Wonder World (album)

Wonder World is the second Korean-language studio album by South Korean girl group Wonder Girls, released on November 7, 2011, through JYP Entertainment. The track "Be My Baby" served as the lead single from album. Both the album and the single were a commercial success, both having topped the Gaon Album and Digital charts respectively. To promote Wonder World, the group appeared on several South Korean music programs; additionally, Wonder Girls embarked on their Wonder World Tour in July 2012.

Wonder World
Studio album by
Wonder Girls
ReleasedNovember 7, 2011
Recorded2010–11
Genre
Length41:29
LabelJYP
Producer
Wonder Girls chronology
2 Different Tears
(2010)		 Wonder World
(2011)		 Wonder Party
(2012)
Singles from Wonder World
  1. "Be My Baby"
    Released: November 7, 2011

For this album, the members of the group became more involved in the songwriting and production. Park Ye-eun wrote and produced "G.N.O." and "Me, In", Kim Yubin wrote "Girls Girls", "Me, In", and "Sweet Dreams", and Woo Hyelim wrote and produced her solo song "Act Cool", featuring San E. The members also recorded two duets: Min Sunye and Yeeun recorded "Long Long Time" while Yubin and Ahn Sohee recorded "SuperB".

Background and composition

On November 4, the album's name was revealed to be Wonder World, consisting of 11 new songs, one remixed song, and an English version of the lead single, "Be My Baby". Various members of the group contributed to composing material for the album. Park Ye-eun was the composer and lyricist for the song "G.N.O." and performed the arrangement and composition for "Me, In", a remake of the 1974 hit "The Beauty" by Shin Jung-hyeon and YeopJeons.[1] In an interview she commented about the strong American influence that she had received while working on new music in the album as she stated "When I went to a club, I heard songs from Rihanna and LMFAO. We thought it would be nice if we could make club music, done right, in Korean."[2]

Woo Hyelim collaborated with rapper San-E for her solo song "Act Cool" for which also helped her write the rap lyrics.[3] Kim Yubin wrote the raps for the songs "Girls Girls" "Me, In" and "Sweet Dreams". Ahn Sohee and Yubin recorded a duet together called "SuperB", and Yeeun and Min Sunye also had a duet titled "두고두고" (Long Long Time).[2] Renowned choreographer Jonte' Moaning choreographed the group's music video for "Be My Baby". Designer Johnny Wujek also worked alongside the group.[4]

Commercial performance

Wonder World entered and peaked at number one on the Gaon Album Chart on the chart issue dated November 6–12, 2011.[5] The album stayed in the Top 10 of the chart for four consecutive weeks.[6] The album entered and peaked at number 4 on the chart for the month of November 2011 with 35,051 physical copies sold.[7] The album placed at number 42 on the Gaon Album Chart for the year 2011 for 34,140 physical copies sold.[8] In the United States, the album entered and peaked at number 5 on Billboard's World Albums chart on the week ending November 26, 2011.[9] "Be My Baby" went to number 1 on both the Gaon Weekly Digital Charts[10] and the Billboard K-pop Hot 100.[11] The song was also featured in the group's TV movie, Wonder Girls at the Apollo, which aired on TeenNick.[12]

Accolades
Awards and nominations
Year Organization Work Award Result
2011 Gaon Chart Music Awards "Be My Baby" Song of the Month (November) Won
2012 Golden Disc Awards Wonder World Disk Bonsang Nominated
Popularity Award Nominated
Music program wins
Song Program Date
"Be My Baby" Mnet's M! Countdown November 17, 2011
November 24, 2011
SBS's Inkigayo November 27, 2011
December 4, 2011
December 11, 2011

Track listing
Wonder World – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."G.N.O."Park Ye-eun
  • Yeeun
  • Lee Woo-min
  • Fredrik
3:30
2."Be My Baby"Park Jin-youngPark Jin-young3:31
3."Girls Girls"
Eun-ji3:33
4."Me, In"
  • Jung-hyeon
  • Ye-eun
3:14
5."Sweet Dreams"
  • Yu-bin
  • Billion Dollar Baby
  • Noday
  • DeepFrost
  • Eun-ji
3:34
6."Stop!"Hong Ji-sangHong Ji-sang3:22
7."Dear Boy"
  • Fingazz
  • DJ Nüre
3:11
8."두고두고" (Long Long Time) (Sunye and Yeeun duet))Park Jin-youngPark Jin-young3:46
9."SuperB" (Yubin and Sohee duet)Kim EanaEast4A3:19
10."Act Cool" (Hyelim solo featuring San E)
  • Woo Hye-rim
  • Jung San
  • Woo
  • San E
3:33
11."Be My Baby" ("Ra.D" mix)Park Jin-youngPark Jin-young3:27
12."Nu Shoes"
  • Woo Seok-rhee
  • Alexander Kronlund
  • Lukas Hilbert
  • Rainstone
  • Kronlund
  • Hilbert
3:29
Total length:41:29
Wonder World – iTunes Store edition (bonus track)
No.TitleLength
13."Be My Baby" (English version)3:32
Total length:45:01
Wonder World – Taiwanese special edition (bonus track)
No.TitleLength
13."Be My Baby" (Chinese version)3:32
Total length:45:01
Wonder World – Taiwanese special edition (bonus DVD)[13]
No.TitleLength
1."Be My Baby" (music video) 
2."Be My Baby" (making film) 
3."Be My Baby" (album shooting) 
4."Real Wonder Girls" 
Wonder World – Malaysian and Singaporean special edition (bonus DVD)
No.TitleLength
1."Teaser 1" 
2."Teaser 2" 
3."Be My Baby" (music video) 
4."Real WG "Magazine"" 
5."Real WG "Fan Session"" 
6."Be My Baby" (making of music video) 
7."Jacket Making" 

Sample credits

Credits and personnel

Charts

Sales
Country Sales
South Korea (Gaon) 43,349[16]

Release history
Region Date Edition Format Label Catalog Ref.
South Korea November 7, 2011 Standard
L100004386 [17]
United States Digital download JYP – [18]
Taiwan January 6, 2012
  • Standard
  • Special
  • CD
  • DVD
  • digital download
 Universal Music 1027259494 [19]
Malaysia April 10, 2012
5053105239122 [13]
Singapore

References
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  2. "성숙해진 원더걸스 2집으로 국내 컴백 - MBN :: 매일방송". Mbn.mk.co.kr. November 6, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  3. "혜림 랩, 그간의 심경 토로? 솔로곡 'Act Cool' 가사 화제". News.nate.com. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  4. "원더걸스 신곡 댄스, 비욘세 안무가가 만든다". Star News. October 24, 2011.
  5. "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  6. "국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!". gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
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  11. "Korea K-Pop Hot 100 Week of November 26, 2011". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  12. Chung, Kang-hyun (November 8, 2011). "The Wonder Girls ready to retake local music scene". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
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  16. Cumulative sales for "Wonder World":
  17. "Wonder Girls - Wonder World (2nd Album) (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. November 7, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
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  19. "Wonder Girls Vol. 2 - Wonder World (CD + DVD) (Taiwan Special Version) on YesAsia". YesAsia. January 6, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
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