News article about Kim Hyun Joong entering the Oricon Charts featured in Manila Bulletin

Huge thanks to Jonathan Hicap for writing this article. ^^ 

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K-pop stars enter Japan's Oricon chart anew
By JONATHAN M. HICAP

MANILA, Philippines – Singer-actor Kim Hyun Joong successfully debuted in Japan, ranking second on Japan’s Oricon chart.

Other K-pop singers also entered various charts.

Kim Hyun Joong released the Japanese version of his CD “KISS KISS/Lucky Guy” last Jan. 25 and it landed at second place on Oricon’s daily chart with 71,821 copies sold on the first day. Oricon said this is the first time that a foreign artist reached the spot since March 2009.

Girl group After School ranked 7th with “Rambling Girls/Because of You.”

Kim Hyun Joong will be performing along with Deep and Daichi Miura on Feb. 4 at the MTV Presents “Valentine Live 2012” at Yokohama Arena.

The next day, he will hold his Japan Major Premium Debut Live 2012 also at Yokohama Arena.

On Oricon’s CD album rankings for the period Jan. 16-22, The Boss ranked 7th with their album “Love Letters” while KARA’s “Super Girl,” released in November last year, ranked 8th. Girls Generation’s “Girls Generation” album ranked 12th.

In addition, boy band BEAST’s DVD “BEAST The 1st Concert: Welcome to Beast Airlines” is at No. 3 on Oricon’s weekly DVD chart covering the period Jan. 16-22. Girls Generation’s “Japan First Tour Girls Generation” DVD ranked 7th.

credits: mb.com.ph