Virgin (After School album)

"Because of You"
Virgin
Studio album by After School
Released	April 29, 2011 (South Korea)
Recorded	2009-2011
Genre	Dance-pop; electropop;
Length	62:38
Label	Pledis; LOEN;
After School chronology
Singles from Virgin
	"Because of You"; Released: November 25, 2009; "Bang!"; Released: March 25, 2010; "Shampoo"; Released: April 27, 2011;

Virgin is the debut studio album by South Korean girl group After School. They promoted the album by performing their lead single "Shampoo" along with a tap dance performance of "Let's Step Up". It was released on April 29, 2011 and contains 13 songs (including new recordings of their songs "Because of You", "When I Fall", and "Bang!"). The group has released three music videos for the album: "Shampoo", "Let's Step Up", and "Play Ur Love". This is the first release with the addition of the member E-Young and first release with nine-member line-up and last release to feature member Bekah.

History

Following the admission of ninth member, E-Young, Pledis Entertainment announced that After School will be having a comeback at the end of April 2011. They also announced that After School will release their first full-length studio album. Before the release of the album, several actions were made by the agency such as releasing a mini-album for the group leader Kahi and also the release of Orange Caramel's "Bangkok City".

On April 18, 2011, Pledis released a photo teaser of the album, featuring fourth generation member E-young. The track-listing and three other member photos followed, which were separated into third, second, and first generation members. On the day before the album's release, Pledis uploaded the video of their lead track "Shampoo" and "Let's Step Up!" on their official channel at YouTube.

Their comeback stage was held on KBS Music Bank and they performed "Shampoo" and "Let's Step Up".

The album contains nine new tracks, three re-recorded songs, and a radio edit. Two of the new tracks, "Lean on Time" and "My Bell" are solo songs sung by main vocal members Raina and Jungah.

Two songs from the album features a Pre-School Girl: in "Dream" features Yoonjo, which in 2012 debuted on the group Hello Venus, and in "Funky Man", a duet song of the members Nana and Lizzy, features Kyung Min.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Let's Step Up"	Bekah	Junho Chang	1:45
2.	"Shampoo"	Won Tae Yeon	Daishi Dance, Tomoharu Moriya	4:35
3.	"Virgin"	Jang Ji-Won, Bekah	Niclas Lundin, Maria Marcus, H. Bharadia, Daishi Dance	3:32
4.	"Bang!" (2011 new recording)	Kim Hee-Sun, Bekah	Kim Tae Hyun	3:18
5.	"Play Ur Love"	Kim Bo Ah	G-HIGH	3:48
6.	"Dream" (featuring Yoonjo (Hello Venus))	Kim Hee-Sun	Samuli Laiho, Daisuke Kahara	3:42
7.	"Because of You" (너 때문에; Neo Ttaemune) (2011 new recording)	Brave Brothers	Brave Brothers	3:56
8.	"Leaning Against Time" (시간에 기대어; Sigane Gidaeeo) (Raina solo)	Young Shin Cho	Yuchi Yeon	3:32
9.	"Are You Doing Okay?" (잘 지내고 있죠; Jal Jinaego Issjyo)	Hwang Sung Jin	Bakdeok Sang	3:41
10.	"Funky Man" (Nana vs Lizzy) (featuring Kyung Min [Pre-School Girl])	Chang Chun Ho, Hyun Sik Gong	Chang Chun Ho, Hyun Sik Gong	3:22
11.	"My Bell" (Jung-A solo)	Song Yang Ha	Song Yang Ha	4:00
12.	"When I Fall" (2011 new recording)	Kahi	Magnus Lidehäll, Jacob Olofsson, Viktoria Sandström	3:21
13.	"Shampoo" (radio edit)	Won Tae Yeon	Daishi Dance, Tomoharu Moriya	3:57
Total length:				62:38

Charts

Virgin was released in the Philippines on 23 July 2011, along with Bang! and Happy Pledis 1st Album, and it debuted at number one on the Philippines AstroChart, while Bang! debuted at number two and Happy Pledis 1st Album at number three.[1]

Album chart

Chart	Peak position
South Korea Gaon weekly album chart[2]	2
South Korea Gaon monthly album chart	10
South Korea Gaon yearly album chart	59
Japan Oricon weekly album chart	162
Philippines Astrovision weekly foreign album chart	1
Philippines Astrovision weekly album chart	3
Taiwan G-Music weekly foreign album chart	4

Other songs charted

Song	Peak position
Song	Gaon Chart
"Virgin"[2]	181
"Play Ur Love"	102

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
South Korea	April 29, 2011	CD, Digital download	Pledis Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment
Worldwide	April 29, 2011	Digital download	Pledis Entertainment, LOEN Entertainment
Japan	May 13, 2011	CD	LOEN Entertainment
Philippines	July 23, 2011	CD and freebies	Universal Records Philippines
Taiwan	April 24, 2013	CD and DVD	Avex Taiwan

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References

Universal Records Philippines (25 July 2011). "After School "Virgin" is #1 in AstroPlus album charts". Facebook.
"After School - Gaon Search" (in Korean). Gaon. 29 July 2011.

External links

Official website (in Korean)

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[1] Universal Records Philippines (25 July 2011). "After School "Virgin" is #1 in AstroPlus album charts". Facebook.

[gaon-2] "After School - Gaon Search" (in Korean). Gaon. 29 July 2011.