Guest V-ni@star Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 that is be with u pic rite??? pretty..!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joshorty Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I was thinking about that pic and the pic posted before this page...there is no CD+DVD for this is there? The official site only stated it'd only have a CD only. The other picture is beautiful... And yeah uh, I want to share this (from DBSK thread - Ailin brought up a very good article) (I know it mentions other artists names but I think we can simply avoid ourselves from discussing them...): Was this article ever posted? K-Pop Industry Undergoing Slump By Cathy Rose A. Garcia Staff Reporter The Korea Times 01-22-2008 16:02 K-Pop Industry Undergoing Slump Super Junior, the wildly popular 13-member boy band, sold more than 100,000 copies of their album that was released last year. Korean pop music may be as popular as ever, but popularity does not translate into record sales. The K-pop music industry continues to struggle with the decline in album sales over the past seven years. The year 2007 was no different. Based on the data of the Recording Industry Association of Korea, R&B group SG Wannabe's fourth album ``Arirang'' was the best-selling album of 2007. However, it only sold a total of 190,998 copies, as compared to SG Wannabe's previous hit albums in 2006 (341,642 albums sold) and 2005 (414,855 albums sold). Even more distressing for the K-pop music industry, only albums by SG Wannabe, Super Junior and Epik High managed to surpass the 100,000 sales mark. Super Junior, a wildly popular idol group, sold 164,058 copies of its second album ``Don't Don,'' while hip-hop stars Epik High sold 120,301 copies of its album ``Remapping the Human Soul.'' Other best-selling artists include Shinhwa member Shin Hye-sung, Seeya, F.T. Island, M.C. The Max and Toy. Surprisingly, the Wonder Girls debut album, which includes their hit song ``Tell Me,'' only sold 47,927 copies (ranked 15th best selling album). K-pop hit its peak in 2000, when hit albums from Jo Sung-mo, g.o.d. and Seo Taiji sold more than a million records each. Jo's album, which topped the sales charts in 2000, sold 1.98 million copies. In the following years, album sales have faltered, mainly due to the popularity of digital music. More people prefer purchasing and downloading digital music on to their computers or mobile phones, instead of buying the actual CD. The last time an album sold more than 1 million records was in 2001. Foreign music album sales also experienced a decline in 2007. The best-selling foreign album is the soundtrack to the hit film ``Once,'' selling 36,725 copies. Other popular foreign acts include Paul Potts, Luciano Pavarotti, Richard Yongjae O'Neill and Maroon 5. Sales of Japanese albums have barely made an impact, as only Japanese idol group Arashi and hip-hop duo M-flo ranked in the top 50 best-selling foreign albums in 2007. This year, several high-profile K-pop stars making a comeback and releasing albums that would hopefully lift the K-pop industry from the doldrums. Rocker Seo Taiji is making a comeback after a long break from the music scene. His album, released in 2000, sold 1.1 million copies, while another album released in 2004 sold 482,066 copies. Other male singers who will release albums are Tei and KCM. Boy bands TVXQ, Shinhwa and SS501 are also expected to come out with new albums. Pop divas Boa, Lee Hyo-ri, Ivy and Bada are expected to release new albums later this year, as well as hip-hop acts like Epik High, Jinusean and DJ Doc. K-pop Stars Go Overseas As record sales continue to drop, it is no wonder why Korean pop stars are increasingly going overseas to find new markets for their music. Male pop stars Rain and Se7en, as well as female singers Lim Jeong-hee, Min, G-Soul and Yangpa are preparing to debut in the U.S. Super Junior and Fly to the Sky are holding overseas concerts, while Big Bang and SG Wannabe are making their debut in Japan this year. Boa and