!Tohoshinki Single Sells More Than 120,000 On First Day, #1 On Oricon 100325

5-member group TVXQ rise to the top of the Japanese music industry once more.
On the 25th, Oricon, Japan’s most widely accepted website for music sales statistics, reported that TVXQ’s 30th single “Toki Wo Tomete”, released on the 24th, sold 124,812 copies on the first day. It can be seen that all the music that TVXQ have released this year, have all risen to the top of the Oricon charts.
TVXQ’s 29th single “BREAK OUT!”, released 27 January, and their Japanese best album “BEST SELECTION 2010″, released 17 February, both achieved first place on the Oricon singles and album charts respectively.
Not only have their single attained first place on the charts, TVXQ is garnering a lot of attention as it remains to be seen whether the combined sales for their 3 works will exceed the 1,000,000 mark.
At present, “BREAK OUT!” have sold about 300,000 copies and “BEST SELECTION 2010″ have sold about 450,000 copies, both breaking their own records.
t/n: if i recall correctly, “BEST SELECTION 2010″ has already exceeded the 500k mark.
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Results Of The Tohoshinki Facial Drawing Competition! Competition Done By HMV Japan 100324

The “BEST SELECTION 2010″ that was released last month achieved a lot of success for Tohoshinki. With that, HMV had started a “Tohoshinki facial drawing competition”, which was from the 16th of February till the 5th of March for all 57 branches across Japan. There were over 600 submissions.
HMV did thorough critiquing to choose out one grand prize, two runner ups, and one for each of the other branches, totaling to 57 awards. Award winners would receive “HMV Gift Cards” for use at that store. Also, all the productions will be shown in the shops as well as on the HMV website. [ http://www.hmv.co.jp/pr/tvxq_nigaoe ]
On the other hand, March is Tohoshinki’s peak in releasing tracks. The DVD “TOHOSHINKI VIDEO CLIP COLLECTION – THE ONE” will be released on the 17th of March, and the blue-ray disk version of “4th LIVE TOUR 2009 The Secret Code”, as well as today’s release of the new single – “Toki wo Tomete” and “TVXQ Nonstop -MIX VOL.2″.
To commemorate these releases, HMV will present the member’s precious signatures at the Ikebukuro Shopping Center, having an exhibition of signed posters and boards. (To start during April)
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Tohoshinki’s DVD Sells 100K In The First Week – #1 For The Most #1’s Achieved!

Tohoshinki’s DVD “TOHOSHINKI VIDEO CLIP COLLECTION-THE ONE-” achieved the number one spot on the overall DVD ranking with 109,000 copies sold. Up until now, the only three foreign artists to achieve first on the rankings for their music DVD’s were The Beatles’ “The Beatles Anthology (First Press Edition)” (achieved first 2003/4/14) and Led Zeppelin’s “Led Zeppelin DVD” (achieved first 2003/6/23), and now Tohoshinki’s “4th Live Tour 2009 ~The Secret Code~ FINAL in Tokyo Dome” (achieved first 2009/10/12). This time is Tohoshinki’s second round in getting first on the overall ranking and has been named first on the “Foreign Artist #1’s On The Charts”.
In the DVD, all the video clips that Tohoshinki have released will be recorded in there. From the first single “Stay With Me Tonight” till their latest single “BREAK OUT!”, the videos have been recorded in chronological order.
The 29th single “BREAK OUT!” released in January had been the first for a foreign artist to break the 200,000 mark. Once again, their first Best Album “BEST SELECTION 2010″ released in February achieved the first #1 for the group since their five year debut, with sales of 413,000 copies, the highest ever for a foreign group.
Source: [Oricon]
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