Super Junior ranks 3rd on Billboard, wins 1st chart awardBy JONATHAN M. HICAPAugust 12, 2011, 12:02pmMANILA, Philippines - Korean boy band Super Junior achieved their first Billboard ranking and first music chart award on Aug. 11 for their new and fifth album “Mr. Simple”.
The album debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s World Albums chart, which tracks “the week’s top-selling world music albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.”
It was a double celebration as Super Junior also won their first music chart award in Korea.
On Thursday, the boys won the award when they made their comeback on Mnet’s “M! Countdown” TV program.
Super Junior battled it out with 2NE1 and miss A for the award. In the end, the boy band got 9,036 points as against 2NE1’s 8,302 points and miss A’s 7,683.
“Mr. Simple” has topped music charts in Korea since its release on Aug. 3, selling 79,152 copies in the first week.
It ranked first on the daily and weekly charts from Aug. 1 to 7 on music sites such as Hanteo, Hot Tracks and Yes24.
The album also became No. 1 on Tower Records Japan’s online and album sales charts on the day it was released last Aug. 8.
Not only is the album selling very well but the music video for the title track “Mr. Simple” has also become very popular.
On YouTube, the music video has garnered 5.6 million views since it was released last Aug. 3.
The music video was the No. 1 “Most Viewed” and “Top Favorited” in South Korea. Overall, it was the third “Most Discussed” video on YouTube’s music category and sixth “Top Rated” video on YouTube this month.
Source: Manila Bulletin
The album debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s World Albums chart, which tracks “the week’s top-selling world music albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.”
It was a double celebration as Super Junior also won their first music chart award in Korea.
On Thursday, the boys won the award when they made their comeback on Mnet’s “M! Countdown” TV program.
Super Junior battled it out with 2NE1 and miss A for the award. In the end, the boy band got 9,036 points as against 2NE1’s 8,302 points and miss A’s 7,683.
“Mr. Simple” has topped music charts in Korea since its release on Aug. 3, selling 79,152 copies in the first week.
It ranked first on the daily and weekly charts from Aug. 1 to 7 on music sites such as Hanteo, Hot Tracks and Yes24.
The album also became No. 1 on Tower Records Japan’s online and album sales charts on the day it was released last Aug. 8.
Not only is the album selling very well but the music video for the title track “Mr. Simple” has also become very popular.
On YouTube, the music video has garnered 5.6 million views since it was released last Aug. 3.
The music video was the No. 1 “Most Viewed” and “Top Favorited” in South Korea. Overall, it was the third “Most Discussed” video on YouTube’s music category and sixth “Top Rated” video on YouTube this month.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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