What Is on the First Floor of a Record Shop in Tokyo?

A photo of K-pop artists' own section in a record store of Japan shows incessant popularity of the artists and their music.

Recently, a photo of a record store in Japan was taken by Korean tourists and reporters.From the photo, the embellished sections of K-pop boy group SHINee and BTS were shown.

The photo with the groups' own CD section at the store delivers a grown popularity of the two bands.

With the photos, it is also noted that groups of local fans relentlessly come up to listen to the groups' music.

Surprisingly, the popularity of SHINee and BTS has been constantly shown in various ways.

SHINee, for instance, topped Japan's major music chart Oricon with the release of its best album 'From Now On' on April 18.

Moreover, SHINee was the first foreign male artist group to top the Oricon album chart and digital album chart at the same time.
In response to SHINee's groundbreaking record, Oricon announced on its official website, "For a foreign male artist group, it is the first time to top both CD and digital album charts since the launch of digital album chart on November 2016."
Moreover, on April 18, a special event called 'SHINee Color JACK' was held at the five renowned towers of Japan with green lights to commemorate the release of the group's new album.

In addition to SHINee, BTS is also getting incessant love and support from its Japanese fans.

According to Japan's music chart Oricon, it is noted that BTS' third full album in Japan 'FACE YOURSELF' has topped the daily album chart on the first day of its release.The new album of BTS is consisted of 12 tracks, and the song 'Don't Leave Me' was chosen to be the title song of the popular Japanese drama 'Signal'.

'FACE YOURSELF' also swept the worldwide iTunes chart on the day of its release and garnered attention from people all around the world.

The two group's remarkable success in Japan fires another Korean Wave. With the rebirth of the Korean culture in Japan, other Korean media contents are getting attention as well.

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(SBS Star)