Japan Record Association recently announced, “Million single, album selling and acknowledge”. Dong Bang Shin Ki has been acknowledged for a golden disk by selling more than 100K copies of their albums ‘Five In Black’ in March, ‘Stand By You’ in July and ‘3rd LIVE TOUR 2008 -T-’ in August.
With that, more attention are raised as in what will the next step be for Dong Bang Shin Ki 3 members Micky YooChun, Xiah JunSu and Hero JaeJoong’s contract discord with SM Entertainment.
G-Music is a Taiwanese music chart, and in their 2008 album rankings, Mirotic came in first when the percentages were compared, and T came in 6th.
To make the first sentence of this post clear: This chart is only made up of Japanese and Korean artists because they seperated these Asian artists into a different category from artists who release mainly in Chinese. So yes, there are other albums that are number one, but in different categories
They continue to score high in the weekly sales, their 6th #1 in a row. (For those not wishing to see the entire long segment of rankings, just skip to the very end ^^)
[Infoseek Search Keywords Ranking (08/12/30~09/01/05)] TVXQ Ranked 6th Among All Kouhaku Singers
Kouhaku Singers This week, we will reveal the search ranking of the Kouhaku Singers!
The singer that ranked 1st is Ayumi Hamasaki whom brought a brilliant opening despite having her right hand just recovered after wounded for 3 weeks. In the 2nd rank is EXILE whom sang ‘Ti Amo’ and obtained the Nihon Record Taisyo. 3rd rank is Shuuchishin and Pabo who appeared as ‘Shuuchishin with Pabo’ on the show, their performance obtained the highest rating record of 47.8% among all the singers. In the 4th rank is Fujioka Fujimaki and Oohashi Nozomi who had left a cute impression to everyone after singing the theme song of Ponyo On The Cliff. There were feedbacks from many people saying that they ‘had only watched that part for the whole show’. In addition, beside those singers from the Red team that were mentioned earlier, there are still Perfume, ranked 5th in place and SPEED who had been active again after 9 years and other 11 groups of people. As for the White team, those who have been listed are Tohoshinki who ranked 6th in place, Mr. Children who ranked 13th, Yutaka Mizutani who ranked 16th and other 9 groups of people, looking at this ranking, Red is the dominant team.
Credits: Hey!JJ + TVXQBaidu + Fangirlmitz Trans by: Jaesica
The audience ratings for NHK's 59th Kohaku Uta Gassen have been announced. Ratings were up from last year, reaching 35.7% for the first half and 42.1% for the second half.
The news was a welcome change, as the past two years had dipped below the 40% mark. The second half of the show had ratings of 39.8% in 2006 and 39.5% in 2007, which are the 3rd and 2nd worst performances in the show's history.
The first half ratings were also an improvement, climbing up from 30.6% in 2006 and 32.8% in 2007.
This Kohaku Uta Gassen was the fourth consecutive victory for the White Team (male artists), bringing their overall total record to 31 wins and 28 losses. It was a convincing win, as the White Team received nearly 206,000 votes compared to the Red Team's 112,000.
The boys actually received the second highest ratings during the first part of the show with 38.6% ratings. Ohashi Nozomi singing Gake no Ue Ponyo got the highest in the first part with 41.1%. The boys performing after her might have helped a little since her song is one of the year's most popular. Meanwhile, SMAP's performance drew the most rating with 47.9%.
[ENG SUBBED] DBSK Official MV BOLERO 1:03 credit: kenoa93
Check out the classy soft theme in the new MV for the single "Bolero", set to be the OST for the Japanese movie "Subaru". The song is already setting many hearts a flutter with Tohoshinki's beautiful harmonization and soothing vocals. It has already ranked #5 on A-Channel, weeks before its official release or even its official MV.
081225 "Bolero" Ranked #5 - A-Channel
With high fan anticipation, movie tie-in, and Kohaku exposure, will Bolero be Tohoshinki's biggest hit for 2009?
Both Bigeasters and Cassiopeians are doing intensive culture exchange through the TVXQ medium. Awesome to see both fanclubs supporting and enjoying the boys no matter what the language or culture, especially considering how Korean-Japanese relations haven't always been so chummy in history. Thats TVXQ for you -- breaking down culture barriers one fan at a time!
"Dong Bang Shin Ki" is topping the Japanese foreign sales charts with their Korean releases, and "Tohoshinki" is topping the Korean foreign sales charts with Japanese releases.
どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう? Special Release DBSK will be releasing a special 20 000 copy limited edition single "Doushite Kimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimattandaro/Beautiful You/Sennen Koi no Uta" on December 31st, 2008 in Japan to commemorate their first appearance on Kohaku.
Note that "Beautiful You/Sennen Koi no Uta" are originally a seperate single from "Doushite Kimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimattandaro", however, seeing they are the most popular singles of the year (see ranking below), they must have decided to combine the three songs in one single.
08/03/12 *3위 10회 *26,361장 HISTORY in JAPAN Vol.3 08/08/06 *2위 13회 *51,084장 3rd LIVE TOUR 2008 ~T~ 07/03/28 *5위 *3회 *11,036장 HISTORY IN JAPAN VOL.2 07/09/26 *3위 *9회 *21,347장 2nd LIVE TOUR~Five in the Black~ 07/11/21 *4위 *2회 *13,148장 All About 東方神起 Season 2
Credits: DNBN
DBSK to Appear on HEYHEYHEY!
