Friday, April 13, 2012

Super Junior sells half-million copies of "Mr. Simple"


The album sales for Super Junior’s fifth album, “Mr. Simple” have reached 500,000 sales mark.

According to Gaon Chart released on April 12th, “Mr. Simple” that was released August 3 of last year sold a total of 502,830 copies by the end of March, hereby marking Super Junior to keep their position as ‘Album King’ for three years in a row.

Super Junior followed the record track set by Kim Gun Mo’s 8th studio album “Hestory” in 2003 and TVXQ’s 4th studio album “Mirotic”, released in 2008, marking the group to be the third artist to have achieved this album sales record.

“Mr. Simple” has topped all of Korean music charts as well as on various charts overseas including Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines. After setting a new record by being in the number one spot for 63 weeks in a row on Taiwanese KKBOX chart with “Bonamana”, the group continued their parade with “Mr. Simple” which has currently been number one for 34 weeks in a row. 

Meanwhile, Super Junior was the first Korean group to hold a successful concert in Paris with 7,000 fans at Le Zenith de Paris on April 6. The group will continue their world tour to Shanghai on April 14 and Jakarta on April 28 and 29.

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