[News] 2PM Reaches Number One on Japan’s Weekly Oricon Chart

2PM’s Japanese single “Winter Games” has ascended to the top on the weekly Oricon and Tower Records charts.

The single, which was released on October 16, is 2PM’s seventh Japanese single. “Winter Games” rose to the number one spot on the Oricon real time and daily charts as soon as it was released. Moreover, the single also filled the number one spot for the Oricon weekly chart on October 23 proving once again the popularity of the beastly idol group.

More attention is being focused on this accomplishment because it is the first time in nine months a K-Pop singer has filled the number one spot on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.

Before the single went on sale, a special register was set up for customers purchasing the 2PM “Winter Games” at the Shibuya Tower Records in order to avoid chaos. Shortly after the single went on sale, it reached the number one spots on Tower Records’ daily single sales and weekly sales.

“Winter Games” emphasizes a sense of winter and tells the story of the six men’s sadness towards love. 2PM performed the song during a fan meeting in Japan, and the reaction was explosive. The group furthered their popularity as the song ranked number one on the Japanese ring tone sales chart, Reco-Kyo Chart.

2PM expressed their thanks and stated, “We are so happy and honored to have reached the number one spot on the Oricon and Tower Records weekly charts. 2PM will work harder for all the love we’ve received. Thank you very much.”

Meanwhile, 2PM continues their individual activities in Korea. They will be departing for Germany to perform at the “Lee Mija Guten Tag Lady Dong Baek,” a concert aimed to celebrate diplomatic relationship between Germany and Korea.

Source: soompi

[News] See 2PM Taecyeon @ Mwave ‘Meet & Greet’ K-Pop idol

CJ E&M launches new online services at Mwave, ‘Meet & Greet’ and ‘Mwave shop’ for K-Pop fans around the world!!

- Meet your K-Pop idol at “Meet & Greet”
- Get signed CDs at “Mwave shop”, and deliver your message to Stars!
- 2PM‘s Taecyeon will host the first session of Meet & Greet, introducing unique character items of his own, OKCAT.

Asia’s No.1 content company CJ E&M is bringing a new way to meet K-pop artists and receive signed CDs on its web portal Mwave.

‘Mwave’ (http://mwave.interest.me) is a global K-culture platform that is geared toward K-Pop and K-Entertainment fans around the world. In an effort to reach out to the fans in a more tangible way, Mwave has launched Meet & Greet under the new Mwave Shop on October 22nd.

At the Mwave Shop (http://mwaveshop.interest.me), fans will be able to purchase K-Pop CDs, T-shirts, and other artist merchandise.

Mwave has also launched Meet & Greet, where fans will be able to purchase goods and access a live online fansigning with K-Pop artists. Select artists will be coming to the Mwave studio to greet international fans and sign their purchased CDs. Once fans purchase from the Meet & Greet section, they’ll be able to write a message to the star, which will be on display while the artist is in the studio.

The artists will directly select people who have purchased their CDs and sign them, while fans can watch right on the Meet & Greet page. (http://mwave.interest.me/meetgreet/view/10)

There will also be live updates in five languages (English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish) from Mwave’s Commentators.

This month, 2PM‘s Taecyeon will be Meet & Greet’s first guest, and will be promoting his very own character items, ‘OKCAT’. We also have several other K-Pop artists slated to join us at the Mwave studio for Meet & Greet’s live online fansigning, so please stay tuned.

CJ E&M’s Smart Media’s Global Business Division Manager, Lyle Seo said, “The representative Global K-culture platform, Mwave, is bringing the opportunity for international fans to meet K-pop artists and come closer together with this new service. With abundant content, experience in global business and artist participation set as the background, we plan to continue to develop Meet&Greet and Mwave Shop”.

Source: hancinema.net

[News] 2PM tops Japan’s music charts with ‘Winter Games’

Idol group 2PM achieved yet another success in Japanese music market.

According to Japan’s Oricon Charts on October 16th, 2PM’s seventh Japanese single ‘Winter Games’ took over the top position of Oricon’s Daily Single Chart after selling 65,696 copies on the day of its release.

In addition, 2PM’s new single ranked #1 on Tower Records Daily Singles rankings as well as on Recochoku on the same day, proving the group’s dominance in the country.

Source: dkpopnews.net

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