A Letter from Greenland


A Letter from Greenland is the fourth studio album by South Korean girl group S.E.S., released on December 22, 2000, by SM Entertainment and distributed by Avex Asia. A Korean-language cover of Japanese singer Misia's single "Tsutsumikomu Yō ni..." called "Show Me Your Love", served as the album's lead single and promotions along with single "Be Natural".
Commercially, A Letter from Greenland peaked at number one of the MIAK monthly album chart in December 2000. It has since sold over 635,000 copies in South Korea.

Commercial performance

A Letter from Greenland experienced commercial success in South Korea. It peaked at number one on the monthly MIAK album chart in December 2000 with initial sales of 445,600 copies, making it the 16th best-selling album of 2000 despite being released at the end of the year. The album sold an additional 190,113 copies in 2001 and was ranked the 37th best-selling album of the year.

Music videos

Music videos were produced for the singles "Show Me Your Love" and "Be Natural". In July 2001, the latter was voted the best music video of the first half of 2001 in a survey conducted by Mnet.

Covers

In October 2014, Red Velvet re-recorded their single "Be Natural" and released as the group's second single, featuring NCT's Taeyong. Other artists who have covered "Be Natural" include Everglow in 2019 and (G)I-dle's Miyeon and Minnie on a M Countdown special stage in March 2020.

Accolades

ProgramDate
Music BankFebruary 8, 2001
Music BankFebruary 15, 2001
Music BankFebruary 22, 2001
InkigayoFebruary 18, 2001
InkigayoFebruary 25, 2001
Music CampFebruary 10, 2001
Music CampFebruary 17, 2001
Music CampFebruary 24, 2001

Credits and personnel

S.E.S.
Recording
Staff
  • KAT – mixing, recording
  • Yoo Young-jin – mixing, recording
  • Do Jeong-ho – mixing, recording
  • Yeo Du-hyeon – mixing, recording
  • Won Chang-jun – recording
  • Jeon Hoon – mastering
  • Yoo Chang-yong – engineer assistant
  • Yoo Han-jin – engineer assistant
  • Kim Eun-ae – artwork coordinator
  • Jeong Chang-hwan – artwork coordinator
  • Kim Kyung-wookproduction coordinator
  • Cho Ji-young – cover design
  • Lee Soo-manexecutive producer
  • SM Entertainment – executive producer

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
South Korean Albums 37