TVXQ, known as Tohoshinki in Japan, have concentrated on activities in Japan last year. BoA is one of the most popular J-pop singers, while Tohoshinki is attracting many Japanese fans. According to Japan's Oricon charts 2007 year-end rankings, Boa's album ``Made in Twenty'' ranked 31, selling 340,093 copies. Tohoshinki's album ``Five in the Black'' sold 37,686 copies in Japan (ranked 294). Both albums are also available in Korea. Tohoshinki's album sold 28,484 copies in Korea, while Boa's sold 17,482 copies. Because Tohoshiki's album is considered a ``foreign album,'' it was the second best-selling foreign album in Korea in 2007. cathy@koreatimes.co.kr Source: The Korea Times ....which is why I'm kinda worried about BoA's upcoming 6th K-POP comeback *sighs* I'd hate to see the age when CDs are GONE I'm not a big fan of digital song downloads...my biggest fear.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kaylah^18 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Who can refuse BoA? How could someone refuse BoA’s request for an autograph? That was the same question other guests of the MBC show “Challenge! King of Ill Manners,” which will be aired on January 25, asked when Kim Heung Guk revealed that he once declined BoA’s desire to have his autograph during the 2002 World Cup in Japan. “There was this girl fan who came up to me in the stadium and asked for an autograph but because I was busy at that time, I had to reluctantly turn down her request,” Kim Heung Guk conveyed. “Then later that day, at the same place, I met Lee Soo Man and he was accompanying the girl, who he introduced as “his label’s singer,’ whose autograph I refused. She’s BoA,” Kim continued. As expected, he was surprised and could not believe that he failed to recognize BoA, who already debuted in Japan at that time. Meanwhile, also in the show, senior singer Ha Chun Hwa said that Wonder Girls is the most respectful junior she has met in the music industry. Source: Joynews24 + krnloop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerdamsel Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 boa needs to come back in korea when she was in korea, there was a lot of spice and there was the WHOA OMFG factor.. esp. when she releases an album.. now, its still nice.. but it seems lacking though the solo acts that made hallyu what it is are like all gone now.. rain.. se7en.. especially BOA.. t.t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetsmile Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 ....which is why I'm kinda worried about BoA's upcoming 6th K-POP comeback *sighs* I'd hate to see the age when CDs are GONE I'm not a big fan of digital song downloads...my biggest fear.. yea but this problem goes to other artists too.... I think this is one of the main reason why BoA stays in Japan longer than Korea T^T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest V-ni@star Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 ^ yaeh i think about it too.. basiclly boa sell more in japan than korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bum Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 ya that's the be with you pic , V-ni@star kaylah^18 thanks for the short news...oww BoA must be so hurt... err who is that guy anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M&M's Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 i agree that the top singers, including BoA, has to come back this year. if thnigs don't get better this year for the album sales as a whole, i don't thnink korea will improve at all in album sales. this year is the year that will reflect it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest winG* Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I love the new album covers...not crazy about the font (as always) but it still looks super good <3 I'll definitely need to grab the CD/DVD copy. I think I'll grab a copy of Be With You too...the cover is crazy gorgeous <3 She's so photogenic. I kind of laughed at that article about that guy rejecting her