CNBLUE made their official debut in Korea on January 14 2010. They released their first Korean mini-album, Bluetory, and chose I’m a Loner as the title song. I’m a Loner peaked at Number 2 on the Gaon Digital Chart and also won on KBS’s Music Bank and SBS’s Inkigayo.
CNBLUE’s Songs
As a band who write their own songs, CNBLUE have recorded about 100 songs, including both their Japanese and Korean songs. To be exact, CNBLUE has released ten studio albums, ten extended plays (EPs), 33 singles, nine video albums, and 29 music videos. CNBLUE songs always chart well on Korean and Japanese music sites, such as the Gaon Chart and the Oricon Chart.
CNBLUE’s Debut Song
CNBLUE started their Korean promotion with the mini-album, Bluetory, with I’m a Loner as the title track. They released the mini-album and music video for I’m a Loner on January 14 2010. I’m a Loner was written by Han Seong-ho (FNC’s CEO) and Amen. The genre of this song is pop-rock, with an addictive and strong melody. The song charted well on the Gaon Charts, ranking at Number 2 on the Gaon Digital Chart and Number 1 on the Gaon Mobile Chart. On January 15 2010 CNBLUE began the promotion for this mini-album by performing on KBS’s Music Bank. On the following day, they were performing I’m a Loner on SBS’s Inkigayo. CNBLUE got their first win on KBS’s Music Bank on January 29 2010. Two days later, they also got Mutizen Song Award on SBS’s Inkigayo. CNBLUE hold the record for the fastest first win on a music show at that time as they were able to win on a music show only two weeks after their debut. However, Winner later broke CNBLUE’s record by having their first win five days after their debut.
CNBLUE’s Mini-Albums
CNBLUE have released ten mini-albums in Korea and Japan. Eight of these mini-albums were recorded in Korean, and two were recorded in Japanese.
Korean Mini-Albums
Bluetory
On January 14, 2010, CNBLUE released their first debut album, Bluetory. Bluetory debuted at Number 1 on the Gaon Album Chart. At the end of the year, Bluetory was ranked as the number 12th best-selling album in South Korea of that year. Not only in Korea, Bluetory was ranked at Number 1 on the Five Music J-pop/K-pop Chart and the G-Music J-pop Chart. CNBLUE have sold around 118,965 copies of this mini-album.
Bluelove
Bluelove is CNBLUE’s second mini-album, released on May 19, 2010. The mini-album consists of six tracks. Before releasing the mini-album, they had released a single, Love Light (사랑 빛), on May 10 2010. They included that song in this mini-album. CNBLUE began promoting the song on MBC’s Show! Music Core. They performed Love and Black Flower on the show. On June 10 2010, they won first place on Mnet’s M Countdown. The album peaked at Number 3 on the Gaon Weekly Album Chart and the Gaon Weekly Domestic Album Chart. The album was ranked at Number 15 on the Gaon Yearly 2010 Top100 Album Chart.
First Step +1 Thank You
First Step +1 Thank You is a Special album that was released on April 26 2011. The album consists of four tracks, a new version of Love Girl and three other songs that are the Korean versions of songs on their previous Japanese Album. The album was released as a thank you gift for fans and also as a repackaging of a previous album, First Step. The title track for this album is Love Girl. The album ranked at Number 1 on the Gaon Weekly Album Chart and the Gaon Weekly Domestic Album Chart. The album ranked at Number 4 on the Gaon Monthly Album Chart.
Ear Fun
Ear Fun is CNBLUE’s third mini-album, released on March 26 2012. The mini-album comes with six songs, with Hey You as the title track. On March 29 2012, CNBLUE began promoting the song Hey You on Mnet’s M Countdown. They were also performing on other music shows, such as Show Champion, KBS’s Music Bank, MBC’s Music Core, and SBS’s Inkigayo. The song got first place on M Countdown on April 5, Show Champion on April 10, Music Bank on April 20, and Inkigayo on April 22. They ended its promotion on SBS’s Inkigayo on the same day that they got first place. The album ranked at Number 1 on the Gaon Weekly Album chart and at Number 15 on the Oricon Weekly Album Chart in Japan.
Re:BLUE
Re:BLUE is CNBLUE’s fourth mini-album and was released on January 14 2013 with I’m Sorry as the title track. The album comes with six tracks, five are Korean tracks and one is an English track. Jung Yong-hwa wrote all the tracks except for “나 그대보다”. CNBLUE started the promotion for I’m Sorry on KBS’s Music Bank on January 18 2013. The song won thrice on Show Champion and once on KBS’s Music Bank on February 1 2013. The promotion ended on February 24 2013 on SBS’s Inkigayp. The album ranked at Number 1 on the Gaon Weekly Album Chart, and at Number 3 on the Gaon Monthly Album Chart. The album also ranked at Number 21 on Japan’s Oricon Weekly Album Chart.
Can’t Stop
Can’t Stop is CNBLUE’s fifth mini-album, released on February 24 2014 with Can’t Stop as the title track. The album comes with six new tracks written by Jung Yong-hwa and Lee Jong-hyun. The album peaked at Number 1 on the Gaon Album Physical Sales Chart with around 113,338 copies sold. The album was also included on Billboard K-Town as one of The 10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2014 and was ranked at Number 9.
