More units of Super Junior’s fifth album Mr. Simple are being produced.
The management company SM Entertainment revealed on August 16, “as of August 15, the album sold over 100,000 units. We are currently calculating additional quantity.”
According to Hanteo Chart which is a website that calculates album sales, as of August 15, their fifth album sold 100,719 units. However, because it only calculates 90 percent of all the sales in stores located in Korea, it is likely that their actual number of album sales exceeds that number.
Super Junior’s albums are sold out in big record stores. Even though the first batch of 200,000 units was released into the market, there are7 more demands than the supply. Also, foreign fans are making group purchases that the supply cannot satisfy the demand. If the trend continues, Super Junior is expected to break their third album’s record sales (26,000 units) in 2009 and their fourth album’s record sales (334,000 units) in 2010.
A representative from one record store said, “the album sales are great that we had to make a separate register for those who are buying the album. There is a difference between the number of sales because each member has their own album cover. But overall the album continues to sell.
The management company said, “we are feeling the popularity overseas and not just in Korea. As of August 16, “Mr. Simple” music video has 6,700,000 views on Youtube.
Source: Hankooki.com
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