaon Monthly album chart[4] 9

Repackage

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Chart Peak
position
Gaon Weekly album chart[4] 6
Gaon Weekly domestic album chart[4] 6
Gaon Weekly album chart[4] 17

Single chart

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The title track "Sixth Sense" debuted atop the spot of the Gaon Single Chart with 511,798 downloads in its first week of release. By the end of 2011 the song was downloaded 2,585,879 times and it earned the position #29 in the Gaon Year-end Chart, but the song continued to achieve downloads in 2012, in fact by the end of July it was reported that the song has accumulated 3,991,637 downloads.[citation needed]

Song Peak chart position
KOR KOR
Gaon Chart[4] K-Pop

Billboard[5]

"Sixth Sense" 1 2
"Hot Shot" 2 6
"Cleansing Cream" 4 6

Other songs charted

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Song Peak chart position
KOR KOR
Gaon Chart[4] K-Pop

Billboard[5]

"An Inconvenient Truth" 13 23
"Vendetta" 62 50
"Lovemotion" 63 78
"La Boheme" 74 -
"Countdown (Interlude)" 148 -
"Swing it Shorty (Intro)" 183 -

Sales and certifications

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Chart Amount
Gaon physical sales[6] 33,197+ (Album + Repackaged)

Release history

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Country Date Format Label
South Korea September 23, 2011 CD, Digital download LOEN Entertainment
Nega Network
Worldwide Digital download[7]

References

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  1. ^ 네이버 뮤직 :: 찾는 기쁨 듣는 즐거움, 네이버 뮤직 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  2. ^ 브아걸, 파격후속은 '감성'..68개월만 발라드 회귀. StarNews (in Korean). October 31, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  3. ^ 브아걸, 마지막 티저사진 공개…어떤 메시지인가?. Naver (in Korean). September 22, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Gaon Search - Brown Eyed Girls" (in Korean). Gaon. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Music Chart". Billboard. 2011-08-25. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  6. ^ "Gaon album chart". Gaon (in Korean). Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  7. ^ "iTunes - Music - Sixth Sense by 브라운아이드걸스 (Brown Eyed Girls)". iTunes. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
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