[Headlines] 150102 Movie “Ode to My Father” (Yunho’s cameo) set a Historical Record on New Year’s day!

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Translated by @holatvxq:

  • OdeToMyFather set a historical record for attracting the most # of movie goers on New Year’s day with 751,700 ppl.

    [cr: TV Report via Naver]

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[Article Trans] Tohoshinki – (with their) Latest Album 「WITH」, (became) the first overseas group in history to have 4 consecutive No.1 with their original albums

(Disclaimer: Words have been rearranged to make more sense in English. All translation mistakes are mine – @Joeylfy)

A Korean artist, Tohoshinki and their latest album 「WITH」, which went on sale on 12/17, has sold more than 233k copies in its first week, securing the top spot in its first appearance on ORICON Weekly Album Sales Ranking for the week of 12/29.

Speaking of being No. 1 in ORICON Album Sales ranking, following their Best Album 「BEST SELECTION 2010」(FEB2010),「TONE」 (SEP2011), 「TIME」(MAR2013), 「TREE」(MAR2014), 「WITH」 is their 5th album to make it to the top of the chart. It’s also their 4th consecutive original album that topped the chart, renewing the earlier record held by Bon Jovi for about 5 years and 1 month (who was previously the only foreign artist in Japan to have 3 albums consecutively topping the ORICON chart following the release of their album 「The Circle」 on 2009.11.16), as the first and only overseas group in history to have the most original albums consecutively topping the ORICON Album Sales ranking chart. All in all, with a total of 5 albums topping the ORICON Album Sales ranking chart, Tohoshinki has also became the overseas group that tied the record alongside with Simon & Garfunkel and Bon Jovi, to have the most No. 1 on the ORICON chart. Continue reading

[Trans] 141223 2014 TVXQ, 1st place + 600,000 Spectators + 34 Billion won.. A Dazzlingly Brilliant “Full 10th anniversary” both Domestically and Overseas

2014 TVXQ, 1st place + 600,000 spectators + 34 billion won.. A dazzlingly brilliant “full 10th anniversary” both domestically and overseas

 

 

Representative K-Pop idol group TVXQ (U-Know Yunho, Max Changmin) has made their full 10th anniversary since their debut into a glowing year both domestically and overseas.

Although TVXQ had their first appearance on broadcast in December 2003, because their debut single “Hug” was only officially released in January 2004, in actuality, this year is the year when they have reached their full 10th anniversary. In the year when TVXQ reached their full 10th anniversary, they reaped attention-grabbing results through their new albums and concerts etc, in of course not only the domestic field, but also overseas, displaying their long-accumulated latent power to their full potential.

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[Trans] 141219 2014 Boy Groups’ Battle by Months (January – TVXQ)

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#January: TVXQ’s comeback
TVXQ opened the boys’ first fire of 2014 with “Something”. “Something”, the title track of TVXQ’s official 7th album, “Tense”, of obtained 1st place on music broadcasts, and also rose to 1st place on the digital music charts, adoring TVXQ’s 10th anniversary in a luxurious manner.

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Naver,
Translations by @mug_ping
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[Trans] 141217 MORA interview with Tohoshinki for “WITH” Album (Part.1)

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Q: How did it go with recording this album?
CM: Especially Yunho was busy, weren’t you?
YH: I had a really tough schedule. In the midst of recoding the album, I was in filming of a drama, “Diary of Night Watchman). So we focused on recording some songs first.. then there was a break, and finally we focused on finishing up recording the rest. So the tone of my singing voice for the first time and the last time I did recording is somewhat different. I think that audiences will find the difference interesting.

Q: Which songs did you record first?
YH: CHANDELIER and .. we recorded up to the first chorus of REFUSE TO LOSE and we recorded the rest just recently. So you may find the tone of my voice different in one song.

Q: How about you, Changmin?
CM: I was taking it easy. Because when Yunho did filming of the drama, we have less work to do as a duo. Therefore, I was able to relax a little.

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