First Love(Yiruma album)

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First Loveis the second studio album by South Korean pianistYiruma,released in 2001.[1]

First Love
Studio albumby
ReleasedDecember 1, 2001
Recorded2001
Length55:49
Label
Yirumachronology
Love Scene
(2001)
First Love
(2001)
Oasis & Yiruma
(2002)

The best known track in the album is "River Flows in You",[2]which became popular after it was associated with a different song, "Bella's Lullaby", from the filmTwilight(2008).[3]The song reached No. 20 in Germany and No. 11 in Austria,[4][5]and its video received over 100 million views on YouTube.[6]

The album reached No. 3 onBillboard'sTop Classical Albumsin 2020 after a change in chart rules allowing catalog albums to be included in current charts.[7][6]

Track listing

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First Lovetrack listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I"4:10
2."May Be"4:00
3."Love Me"4:06
4."River Flows in You"3:10
5."Passing By"4:37
6."It's Your Day"3:41
7."When the Love Falls"Michel Polnareff3:18
8."Left My Hearts"3:12
9."Time Forgets..."4:58
10."On the Way"4:39
11."Till I Find You"3:44
12."If I Could See You Again"3:25
13."Dream a Little Dream of Me"Fabian AndreandWilbur Schwandt2:12
14."I..."3:11
15."Farewell"2:29

Charts

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Chart performance forFirst Love
Chart Peak
position
South Korean Albums (Gaon)[8] 67
USTop Classical Albums(Billboard)[7] 3
US New Age Albums (Billboard)[9] 4

References

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  1. ^"Yiruma - First Love Album".AllMusic.
  2. ^The Top Ten Most Calming Pieces To Play On Piano.Wise Publications. 2016. p. 87.
  3. ^Maddy Shaw Roberts (27 February 2019)."Yiruma's River Flows in You: from its meaning to its starring role in the Twilight saga".Classic FM.
  4. ^"Yiruma: River Flows in You".Offizielle Deutsche Charts.
  5. ^"Yiruma - River Flows in You".austriancharts.
  6. ^ab"How Yiruma Made It to the Top of the Classical Albums Chart For 17 Weeks".Billboard.7 July 2020.
  7. ^ab"Yiruma Chart History (Top Classical Albums)".Billboard.
  8. ^"이루마 Album Chart"(in Korean).Gaon.
  9. ^"New Age Albums".Billboard.
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