Chapter 1: We Are Married (1)
Visiting parents? Kim Sung-han doesn't have much time and opportunity!
All the reasons can be pushed to the song "AslongasYouLoveme", which has been in the limelight since it reached the top of all the charts in South Korea.
After three days, "AslongasYouLoveme" won the first place on the Japanese public trust list, and won one place after another on the iTunes list of Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore and the Philippines, officially kicking off the prelude to the top.
How crazy is it?
When the whole Internet starts to fill the Internet with dance parody videos of "AslongasYouLoveme", when the whole street starts to be affected by the music of "AslongAsYouLoveme", you will be unsure of how crazy it really is.
You know, the time to reach the top in South Korea was more than 1 o'clock in the morning in 2010, and at that time, only the music source was announced for more than an hour, and the MV played more than 5 million times, is there any exaggeration than this? Although there is no shortage of fans in Japan and China and other regions to pay the same attention, it is indeed an indisputable fact that "AslongasYouLoveme" reached the top of South Korea at the same time!
Kim Sung-han just used such a song to officially start his popularity. The sales of the single EP disc exceeded 200,000 in a week, and not only the elves were willing to buy a disc generously, but many people were also willing to buy one, which is a real trend.
It's different from a regular EP. It's an EP that includes intro, piano, guitar, and pop titles, and the latter three versions come with videos or music videos. It's better than a single MV and title song version on various music charts.
After falling in love with the pop version of this song. For the guitar version performed before, everyone also began to be full of love. Not to mention the piano version!
During this period of time, Jin Shenghan's related peripheral items sold very hot, and the head-to-toe clothing and hair styling also began to be very popular.
After gaining popularity, all kinds of good news were launched one after another, as if to bury the beginning of 2010 completely into sweetness.
On January 5, 2010, HOOK announced. JAJ's English album released in the first half of 2009 officially exceeded 10 million sales, entering the ranks of tens of millions of best-selling artists. There are many artists who can do this, and there are many singers in the United States and Europe, but when it comes to South Korea and Asia, the concept is different.
The Korean music industry has a history of millions of sales, but that was in the 80s and 90s, and in the 21st century, the influence of the Internet has spread. It has become almost impossible to sell more than one million. In 2008, TVXQ's weekly sales exceeded 110,000, and the sales of singers at the Golden Disc Awards at the end of the year were almost only 2 or 300,000.
Being able to sell 10 million worldwide is definitely something that no singer in Korea can do. Not even the international star Rain has been.
The meaning of this is already different, and without any more words from the hook company, the three major TV stations and various media have begun to publicize it. JAJ's popularity has recently started to jump again. Although there is no movement of the group, there are no new songs. But it is also worth the expectations of others.
What's more, the three members of JAJ are now blooming everywhere!
Ahn Sung-min's "God of Learning" has premiered. This drama, which has a collaboration with T-ara's Park Ji-yeon, has attracted much attention before it was broadcast. Although Ahn Sung-min is not the protagonist of it, he still receives the most attention, with a rating of 15.7% for the first broadcast and 19.5% for the second episode, which can be seen.
In addition, Kim Sung-han and Kang Eun-chan, who are developing in the music industry, are also remarkable, Kang Eun-chan's global activities have earned 5.5 million sales for his solo albums, and this number is still rising, especially since two of the songs have landed on the Billboard chart, which are very good results. In addition, the next step of musical theater has been taken in the near future, and it is ready to be active in a new field.
Kim Sung-han's development is also very good, not to mention the complete success of the battle in South Korea, and the song "AslongasYouLoveme" has helped him win unparalleled popularity and success. The most important thing is that this song is in English, and Kim Sung-han, who has an innate language advantage, quickly noticed this new song by the United States.
On January 10th, "aslongasyouloveme" officially landed on the American Billboard chart, and JAJ and Kang Eun-chan laid an important foundation for his activities, making this single EP airborne to No. 28 on the Billboard chart as soon as it landed, and successfully entered the Top 40.
The results in the United States are surprisingly good, with the number of views on the YouTube MV exceeding 5 million in one day, and it quickly became one of the most played songs on the radio.
