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.”