''T'' is the third Japanese studio album (sixth overall) by South Korean pop group

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, released on January 22, 2008 by

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. It at #4 on the

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weekly charts. The album's biggest competition in sales was with

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's "Zard Request Best: Beautiful Memory", the last album after its lead vocalist

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's death in 2007. According to the members, the "T" stands for several things, such as "

", "Title", "Third" album, "Top" and "Try". It could also stand for "Trick/Trust" and the group's "Teamwork". A week before the album's release, the single " Purple Line" had debuted and reached #1 in Oricon weekly sales. The management played a different strategy to promote the album by splitting the members into teams which travelled separately to different cities in Japan for a week and appeared on radio shows and TV programs. The song "Kiss したまま、さよなら" was specially composed and written by members Micky Yoochun and Hero Jaejoong, included only in 2CD+2DVD version. The song Trick is a song that is a mix of 5 songs (released after the album), each dedicated to a separate member. The first letter in the following five singles spell out the name 'Trick'.

Music videos

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" * " Summer Dream" * " Shine/Ride On" * " Last Angel" * " Forever Love" * "

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" * " Purple Line"

Track listing

;Notes * CD + DVD and 2 CD + 2 DVD versions do not include tracks 14 & 15 ("Forever Love (Acappella version)" & "Lovin' You (Haru's "Deep Water" Mix)")

Release history

Charts and sales

Oricon sales charts (Japan) Oricon Style
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Korea foreign albums & singles chart

Singles included in album

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:T (Tvxq Album) 2008 albums TVXQ albums Avex Group albums Japanese-language albums