Monday, April 06, 2009
Group Dong Bang Shin Ki ranked 4th at the chart owned by union of 10 countries such as United States, United Kingdom, and Japan.
Dong Bang Shin Ki released their 4th album “The Secret Code” on March 25th in Japan, parked at 4th on United World Chart while their rival on ORICON chart Ayumi Hamasaki’s “Next Level” got her 1st again, swapping U2’s “New Line on The Horizon”.
The Secret Code closed its weekly sales at amount 158,000 copies, while Ayumi’s Next Level gathered 241,000 copies, won 83,000 copies ahead. Being 4th on the United World Chart is the result of aggregate count from TVXQ album sales rank on United States’s Billboard, UK’s UK chart, Japan’s Oricon chart and other charts in the rest 7 countries which are Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Australia, and Netherlands.
Dong Bang Shin Ki still succeed placing The Secret Code at 2nd on ORICON album chart up until April 1st, and this is the best record of an Asian male group on ORICON chart so far.
Source: World News Entertainment
trans: sharingyoochun
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