request for an autograph...lol. How dumb he must've felt. It's cute of her to ask for an autograph though...kind of hard to imagine now. ^^" It's kind of weird how these 2 years, all the "HUGE" kpop stars haven't really been active, and everything's changed quite a bit...like the award shows. I can't wait for her Korean comeback...even though it makes me slightly guilty that I'm still demanding more from her :x Thanks for the updates guys <333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hanjin90 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Korean's sales are decreasing surprisingly T.T even singers in my country outsell SG Wannabe here i hope it will okay with BoA when she comes back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bum Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 i guess they really need those big big stars back to boost up korea album sales... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jessiep Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 The overall Korean music sale has been declining badly, and it's just sad to see that the #1 album of the year only sold close to 200K. I hope that with all these big names will help to bring the sale back up this year. It's always too much to have BoA releasing the 6th Korean album this year but she needs too because she has been away too long (though she did Anyband). We all can see that BoA is tied up in the 1st half of 2008 with BWY single, The Face album, the 2008 tour (which will take up ~ 2 months). Besides the My Name + Girls on Top Japan versions, she also has her X-mas Live 2007 DVD coming out in March so save up the money to get this too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hanjin90 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 商品番号: AVBD-91528 メディア: DVD 組枚数: 1 発売日: 2008/03/26 価格: 4800円(税込) 2007年12/10、11日 東京国際フォーラムホールAにて、僅か2公演のみ開催された 超プレミアムLIVE「BoA The Live "X'Mas"」をパッケージ化!! 生バンド・ストリングメンバーを中心に2部構成で披露され㼢r />??このライヴは、"X'Mas"ならではのスタンダード・クリスマス・ナンバーや、お 馴染みのシングル曲、数年ぶりの生披露になるアルバム曲、 最新シングル「LOSE YOUR MIND」、そしてクリスマスのスタンダードになった名曲「メ㼢r />??クリ」等、プレミアムなセットリストでBoAの"歌"の魅力を余すところなく披露! 特典: 映像特典あり 仕様 リージョン: 2 Encoding: MPEG-2 収録曲 1. OPENING 2. The Christmas Song 3. LOVE LETTER 4. 赤鼻のトナカイ 5. キミのとなりで 6. Winter Love 7. 世界の片隅で 8. First snow 9. Santa Baby 10. DO THE MOTION 11. make a secret 12. flower 13. コノヨノシルシ 14. Diamond Heart 15. Jingle Bells 16. LOSE YOUR MIND 17. With U 18. メリクリ i think i'll broke soon, she releases so much <3 this is a must-have DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest V-ni@star Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 yeah she release so many in feb n march!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joolee. Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Boa's so gorgeous, there's been so much updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sweetRUI Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 ^ which is actually not so good for me coz my xmas money is all dried up. nyahaha!! ^^ anyway, i believe that if BoA and all other KPOP giants all come back i dunno...it would be massive and hopefully help the album sales in Korea... but....i dunno, i have a question though....do you guys think the her 6th korean album will be a new one....or she'll just repack "The Face" in korean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest atlantis-x Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 ^i believe her korean album will be a new one. it really doesnt make sense for her to have this comeback with something that is not new at all. anyway. oricon's sales chart for jpop artistes for the year of 2007!(: Rank/ Sales earnings (10 million yen)/ Single sales / Album sales / DVD sales / Artiste *1 73,544. 9,588 56,506. 7,449 倖田来未 *2 70,576. 4,529 65,303. 744 浜崎あゆみ *3 69,182. 8,186 51,690. 9,307 Mr.Children *4 54,111 13,553 29,710 10,848 EXILE *5 52,470 13,657 14,095 24,718 KAT-TUN *6 52,159. 5,771 40,954. 5,435 大塚爱 *7 43,669. 8,548 28,280. 6,840 コブクロ *8 43,143. 4,865 38,278 KinKi Kids *9 38,280 10,125. 