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Oct 14

Outstanding Demand for New JYJ Music, Record Breaking Pre-orders

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Warner Music Korea is reporting outstanding pre-order sales of the new JYJ album, The Beginning. There were so many preorders that it caused a slight delay in the release of the album.

99,999 limited edition versions, 300,000 special edition versions and 220,000 regular edition versions of their album were pre-ordered by fans all over the world. That’s over 520,000 albums in pre-orders alone.

The general version of the album was released on the 13th with the special edition versions set to go out on Oct 18th.

According to translated reports, Warner Music said, “JYJ who has 520,000 copies just in pre-orders will give the boost that the sluggish music market needs.”

Oct 14

Outstanding Demand for New JYJ Music, Record Breaking Pre-orders

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Warner Music Korea is reporting outstanding pre-order sales of the new JYJ album, The Beginning. There were so many preorders that it caused a slight delay in the release of the album.

99,999 limited edition versions, 300,000 special edition versions and 220,000 regular edition versions of their album were pre-ordered by fans all over the world. That’s over 520,000 albums in pre-orders alone.

The general version of the album was released on the 13th with the special edition versions set to go out on Oct 18th.

According to translated reports, Warner Music said, “JYJ who has 520,000 copies just in pre-orders will give the boost that the sluggish music market needs.”

Oct 13

JYJ: We Finally Stood on Stage with Mics in Hand

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[TRANS] 101013 JYJ’s First Showcase: “We Finally Stood On Stage With Mics In Hand” + Q&A

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TVXQ members Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu, who formed a male trio JYJ, finally stood in front of their Korean fans for the first time.

At 9PM on the 12th, JYJ held their 「JYJ Worldwide Showcase」 in Hwajeong Gymnasium, Korea University, Anam-dong, Seoul, and showed off their bright and confident images.

On that day, it was the first public exhibit of JYJ’s first worldwide album 「The Beginning」, which the trio had worked together with famous American producers Kanye West and Rodney Jerkins. During the LIVE, 4 songs from that album, as well as the OST song 「Chajatta」 from KBS2’s drama 「Sungkyunkwan Scandal」, were introduced. This album has attracted a lot of attention because it includes songs by each of the trio, composed from when they were teens. Through their powerful voices and refined choreography, one could catch a glimpse of the sincerity and effort the trio have put into this album.

Next, is a question and answer with JYJ:

Oct 13

SM Tries to Stop Sale of New JYJ Album

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The Korean management company accused of unfair practices with regards to 3 members of the supergroup TVXQ  are trying to stop the sale of the trio’s first album.  SME (SM) reportedly filed an injunction with the court against the sale of JYJ’s new album “The Beginning”. 

Some observers are openly speculating that the move is because it became clear the trio’s debut album will definitely be a huge success.  After all, why would anyone stop the sale of an album they thought was going to fail?

Since this news was first reported by a translated report from AKP, we’ll await further details from an alternate source.  However, this is sure to further sever any good will left lingering between any TVXQ fan and SM since some fans were cutting SM slack because the company did not seem to be actively working against the success of the trio.

Oct 13

Star News: 3 members of DBSK, amidst the loud cries from 10000 Korean, Chinese and Japanese fans, held their “dearly missed” Comeback

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The 3 members of DBSK who formed the group ‘JYJ’ held their showcase in Korea, starting their official activities.

The 3 members of JYJ held their ‘JYJ Worldwide Showcase in Seoul’ titled showcase at 9pm at Korea University’s Hwajeong Tiger Dome. It has been about a year since they last met their fans in Korea.

This day’s showcase was held to commemorate the first world album ‘The Beginning’ by the 3 members of DBSK who formed JYJ. The 3 members attended last year’s MNet’s Music Awards ‘MAMA’ as prize winners and it has been around a year since then and they have now appeared in front of their fans in Korea again.