Monday, March 07, 2011

[Article] Hyung Jun 'Girl' Craze Prior to Album Release?

Much thanks to xiaochu for this article on Quainte501. I hope that the craze will continue not only in polling but in the actual sales especially digital sales. Hyung Jun... FIGHTING!

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03/07 [news] Kim HyungJun, 1st in M-countdown... Craze Prior to Album Release?


Credits : Hyungjun.co.kr + (English Translation) xiaochu @ Quainte501.com

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With the upcoming first solo album ‘my girl’ activities, Kim HyungJun (SS501)’s pre-released song ‘Girl’ took the 1st place in broadcast M-countdown pre-event voting, beating Big Bang in the online Asia music fan voting, creating attention over Kim HyungJun craze prior to his album release.

This poll/voting was held from 4-Mar till 9am 7-Mar, the pre-released song ‘Girl’ won the 1st place in M-Countdown Asia Music Fan Voting and monopolize the popularity in Asia, his title song for this solo album ‘oH aH’ has also created interests in the public.

Kim HyungJun, who will start his activities with his first solo album, successfully held a showcase on 5-Mar, passionately performing all the songs, gaining an explosion of interests in internet boards and among fans. Immediately after its release, ‘Girl’ received great popularity and won the 1st place (29.4%) in M-Countdown rankings beating Big Bang ‘Tonight’ (28.5%) and MBLAQ ‘Again’ (23.8%), proving once again Kim HyungJun’s hot popularity spreading across Asia.

This week’s M-Countdown ranking computation is based on 30% mp3 sales, 20% album sales, 15% Asia Fan Voting, 10% preference from music-related people, 15% real-time chart ranking, 10% SMS voting.

Released through his showcase, ‘Girl’ displays a masculine while dynamic dance, receiving enthusiastic response from fans. Title song ‘oH aH’ for his upcoming activities, and ‘Heaven’, ‘Not other women but you’ which he has taken part in writing the lyrics, Kim HyungJun’s first solo album gathered great interests and created huge anticipation for his activities.

Multi entertainer Kim HyungJun (SS501) will be releasing his first solo album on midnight of 8-Mar, and starting with the album activities in Korea, he will have large-scale promotional activities in Japan and other countries, gaining even more concerns from reporters and fans towards Kim HyungJun’s wonderful path ahead.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

great news!!!
hope it'll continue!!

Alex said...

Yeah, let's show them what you've got !

Anonymous said...

honestly, as a pure music fan, very objectively, i must say that i think 'girl' is a nicer song than 'tonight' or 'again'. nothing to do with the idol/group, purely based on the song alone

Anonymous said...

this is awesome..he beat bigbang!
can't wait until ohah comes out..i have heard it..it sounds so good..want to buy it from soribada but i don't have a credit card :( can anyone show me any other way of supporting him plzzz

sinthia said...

I'm so happy reading this! I really hope his album will be a great hit.^^

Anonymous said...

Well I hope so he can get an award for his hardwork but K-POP indsutry is full of biases! Well just pray and cross our fingers that he can get at least one award! ^^