Even Without Japanese Promotions, Kim Jaejoong’s Korean Album Got 4th Place In Oricon

JYJ‘s Kim Jaejoong’s first solo album “I” is getting a lot of attention; even in Japan.

Kim Jaejoong’s album “I” ranked no. 4 in Overseas album chart and no. 8 in overall weekly chart on the week of January 21-27 in Oricon. There are 20,117 copies sold after 10 days from its release last January 18 in Japan.

Kim Jaejoong’s album is in Korean. It was released in Japan without promotion but still ranked high which is considered unusual. It also became no 1 on iTunes rock chart in 9 countries overseas, including Japan. Recently, C-jes Entertainment has produced an additional 20,000 copies since 120,000 copies initially produced were all sold.

Kim Jaejoong’s first solo mini-album “I” is classified under rock genre. The album contains tracks such as “Mine”, “There’s Only You”, “My Only Comfort”, and “All Alone”.

Kim Jaejoong will proceed with “Your, My, Mine” Asian tour in February.