Super Junior’s “Sorry, Sorry” album released in the Philippines

By Jonathan Hicap
Korea Times Correspondent

MANILA ― Korean boy band Super Junior's third album, "Sorry, Sorry," was the top selling K-pop album of 2009 in the Philippines based on sales.

According to Universal Records Philippines, the album is included on the Top 25 Bestselling Albums list for 2009 based on album sales at Music One stores from January to December 2009. Music One is one of the Philippines' biggest record retail chains.

"Sorry, Sorry" is the only K-pop album on the Top 25 list and is at No. 10 behind albums by artists including Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Black Eyed Peas.

Universal Records said "Sorry, Sorry" debuted at No. 1 on the Music One Album Chart just three days after its release in last September. It also became No. 1 at Odyssey Records stores in September.

Super Junior holds the distinction of being the first K-pop artist to reach No. 1 in album sales in the Philippines.

The "Sorry, Sorry" album became a gold record three months after its release in September. It is the first K-pop album to go gold in the Asian country, according to Universal Records.

The Mini-album "Super Girl" from Super Junior M, a subgroup of Super Junior, also reached No. 1 in Music One and Odyssey Records stores in the Philippines.

"Sorry, Sorry" is Super Junior's best-selling album in Korea. It was released in March last year and quickly went to No. 1 on the Hanteo Charts.

Super Junior was also the biggest winner at the 24th Golden Disk Awards, bagging three awards including the Disk Daesang Award, for album of the year, and the Samsung YEPP Popularity Award.

The song "Sorry, Sorry" was voted No.1 on the Top 100 singles of the year by Taiwan's Hit FM radio station. "Sorry, Sorry" garnered close to 250,000 votes to beat Jam Hsiao's "Princess" and Lady Gaga's "Poker Face".



`쏘리 쏘리' 필리핀 최다 판매 K-팝 앨범 등극

마닐라 _ 슈퍼주니어의 세번째 앨범 `쏘리 쏘리'가 지난해 필리핀에서 가장 많이 팔린 한국 앨범으로 등극했다.

필리핀 유니버설 레코드에 따르면 `쏘리 쏘리'는 지난 1년 필리핀의 뮤직 원 매장이 판매량에 따라 집계한 앨범 랭킹 25위 내에 들었다. 뮤직 원은 필리핀의 대형 앨범 소매 판매업체의 하나이다.

한국 앨범으로는 유일하게 25위 내에 오른 `쏘리 쏘리'는 마이클 잭슨, 레이디 가가, 테일러 스위프트, 블랙 아이드 피즈에 이어 10위에 랭크됐다.

유니버설 레코드는 지난해 9월 앨범 발매 뒤 3일 만에 뮤직 원 앨범차트에 1위로 선보인 바 있다. 이 앨범은 지난해 9월 오디세이 레코드에서도 1위를 차지했다.

슈퍼주니어의 서브그룹인 슈퍼주니어 M의 미니앨범 `수퍼 걸'도 뮤직 원 및 오디세이 레코드의 앨범 집계에서 1위에 올랐다.

지난해 3월 첫선을 보인 `쏘리 쏘리'는 곧바로 한터 차트의 랭킹 1위에 올랐었다.

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