American musicians praised the single: "Both the song itself and the music video are undoubtedly a success. I decided to buy an EP after watching the music video once, and what amazed me even more was the guitar and piano version in this EP, which is a young singer full of talent, and I will continue to pay attention, if possible, can I get an autograph of him? ”
When the news entered South Korea, there was an uproar! How many times has Kim Sung-han's song entered the Billboard chart? In the image of the United States, Kim Sung-han's popularity in South Korea has skyrocketed, and Kim Sung-han is very afraid, is it possible to live a quiet life in the future in Africa?
Kim Sung-han doesn't care much about the title of Korea's top ten composers, but his fans especially mind that from 2002 to 2010, almost 8 years have passed in a blink of an eye. It's been so long since OPPA debuted, and all kinds of sadness and laughter have lingered around me along the way. has written more than 100 songs, of which more than forty percent can be regarded as hit songs, and has entered the Billboard list many times, but until now, Kim Sung-han's name has not entered the top ten composers.
The elves are not angry, just because Kim Sung-han himself is not a pure Korean?
It is because of this that the Composers Association has taken a fancy to this, so it has never given Kim Sung-han this place, although Kim Sung-han has also registered with the Composers Association. After Kwon Ji-ryong was registered as one of the top ten composers, in order to comfort JAJ's large number of fans, the Composers Association made Kang Eun-chan one of the top ten composers, and he is Korean-Korean!
Although the elves felt angry about Jin Shenghan, he didn't care much about it. Popularity is too ethereal, who knows how much popularity will be left after the trend of "AslongasYouLoveme" is over?
Spurred on by the American results, Hook began to prepare for Kim Sung-han's English album without worrying about Kang Eun-chan. In such a small market as South Korea, you are afraid of bumping into it, but in such a large market in the world, as long as the popular singers who are not too exaggerated come out, basically the image will not be too big.
Hook Company relied on Kim Sung-han and Kang Eun-chan to completely open the mode of gold absorption. Someone calculated for the hook company, not counting JAJ's 10 million sales for the hook company to fight for nearly 100 million US dollars, just in the second half of 2009, the activities of Jin Shenghan and Jiang Encan absorbed more than 10 million US dollars of net profit for the hook company, Jiang Encan's global sales figure of 5.5 million alone is very interesting, because it is a mini album, it is different from the regular album, so the profit is not so exaggerated.
January in the entire Korean entertainment industry belongs to Kim Sung-han and JAJ, and throughout January, "Kim Sung-han", "aslongasyouloveme", "JAJ", and "Kim Sung-han landing on Billboard" all occupy the top ten positions among the popular keywords retrieved by Naver, and their fame is among the best, and "Kim Sung-han" bears the brunt of the top ten popular search keywords in Naver.
Although the popularity of Jin Shenghan, who has swelled, seems to be nothing, it has a lot of benefits to make good use of it. For example, on the show, the recent Kim Sung-han has become the sweetheart of various TV programs, in addition to "The Birth of the Family" because of Liu Jae-seok's announcement of resignation, Lee Hyo-ri and others have also withdrawn from the show, "Strong Heart", "HappyTogether", "Youth Undefeated" and other popular programs have invited Kim Sung-han.
Even......
At the beginning of February 2010, MBC TV and hook updated their official websites with the news that Kim Sung-han was about to join MBC's "We Are Married".
Although the woman has never known about it, it has caused a lot of noise among the fan group! All kinds of reactions are endless, some have a fierce attitude, and they don't want Kim Sung-han to "get married"; also maintains an optimistic attitude, thinking that Kim Sung-han has also reached the age of dating, and is 24 years old; The wider masses remain neutral, although they like "AslongasYouLoveme", but the show is not filmed, and no one knows whether it is good or bad!
As soon as the news appeared, it caused a topic, which is a very happy thing for MBC TV, regardless of quarrel or optimism, the topicality is obviously in the scene.
Also, what is interesting is that who will be the woman who "we are married" that has not been announced by MBC and hook?
Who is it? (To be continued......)