Super Junior, TVXQ Albums Bestsellers in Philippines

I never expected that K-pop would become very popular in the Philippines. Before coming to Korea, Korean dramas were already popular but K-pop was still limited to some circles of students or should I say fans. However, when you go to Philippines now, you would probably feel the gravity of K-pop's power as it tops album sales and also the most requested in local music channels.

A news today from a Philippine correspondent of Korea Times says that albums of Super Junior and TVXQ are selling quickly in the Philippines, edging out international artists such as Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga.

Super Junior's live album ``Super Show 2'' is No. 1 and TVXQ's ``The Secret Code'' No. 4 on Astrochart's top selling foreign albums from February 8 to14.
Taylor Swift's "Fearless" is at No. 2, Lady Gaga's "The Fame Monster" is at No. 3 and Susan Boyle's "I Dreamed a Dream" is at No. 5.

The Astrochart reflects the collective album sales from more than 30 retail stores of Astrovision and Astroplus in the Philippines.

On retail store Music One's Top 25 albums for February 8 to 14, "Super Show 2" and "The Secret Code" debuted at No. 2 and 3, respectively, beating out "Grammy Nominees 2010" and "Glee: The Music."

"Super Show 2" contains 39 tracks recorded live from Super Junior's Super Show 2 concert tours. "The Secret Code" is TVXQ's fourth Japanese studio album.

TVXQ is enjoying popularity in Asia, especially in Japan.
TVXQ's new album, "Best Collection 2010," topped Japan's Oricon chart, selling 228,542 copies on the first day of its release to become the sixth best-selling album in Japan since 2007 based on first-day sales.

Filipino fans are buying Super Junior's albums ahead of the boy band's "2nd Asia Tour: Super Show 2" concert in the Philippines scheduled for April 10 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.

The Super Junior members are currently in Taiwan for their Super Show concert at Taipei Arena.
This is the third time a Super Junior album has topped album sales in the Philippines.
The group's "Sorry, Sorry" album debuted at No. 1 on music charts within three days after it was released last September.
Also, "Super Girl," the album of Super Junior-M, a subgroup of the band, topped the Music One and Odyssey Records album charts last November.
Super Junior's single "Sorry Sorry-Answer" topped music channel MYX's Hit and International Top 20 charts for the week between February 13 and 20, beating out artists such as Adam Lambert and Kris Allen.
"Sorry, Sorry" was the bestselling K-pop album in the Philippines in 2009.



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