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| Released | May 17, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | K-pop, dance-pop, electropop, hip hop | |||
| Length | 35:24 | |||
| Label | Cube Entertainment, Universal Music Group | |||
| Producer | Hong Seung Seong | |||
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| Singles from Fiction and Fact | ||||
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Fiction and Fact is the first studio album by South Korean boy band Beast. It was released on May 17, 2011, by Cube Entertainment and contains 10 songs, including the singles "On Rainy Days" and "Fiction".[1][2] The album peaked at number one on the Gaon Album Chart[3] and was the fifth best-selling album of 2011 in South Korea, selling over 142,000 copies by the end of the year.[4][5]
The album garnered Beast a win for Artist of the Year for the 2nd Quarter at the 2011 Gaon Chart Music Awards,[6] while "Fiction" won Song of the Year at the 2011 KBS Music Festival.[7]
- ^ "비스트 컴백,새 앨범 발매에 관하여" [Beast's comeback, about the release of new album] (in Korean). Cube Entertainment. May 9, 2011. Archived from the original on May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
- ^ "비스트 정규 1집 '픽션 앤 팩트' 공개 동시 반응 폭발!" [Public reaction is explosive to Beast's first studio album 'Fiction and Fact']. BNT News (in Korean). May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ^ "2011년 24주차 Album Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
gaon 2011was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "소녀시대 '더 보이즈' 2011 앨범판매 톱" [Girls' Generation's 'The Boys' is top seller of 2011]. E Daily (in Korean). February 14, 2012. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ^ "비스트, 가온K팝어워드 올해의가수상..2분기음반 1위" [Beast wins Artist of the Year at Gaon K-pop Awards...number one album of the 2nd quarter]. Star News (in Korean). February 22, 2012. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ^ Joo, Kyung-don (January 2, 2012). "After a Beast of a year, one last award". Joogang Daily. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.