There will be an appeance on the popular Japanese show HeyHeyHey! The recording is on the 14th - not sure when the airing will occur. I can't wait to see them on the show again xD The PDs 'Down Town' are hilarious.
DBSK/Tohoshinki are fourth on the top-10 all year list. Seems like alot of people have shown interest in checking out the group this year, a significant feat in accomplishing this much exposure in the market. They were also 2nd most searched in blogs.
SM.ENTERTAINMENT LEGAL COURT CASE AGAINST THE BANNING OF DBSK'S 4TH ALBUM FOR UNDER 19 .
Previously, we reported on how DBSK's 4th album was put under the 19 year age banned by the Youth Safety Association on November, however SM ENT will starting next week file a legal case against this to the Justice Court/ District Court.
DBSK's Management SM Entertainment (SM), quoted by Money Today's Star New : " We will go through administrative measures against the suspension by filing a case next week to the District Court" "We have been getting ready for this legal case on the 2nd "
"We have agreed to release a clean version of 'Jumon - Mirotic' by the administrative order, but this is something we do not agree with and feel this is entirely unfair. Therefore we have decided to file a case to the court against the administration's displosure. "
Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs administration has on the November 27th declared that DBSK's rth album's Mirotic's lyrics were provocative and put the album under harmful to the Youth.
The Commission of Youth Protection have said that the words and the meaning of 'Jumon-Mirotic' were not the only problem but the entire lyrics' meaning was harmful and overly sexual.
After the Commission of Youth Protection had released this statement SM.ENT said " Even before when the order had been put against MIROTIC, we have clearly negotiated and tried to explain the real meaning and explanation of the lyrics , but even after this the results came out unexpectedly and we are bewildered as of this moment" " and the JUMON -MIROTIC's lyrical meaning is entirely different and miles away from the erotic or sexual that the association is making it to be "
DBSK's 4th album by the END OF November hit 460,000 sales ( FROM SM.ENT). This is the highest record sale for this year out of any artists/idols.
However with the current condition and news coverage of DBSK's CD age ban has caused Japanese Media to release news coverage of this.. ( my friend who lives in japan said for the past 2 days she saw DBSK'S MIROTIC age ban incident on every news and entertainment news channel..ㅜㅜ...)
On the 4th, Japan's AsahiTv, Nihon Tv. etc. had released their coverage as ' Asia's Star DbSK and the bann of the CD release single MIROTIC. Sankei Sports news on the 5th, Sports-Nippon released their news " AGE ban of DBSK 4th album,, will this AFFECT DBSk's attendance for NHK's REd white ceremony?" ( the PD FOR NHK already releasd a statement said that this incident will not prevent DBSK. at all for attendance.)
DBSk have also hit the top charts in Japan's Oricon charts numerous times, and have won twice in a row the golden artists award at the " Best hit Gayo Awards" Japan.
Source: DNBN + dbskdbsk111@soompi
EXTENSIVE JAPANESE MEDIA REPORTS ON MIROTIC'S BAN IN KOREA
My Comments: The Japanese coverage of the ban has been very sensationalized. The news was shockingly on many Japanese NATIONAL NEWS channels with lengthy air time towards the story. Either all the Japanese media is suddenly interested in DBSK after their Kohaku invite and deem them important enough to have reporters go to Korea for interviews with the public, or they are surprised (and probably laughing) at how sensitive the Korea Youth Safety Association is. Some Japanese news channels interviewed people on the streets after making them hear a sample of the song and the general public thought there was nothing wrong with the lyrics at all (especially compared to whats available out there in the Japanese market). 10 out of 100 000 songs released in Japan are labelled inappropriate in a year.
Japan aside, I don't understand why songs like "One More Time" by Jewelry escapes from the banishment of a 19-over sticker. I also do not understand why the Youth Safety Association, if they really are trying to clean up the music scene, doesn't ban the "sexy" image many Kpop stars are conceptualizing in their stage performances and stop youngters from attending those concerts/performances. Yet, of course, those ultra skimpy clothing and suggestive dancing on shows watched by thousands of people are clearly not "harmful to the youth" at all !
Whatever it is, this is clearly a very embarrassing situation for the Korean government to be covered in such a way in Japan, same goes for SM & DBSK. Hope they can sort this mess out.
[EDIT] LOL!
I take that back...maybe the coverage on Japanese national news was a good thing for them.
THEIR SINGLE SALES WENT UP FROM OUT OF TOP 200 IN ORICON CHART TO 28 after the news coverage!
DBSK made their comeback to Korea after 1 year and 7 months of being Japan. But BigEast and other Japanese fans cannot be stopped. They still made THSK the number one in yesterday's Daily Oricon Chart with a whopping 30,000 sales on first day (most likely from preorders)!
Yahoo! Japan has released its 2008 Search Word Ranking for the first half of this year (2008.01.01～2008.06.30) and one of the categories they have listed is Most Searched Male Artist. The guys made it into the top 20. YAY!
Hero Jaejoong of the Korean boyband DBSK, better known as Tohoshinki in Japan, made it on the Top 10 list of "Most Wanted Lover" by Japanese females. It is a feat considering DBSK has been active in the country for only a year.
Jaejoong was the only foreigner on the list amid popular native Japanese idol stars and singers, many part of Johnny's Entertainment that dominates the boyband Jpop scene.
Earlier this year, Jaejoong had been voted #1 as "Asia's Most Beautiful Man" on a Chinese website.
