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Super Junior Records Half-Million in Sales Super Junior’s fifth studio album Mr. Simple broke through 500,000 copies in sales. According to the Gaon Chart released on April 12, Super Junior’s fifth studio album Mr. Simple, which was released on August 3, 2011, sold a total of 502,830 copies up to the end of March this year, proving the power of the group that was crowned ‘album king’ for three years in a row since 2009. The record follows those set by Kim Gun Mo’s eighth studio album Hestory, released in 2003, and TVXQ’s fourth studio album Mirotic, released in 2008, and is meaningful in that it helps revitalize the depressed album market and heightens awareness of K-Pop around the world.The album sold fast not only in Korea, but also in Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines, as it continued to top music charts in the countries. The group’s previous single Bonamana came on top of Taiwan’s KKBOX chart for 63 weeks in a row, andMr. Simple is also currently in close pursuit with a 34 week record.Super Junior has been touring the world through its world tour, which proves along with its three previous Asia tours, that gathered a 500,000 audience in total, that the group is indeed the king of the global Korean wave.The group became the first Korean group to hold an exclusive concert in Paris, France on April 6. It plans to continue on its world tour Super Show 4 with concerts in Shanghai, China on April 14 and Jakarta, Indonesia from April 28-29. Credit: Global.mnet.com
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Super Junior Records Half-Million in Sales

Super Junior’s fifth studio album Mr. Simple broke through 500,000 copies in sales.

According to the Gaon Chart released on April 12, Super Junior’s fifth studio album Mr. Simple, which was released on August 3, 2011, sold a total of 502,830 copies up to the end of March this year, proving the power of the group that was crowned ‘album king’ for three years in a row since 2009.

The record follows those set by Kim Gun Mo’s eighth studio album Hestory, released in 2003, and TVXQ’s fourth studio album Mirotic, released in 2008, and is meaningful in that it helps revitalize the depressed album market and heightens awareness of K-Pop around the world.

The album sold fast not only in Korea, but also in Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines, as it continued to top music charts in the countries. The group’s previous single Bonamana came on top of Taiwan’s KKBOX chart for 63 weeks in a row, andMr. Simple is also currently in close pursuit with a 34 week record.

Super Junior has been touring the world through its world tour, which proves along with its three previous Asia tours, that gathered a 500,000 audience in total, that the group is indeed the king of the global Korean wave.

The group became the first Korean group to hold an exclusive concert in Paris, France on April 6. It plans to continue on its world tour Super Show 4 with concerts in Shanghai, China on April 14 and Jakarta, Indonesia from April 28-29.

Credit: Global.mnet.com

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