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--♥ Tohoshinki Breaks Record ♥--
--♥ First Foreign Artist ♥--
--♥ In 12 Years To Sell ♥--
--♥ Over 200K In Singles ♥--
--♥ For Initial Sales ♥--
Date: 02 February 2010 Time: 04:00
■First to break Elton John's record in 12 years and
4 months Korean 5-member group Tohoshinki have made
the record as the highest selling artist for foreign
artists in the initial sales for singles category.
Their 29th single
「BREAK OUT！」 was released on
27 January and became first on the
8 February Oricon Singles Ranking Chart.
For the initial sales record for foreign artists, up until now,
For the initial sales record for foreign artists, up until now,
it had been held by Elton John's
"Memorial Song for the former British Princess Diana",
"Memorial Song for the former British Princess Diana",
「Candle In The Wind〜Tribute To Princess Diana, Britain's Princess」
(released September 1997),
which sold 184,000 copies. In this area,
Tohoshinki broke this record which
lasted for 12 years and 4 months,
lasted for 12 years and 4 months,
by selling 254,000 copies
of their single, becoming the first
foreign artist in history to pass the
200,000 mark in initial sales.
In addition to becoming first
200,000 mark in initial sales.
In addition to becoming first
place for foreign artists in initial sales,
this will also be Tohoshinki's 7th work to add on to
their list of achievements for getting a #1 single,
making this a double achievement for them. Their first single in
2010 is also the theme song for NHK Drama 8's
『とめはねっ！鈴里高校書道部』.
The B-side to this song is the solo number 「XIAHTIC」
which was written, composed and arranged by Junsu.
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