8,931 19,224 嵐 10 34,376. 6,915 11,509 15,952 L'Arc~en~Ciel 11 33,989. 8,332 23,561. 2,096 YUI 12 32,006. 122 31,024. 860 徳永英明 13 30,460 41 24,405. 6,014 ZARD 14 27,569. 2,356 24,434. 779 ORANGE RANGE 15 27,517. 5,405 21,706. 406 ケツメイシ 16 27,473. 5,741. 9,033 12,699 B'z 17 27,214. 877 26,337 スキマスイッチ 18 26,990. 3,007 19,255. 4,728 安室奈美恵 19 24,610 23,429. 1,182 UMK-ダイジェスト-洋楽 20 23,628. 6,751. 6,826 10,051 NEWS 21 22,001. 3,381 17,607. 1,013 中島美嘉 22 20,411. 191 20,187 33 アヴリル・ラヴィーン 23 19,680. 1,829 17,851 伊藤由奈 24 19,424. 8,026. 8,802. 2,596 関ジャニ∞ 25 19,018. 1,630 12,965. 4,424 BoA 26 18,237 18,237 TO-ダイジェスト-洋楽 27 17,381. 2,144 13,253. 1,984 mihimaru GT 28 16,863. 2,305 12,798. 1,761 絢香 29 16,511. 248 14,992. 1,271 Dragon Ash 30 16,018 11,153. 4,865 秋川雅史 31 16,017 16,017 WMJ-ダイジェスト-邦楽 32 15,506 15,506 WMJ-ダイジェスト-洋楽 33 15,060 10,707. 1,050. 3.304 宇多田ヒカル 34 14,897. 2,934 11,963 GReeeeN 35 14,652. 1,457 12,059. 1,136 木村カエラ 36 14,552. 2,001 12,551 小田和正 37 14,414. 1,454. 7,705. 5,254 ポルノグラフィティ 38 14,352. 436 12,930. 986 スガシカオ 39 14,144. 4,856. 7,146. 2,142 GLAY 40 14,082. 455 13,626 竹内まりや 41 13,676. 395 13,280 一青窈 42 13,486. 2,003. 7,418. 4,065 福山雅治 43 13,115. 2,649 10,466 Aqua Timez 44 12,862 57. 8,364. 4,441 RADWIMPS 45 12,604. 366 12,238 YUKI 46 12,222. 1,928. 9,423. 870 アンジェラ・アキ 47 11,385 11,385 BOΦWY 48 10,885 10,885 Ne-Yo(ニーヨ) 49 10,626. 1,284. 3,062. 6,280 ENDLICHERI☆ENDLICHERI 50 10,494 10,494 ANX-ダイジェスト-邦楽 51 10,209. 2,885. 3,868. 3,456 モーニング娘。 52. 9,983. 9,983 SND-ダイジェスト-邦楽 53. 9,706. 4,825. 1,419. 3,461 東方神起 54. 9,608. 9,608 リンキン・パーク 55. 9,062. 957. 8,105 スピッツ 56. 9,014. 9. 5,504. 3,500 ELLEGARDEN 57. 8,925. 2,853. 4,511. 1,561 タッキー&翼 58. 8,525. 8,424. 101 オフコース 59. 8,457. 8,132. 325 桑田佳佑 60. 8,075. 3,519. 3,143. 1,413 AAA 61. 8,002 8,002 堂本光一 62. 7,960. 2,881. 4,727. 352 UVERworld 63. 7,843. 7,883 UMK-ダイジェスト-邦楽 64. 7,817. 5. 6,445. 1,367 m-flo 65. 7,668. 653. 6,477. 539 SOUL'd OUT 66. 7,632. 102. 7,530 バックストリート・ボーイズ 67. 7,512. 2,364. 5,148 SEAMO 68. 7,479. 4,834. 2,190. 455 DREAMS COME TRUE 69. 7,360. 6,891. 468 東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ 70. 7,248. 226. 6,386. 636 松任谷由実 71. 7,238. 7,328 Sotte Bosse 72. 7,224. 699. 6,524 MONKEY MAJIK 73. 7,215. 1,693. 4,000. 1,522 水樹奈々 74. 7,015. 1,308. 5,067. 640 東京事変 75. 7,005 18. 6,356. 630 マキシマム ザ ホルモン 76. 6,916. 646. 5,804. 466 椎名林檎×斎藤ネコ 77. 6,913. 1,495. 1,724. 3,694 湘南乃風 78. 6,719. 5,426. 1,172. 120 BUMP OF CHICKEN 79. 6,696. 1,623. 5,073 ゆず 80. 6,684. 3,381. 3,303 V6 81. 6,559. 2,738. 2,858. 963 氷川きよし 82. 6,416. 908. 4,139. 1,368 DJ OZMA 83. 6,387. 963. 4,866. 558 KREVA 84. 6,370. 1,294. 5,076 CHEMISTRY 85. 6,243. 1,407. 4,836 いきものがかり 86. 6,222. 495. 4,025. 1,702 MISIA 87. 6,184. 6,184 ES-ダイジェスト-邦楽 88. 6,071. 1,079. 3,722. 1,270 RIP SLYME 89. 6,051 47. 5,755. 248 ボン・ジョヴィ 90. 5,966. 179. 5,787 Bank Band 91. 5,943. 615. 4,180. 1,148 Every Little Thing 92. 5,915. 5,915 マルーン5 93. 5,884. 842. 5,042 SMAP 94. 5,768. 873. 2,541. 2,353 吉井和哉 95. 5,536. 5,536 AVT-ダイジェスト-洋楽 96. 5,531. 850. 3,864. 817 柴咲コウ 97. 5,529. 4,956. 573 中森明菜 98. 5,481. 741. 4,739 X JAPAN 99. 5,398. 917. 4,164. 318 チャットモンチー 100 5,343. 2,802. 355. 2,185 aiko credits to oricon and 8dimentions. at 25th this time! well i kind of forgot how she fared in 2006 but i guess this is not bad? haha. despite having low singles sales recently. yep. oh and boa will be going on to heyx3 in mid feburary! (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest V-ni@star Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 it will be a new one of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hiranojun Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I remember you had CD covers each of BoA's Albums and Singles, can I request for them pls. Thanks =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BoALoveS Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 http://www.avexnet.or.jp/boa/index.html New layout with "be with you." PV preview !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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