Kim Hyunjoong receives Gold certification from the RIAJ for "Kiss Kiss/Lucky Guy"

[unreal.livejournal.com]

Hallyu star Kim Hyunjoong's debut Japanese album "Kiss Kiss/Lucky Guy" has gone gold in Japan after a mere two weeks. This news was made known by Japan's Record Association on February 10th.

"Gold" is a label that signals sales of a hundred thousand albums and above. An award was presented to Kim Hyunjoong on February 10th, in a ceremony that also saw Korean girl group KARA receiving their triple platinum award for their second regular album, "Super Girl."

Kim Hyunjoong's award is particularly significant because of the short span of time in which it achieved its gold status. According to sales figures, 70,812 copies were sold on the first day alone, immediately placing it in second on the Oricon charts.

"Kiss Kiss/Lucky Guy" also broke records with its daily sales.

Meanwhile, his live concert at Yokohama Arena on February 5th saw more than twenty thousand fans in attendance. Kim Hyunjoong stated then, "Thank you for showing so much interest in a newcomer like me."

Source: star news & koreaboo

Comments

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

get it sunbae!

[opal.livejournal.com]

glad that 'lucky guy' finally got awarded with something.

[harbour-jane.livejournal.com]

wow that picture doesn't even look like him

[zeldas.livejournal.com]

why did i see a young gackt? probably my cue to call it a night.

[thenylonkid.livejournal.com]

omg stop fing with your face D:

[konichiwacobra.livejournal.com]

...but when will he dye his hair back

I won't let it go.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

He's always been a less hot ver of Se7en to me.

[summertangerine.livejournal.com]

i didn't recognize him in the pic. :o

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

I though it was Taemin and I was all "oh he grew up again".

[cake.livejournal.com]

Woah that's awesome...glad it did well in such a short amount of time :o

[luvey.livejournal.com]

he looks super weird with blonde hair.

[shintotchi.livejournal.com]

That picture makes him look so foreign...Is it really the hair that's throwing me off? I feel like his nose is different or something... =_-

[ealanor.livejournal.com]

I'm so proud of him! He has been doing so well in Japan and he actually deserves all the awards he can get for working so goddamn hard!

[nissy-angel.livejournal.com]

He was in shenyang and I missed him. TT.TT