Today we have another song that I tend to use on each countdown, I love everything about it from the music to the vocals. Her vocals are stunning, which when I first heard this rendition, it made me fall in love with this song.
I love this song, every time I listen to this version it always blows me away, I can never get over her vocals. I don't know what it i about this song that just brings all my emotions to the surface.
Google Images
Today's song is Zhag Li Yin's version of 'The First Noel'
It wasn't till I heard this version of this song that I really fell in love with, I can no longer think about Christmas without hearing this track. The beauty of the vocals is perfection, it never fails to make me a little tearful.
Google Images
Today's song is Zhang Li Yin's version of 'The First Noel'.
December 9th: I shared this song with you last year and it's taken from SM Entertainment's 2011 winter album The Warmest gift, which is full of Christmas and winter songs from groups and singers from SM Entertainment such as Girls Generation, Super Junior, SHINee, F(x), TVXQ and my next singer Zhang Liyin. Her vocals on this song are absolute perfection and breathtaking, I wish I could sing like her. Today's song is Zhang Liyin's The First Noel
Today's song I always class as one of the classic Christmas songs, and although I never remember the original singer or the original version, when I heard SM Entertainment artist Zhang Li Yin sing it on their 2011 winter album, I fell in love. Whether your a K-pop fan or not you can't deny that her vocals on this song are on point and absolutely breathtaking, it became one of my favourite tracks on the album and one of the tracks I always look forward to playing, don't believe me then just have a listen.
So today's K-pop Monday has a slight twist, this post is all K-pop idols singing in English. You're probably wondering what this has to do with being a Christmas Week Special post well it's an album of Christmas songs a few that you will recognise and some created especially for the album.
Created and released in 2011 SM Entertainment released the 8th winter album via SMTown (the artists under SM Entertainment), this album was the first winter album in 4 years and their first album to all be in English. There are 11 tracks on the album and each track is sung by a different artist, with 2 of these being used for the first time on an SMTown album.
The lead single from the album is Santa U Are The One by Super Junior including Super Junior-M members Zhoumi & Henry, the music video features the group singing in the studio and the other artists in behind the scenes footage of the photo shoot for the booklet. Check out the MV now.
Owned by SM Entertainment.
The CD was released with 2 separate versions, a gold version for the Korean release and a silver version for the Taiwan release, I have the Korean release because I thought it looked prettier in gold. In Korea 45,581+ copies were sold and 6,827+ copies sold in Japan making a combined sales of 52,408+ copies. I highly recommend this album and think it should be in every Christmas music lovers collection. The album is set out as the usual sized CD case in a book style with the booklet attached on the left as you open the case and the CD on the right. the booklet is full of Christmas colours with all the artists wearing items that are green & red, all the pictures are in the front of the booklet with the lyrics taking pride in the last few pages, just the layout of it give a Christmas feel.
Track List:
Santa U Are The One
Sleigh Ride
Distance
Last Christmas
Diamond
For The First Time
Like A Dream
The First Noel
1,2,3
Amazing
Happy X-mas (War Is Over)
Donghae (Super Junior)
L-R Leetuek & Kyuhyun (Super Junior)
L-R Siwon & Yesung (Super Junior)
L-R Sungmin & Ryeowook (Super Junior)
L-R Eumhyuk & Shindong (Super Junior)
L-R Henry & Zhoumi (Super Junior-M)
L-R U-Know & Max (TVXQ)
L-R BoA & Key(Shinee)
L-R Onew & Taemin (Shinee)
L-R Minho & Jonghyun (Shinee)
L-R YoonA & Jessica (Girls Generation)
L-R TaeYeon & YuRi (Girls Generation)
L-R Sunny & SeoHyun (Girls Generation)
L-R SooYoung & Tiffany (Girls Generation)
L-R HyoYeon (Girls Generation) & Kangta
L-R Jay & Jungmo (TRAX)
L-R Zhang Liyin & J-Min
L-R Dana & Sunday (The Grace)
L-R Sulli & Victoria (f(x))
L-R Luna & Amber (f(x))
Krystal (f(x))
Each song is as amazing as the last and to say for a lot of the artists English isn't their first language they do pretty amazing with their pronunciations, the original tracks are also just as amazing as the covers and I've found with this album that I wouldn't normally listen to The First Noel but I love the singers vocals on that song, it also makes a nice change being able to sing along to each song, lets check out the tracks now shall we?
Sleigh Ride sung by TVXQ
(By MinEunRi)
Distance sung by BoA
(By ilove2icesk82300)
Last Christmas sung by SHINee
(By julielee3595)
Diamond sung by Girls Generation
(By TV-People)
For The First Time sung by Kangta
(By LyricsVideo106)
Like A Dream sung by TRAX
(By MNBsubs05)
The First Noel sung by Zhang Liyin
(By Rikawendy)
1,2,3 sung by f(x)
(By 2NE1 Bang)
Amazing sung by The Grace - Dana & Sunday
(By Auroraslights6)
Happy X-mas (War Is Over)
(By Pastel Jenna FL)
Do any of these songs hit your Christmas spirit spot?
Can you guess the English speakers?
Did any of the covers make you like a song you disliked?
