...Hallyu began roughly 12 years ago when the rest of Asia discovered Korean soap operas. One of the breakthrough dramas was a series 'Winter Sonata' starring Choi Ji-woo & Bae Young-Joon. After that, more Korean dramas saw their way to foreign shores and Korean films and music started to follow suit. Korean marketing people started to see a Korea-centric trend. They dubbed this flow "The Korean Wave" or Hallyu....
14.7.11
[News] Kim Hyun-joong takes over music charts in Asia with 1st solo album.
[News] Kim Hyun-joong takes over music charts in Asia with 1st solo album.
Cr. - 10asia
Hallyu Star Kim Hyun-joong has taken over several music charts in Asia with his first solo album, according to the respective charts on Thursday.
Kim’s album “Break Down,” which was released in Korea on June 7, has placed at the No. 1 spot on G-music and FIVE Music in Taiwan, Astro music chart in the Philippines, Channel V’s music chart in Thailand and KKBox’s music chart in Hong Kong.
“It’s amazing to see the album do so well internationally even though it's the Korean version being sold overseas,” an official from his agency KEYEAST was quoted as saying.
Making his debut as the lead of the popular boy band SS501, Kim has returned to the local music scene as a solo artist with his first album "Break Down" and has topped online and offline music charts with the title track of the same name.
He released the music video for his follow up track "Kiss Kiss" yesterday while he will give his comeback performance on Mnet's weekly music program "M! CountDown" today.
Kim is also scheduled to begin his Asia tour next month where he will visit a total of eight countries to promote “Break Down.”
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