
Oricon recently released their mid year album sales ranking for 2009 and TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki did better than most expected. “The Secret Code” came in at number 10 with a sales figure of 248,000 for the first half of 2009. This placed them above popular artists such as KAT-TUN who had 237,000 sales for "Break the Records -by you & for you-" and Utada who had 228,000 sales for "This is The One." BoA who released a combo "Best Album and American Debut album" was ranked 25th with a sales figure of 131,000.
Here are the Top 10 sales figures:
1. Mr Children - "Supermarket Fantasy" (1.2 million)
2. Exile - "Exile Ballad Best" (807k)
3. Dreams Come True - "Do Your Dreams come true?" (632k)
4. Remioromen - "Remio Best" (471k)
5. Ikimono-Gakari - "My Song Your Song" (404k)
6. Koda Kumi - "Trick" (385k)
7. Ayumi - "Next Level" (363k)
8. RADWIMPS - "Arutokorni no Teiri" (314k)
9. Unicorn - "Shamble" (250k)
10. TVXQ / Tohoshinki - "The Secret Code" (248k)
Source: allkpop
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Date: 2009-06-30 04:29 pm (UTC)+happy+
so proud of them ♥
bbs deserve the world
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Date: 2009-06-30 04:53 pm (UTC)YES!♥
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Date: 2009-06-30 04:47 pm (UTC)Congrats on dbsk for making it so high! ^^
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Date: 2009-06-30 05:17 pm (UTC)A Korean boy band now is Japanese artist <3
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Date: 2009-06-30 05:20 pm (UTC)and i love how Ayu and Kuu are on there :D :D yeah my gurls~
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Date: 2009-06-30 05:23 pm (UTC)I really liked #1, 4, 6 and 7 *goes to download other albums*
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Date: 2009-06-30 05:31 pm (UTC)it's really amazing to see them up there with all these top stars..
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Date: 2009-06-30 05:49 pm (UTC)to me they are #1 !! always ^^ <33
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Date: 2009-06-30 06:04 pm (UTC)Or maybe it's just my period talking..
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Date: 2009-06-30 06:18 pm (UTC)I didn't really like either album other than the singles.
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Date: 2009-06-30 06:35 pm (UTC)Gawd, I'm in love with this album!
Happeh c:
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Date: 2009-06-30 08:17 pm (UTC)Radwimps ♥ ♥
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Date: 2009-06-30 08:24 pm (UTC)off this album i can't get enough of TAXI...
i'd like to sample the music of the other nine artists
any suggestions, ladies?
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Date: 2009-06-30 10:55 pm (UTC)kuu:
- black cherry
- best ~second session~
ayu:
- RAINBOW
- GUILTY
as for songs,
kuu - Under, Amai Wana, and BUT. For a ballad go for Yume no Uta or Moon Crying.
ayu - I am..., talkin' 2 myself, and Mirrorcle World. For a ballad go for HANABI or forgiveness.
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Date: 2009-06-30 08:34 pm (UTC)they deserve it <3
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Date: 2009-06-30 11:07 pm (UTC)/fail for JE this time,
XD
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