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• TVXQ Breaks 3.1 Million Copies in Single Sales, Overseas Artist with Most Singles Sold in Japan
• KARA’s live DVD tops Oricon Chart in Japan
• KARA’s live DVD tops Oricon Chart in Japan
• Kara sold the biggest number of albums in Japan
• Super Junior’s “Opera” tops Oricon Daily Chart and sells over 150,000 copies

Kara’s “Best Clip 2 and Show” has maintained #1 for five days on the Japanese Oricon DVD chart. The DVD “Best Clip 2 and Show” was released on February 29 and has been #1 on the DVD Overall chart.

“Kara Best Clip” which was released on February 23, 2011 also went up to #1 on the Oricon Weekly DVD Chart. It was the first time that an overseas female singer had appeared on the DVD chart after it was created in 1999. “Kara Best Clip” was #1 for two weeks for the weekly chart and #1 for 7 days on the daily chart. The DVD sold 250,000 copies and became platinum.

Kara has been successful with their DVDs and Oricon. Their drama “Ura Kara” which was released on June made #9 on the Oricon Chart. 

John Park to release 1st studio album, "INNER CHILD"
John Park will be releasing his first studio album in South Korea, the first since his first single release "I'm Your Man" in 2010.His first studio album, titled "INNER CHILD," will be available for purchase on July 3rd and will include a total of 11 tracks. This will be his first album release since February 2012 when he released the mini-album "Knock." "INNER CHILD" will also feature the participation of various artists such as Lee Seungchul, Dynamic Duo's Choiza, Ray Kang, and Duble Sidekick. Are you looking forward to new music from John Park next month? Source: Kyungjae Today...

Ivy, "I wrote songs for Girls' Generation and SHINee...I never expected to receive so much money"
It was previously revealed in the past that during her long-term hiatus, Ivy had written the lyrics to Girls' Generation's "Dear Mom" and SHINee's "Last Gift," both tracks popular among fans for their heartfelt lyrics.Ivy recently appeared on KBS2 the quiz game "1 VS 100," in which she played against 100 other participants. MC Han Seokjun said to Ivy, "I heard you've worked as a songwriter," to which she replied, "It's been a hot topic lately that I've written lyrics to songs under a pseudonym."She continues, "I deliberately used a pseudonym and donated 100% of my royalties...

Beast Teases with "I'm Sorry"
Beast Teases with “I’m Sorry” In anticipation for their July comeback, Beast has pre-released yet another song and video teaser. “I’m Sorry” was written by Junhyung and Kim Tae-joo, and talks about regrets after a breakup (not to be confused with the other breakup song of theirs also titled “I’m Sorry”).The ballad was first revealed at the B2UTY Gather event in Seoul, and the teaser features clips from that performance. While the pre-release teaser for “Will You Be All Right?” showed black and white shots of Beast, while the “I’m Sorry” teaser focuses on the fans, even throwing in a smattering of international ones...