[identity profile] hoyah.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] omonatheydid


On the 16th, the first best album of Korean popular dance group Tohoshinki, "BEST SELECTION 2010", arrived at the stores of HMV Japan; and in front of HMV leading store in Shibuya, there was a long line of approximately 100 fans who were waiting for the album to be on sale.

According to the store, the majority of the queue was female with a wide range from students to housewives. The success of Shibuya store is said to be because it is the only store in the HMV chain that holds an exhibition of the members' costumes.

Tohoshinki's best album which comes in three different versions have taken the top 3 spots of HMV's CD album sale ranking right after it went on sale online and in store at 4pm on 2/16.

Moreover, the other HMV stores in Japan are having a campaign called the "Supporting Tohoshinki Campaign". The campain includes various projects such as "Tohoshinki's Lookalike Contest", "HMV Tohoshinki's Popular Song Voting Campaign", HMV Limited Original Presents "HMVxTohoshinki Collaborated Notebook", etc. aiming to encourage customers to purchase the album at the stores.

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T/N: Seems like different stores in Shibuya are competing with each other for the best album. They are having exhibition of Tohoshinki's different outfits at each respective store in Shibuya.

Source: Excite News
Translation: linhkawaii @ OneTVXQ.com
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It's almost hard to believe that they're at the point where they're putting out a "Best of" album.
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Date: 2010-02-17 09:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cityincolors.livejournal.com
I will always love them =]

THSK forever now XD

Date: 2010-02-17 09:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erbalurbal.livejournal.com
It is so weird to me that people still buy physical cd's

Date: 2010-02-17 09:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] extraenchanted.livejournal.com
Wow. I... don't often hear of Jpop fans queuing for CDs. Even JE fans!! Or maybe I've been out of JE fandom for a long time that I don't notice posts like these.

Congrats boys!

Date: 2010-02-17 09:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erbalurbal.livejournal.com
I don't think I have bought a physical album since 2001 and it was Alicia Keys lol

Ever since I have been digital

Date: 2010-02-17 09:54 am (UTC)
dipropylene: (tokuyama asjaldsjdfl)
From: [personal profile] dipropylene
Even though I mainly play the music on my computer, I still want to have physical CDs.

That is not all.

Date: 2010-02-17 09:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aunts.livejournal.com
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Jesus. Fucking. Christ.

Re: That is not all.

Date: 2010-02-17 09:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] extraenchanted.livejournal.com
WOAAAAAAAAH.

AAA - 16, 8222
DBSK - 228,542!!!

That's a crazy huge gap in sales. I hope they reach one million. :)

Re: That is not all.

Date: 2010-02-17 09:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aunts.livejournal.com
They just outsold all of their Japanese albums by a fucking milestone. And this is just the first day.

Date: 2010-02-17 09:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bgurl1210.livejournal.com
I don't think i will ever understand the need to stand out in the cold to buy a CD. I mean if the artist was there singing it maybe but other than that no I won't do it.

Re: That is not all.

Date: 2010-02-17 09:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eina9.livejournal.com
holy shit. There's such a disparity between Tohoshinki's sales and the next two contenders on this list. Gotdamn, so proud of you boys.

Re: That is not all.

Date: 2010-02-17 10:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aunts.livejournal.com
Lol right? I mean people keep saying 'oh it was a project, THAT'S why the sales are so high' but seriously, judging from their rising popularity and the above pictures @ HMV, it's obviously not just that, lol.

Re: That is not all.

Date: 2010-02-17 10:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erbalurbal.livejournal.com
I just noticed their eyes are open on this cover. The other one had their eyes closed

Date: 2010-02-17 10:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bepo-chan.livejournal.com
eh, there was a THSK exhibit. even i would stand out in the cold just to take pics of those.
not to mention all of those in line probably pre-ordered their copies already lol, judging from the intensity of their love for toho.

Date: 2010-02-17 10:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] love-leiko.livejournal.com
I haven't listened to a physical CD in forever. Everything is in my ipod. I buy crap because I want to support them and most of all I want the album jackets, posters, and whatever crap they're selling with their pictures on them~

I hear that's also why singles are more popular than albums with the JE crowd. More stuff with their faces on it per $ compared to albums.

Re: That is not all.

Date: 2010-02-17 10:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aunts.livejournal.com
Lol yeah, there are a couple of versions of the CD jacket with their eyes open/closed and in either black or white.

Re: That is not all.

Date: 2010-02-17 10:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bepo-chan.livejournal.com
that was the jacket, i believe.

Re: That is not all.

Date: 2010-02-17 10:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jetsetlag.livejournal.com
This makes me so happy and I doubt it's the result of any projects this time around.

Re: That is not all.

Date: 2010-02-17 10:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bepo-chan.livejournal.com
i hope it remains consistent for the next few days. i hate seeing their numbers take a nosedive on the next day. >_>

Date: 2010-02-17 10:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] herro-kitty.livejournal.com
Tohoshinki's Lookalike Contest? XDDD I want pictures

Date: 2010-02-17 10:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bepo-chan.livejournal.com
nobody buys themfor the music anymore, everyonebuys them for the pretty pictures. <3
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