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Thursday, January 26, 2012
[News] Kim Hyun Joong’s debut single is most sold album by a foreign artist on Oricon
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Singer + actor Kim Hyun Joong sells over 70k copies of albums in one day.
Kim Hyun Joong’s debut single album ‘KISS KISS/Lucky Guy’ sold 71,821 copies taking the #2 spot on the Oricon Daily Chart, to become the most sold album by a debuting foreign artist since March of 2009, when the Oricon Daily chart was incepted.
Kim Hyun Joong’s single album is sold in three different packaging, the first is the regular album and then there are two types of limited edition albums dubbed, type A and B. Currently the three types of albums are ranked #1, 2, and 3 on Tower Records’ single chart, showing exactly how big Kim Hyun Joong is over in Japan right now.
Kim Hyun Joong will continue the hot streak by performing on Asahi TV’s ‘Music Station’ on the 27th and he’ll also hold a debut single commemoration concert in Yokohama Arena on February 4th and on the 5th, in front of 40,000 fans.
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[Video] Winners of the 2011 allkpop awards! ~ Kim Hyun Joong Wins BEST MALE SOLO ARTIST
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Hello allkpop.this'is Kim Hyun Joong.Thank U for such an amazing award, and this award is much more meaningful as 100% of the votes were cast by my international fans. I plan to promote myself more overseas in the new year, so i ask for your interest and support. Thank U.
[News] Kim Hyun Joong is off to a good start in Japan with ‘KISS KISS/Lucky Guy’
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The success of Kim Hyun Joong‘s newly released Japanese debut album was nothing short of ‘daebak‘.
His new Japanese album ‘KISS KISS/Lucky Guy‘ which dropped on the 25th immediately climbed to the #2 spot on the Oricon Daily Single Album Chart by selling 71,821 copies on the first day.
He was second to AKB48‘s popular sister group SKE48 who also released their new single ‘Kataomoi Finally‘ on the 25th, and sold a total of 285,467 copies on the first day.
Even with the number of copies he sold on the first day alone, Kim Hyun Joong would still rank as #16 on a list of Korean artists and their first week of sales in Japan. However, at the high rate that his albums are currently selling, he is predicted to sell well over 100,000 copies in the first week.
Kim Hyun Joong signed a contract with Japanese music label Universal Music in 2011. Ahead of his official single release, Kim Hyun Joong also began selling ringback tones on the 18th, which climbed to the #1 spot on the ‘Rekochoku‘ Ringback Chart.
He also will be greeting his Japanese fans by appearing on the popular TV Asahi music program ‘Music Station‘ on January 27th, and like his fellow celebrities IU and Lee Seung Gi, he is expected to make a big splash in Japan as one of Hallyu’s leading solo artists.
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