Kim Hyun Joong wins 2nd Music Bank K-Chart + other performances




Music Bank is back with a fun and exciting show that was chock-full of amazing performances!

Besides the usual stages, 2PM and 8eight made their comebacks, while B1A4 and A Pink begun follow-up promotions. Elsewhere, F.T. Island said their goodbyes.

SECRET faced off against Kim Hyun Joong for this week’s K-Chart, and in the end, it was the former who clinched his 2nd consecutive win on the show. Congratulations to Hyun Joong on the win!



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Kim Hyun-joong to release “Break Down” limited edition


Album jacket for Kim Hyung-joong's 1st solo mini-album "Break Down" (limited edition) [KEYEAST]



Singer-actor Kim Hyun-joong will release a limited edition of his latest album “Break Down,” announced his agency KEYEAST on Thursday.

KEYEAST explained via press release that the limited edition of Kim’s first solo mini-album “Break Down” will hit stores at end of this month while one can make reservations for the record at major online shopping malls such as Yes24, Kyobo and Interpark, starting today.

The limited edition is to be composed of the CD of the mini-album, DVD with a clip showing how Kim's music videos were made and the music videos to “Break Down” and “Please” and a 48-page photobook with pictures that have never been displayed elsewhere.

“We're releasing a limited edition of the album to express our gratitude to our fans from home and overseas who have showed much love for Kim's mini-album,” an official at KEYEAST was quoted as saying in the statement. “The limited edition contains even more diverse stories of Kim from the process of how we made his album."

The DVD in particular will include Kim’s video message to his fans, highlight scenes of the showcase for the album “Break Down” held on June 7, Kim's dance rehearsal sessions and other clips related to his music videos.

Kim, 25, made his debut as the leader of the popular boy band SS501 in 2005. He expanded his career into acting with a role in KBS’ smash hit series “Boys Over Flowers” in 2009, which made him a household name in Korea and Asia and followed it with another drama “Naughty Kiss” in 2010.

He resumed his singing career this month with the release of “Break Down” which sold over 100,000 in less than three weeks of its release, making Kim the solo K-pop artist with the highest number of record sales, when excluding the records set by boy bands.










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Kim Hyun-joong sells over 100,000 copies for 1st solo album


Singer-actor Kim Hyun-joong [KEYEAST]



Singer-actor Kim Hyun-joong has sold over 100,000 copies of his first solo album released just two weeks ago, announced his agency KEYEAST on Wednesday.

The figure, from Korea’s largest record sales chart Hanteo, makes Kim the solo K-pop artist with the highest number of record sales seen with a single album so far this year. He ranks after boy bands TVXQ and Big Bang when the groups are included.

"Break Down," which is Kim's first solo mini-album that went on sale on June 8 in Korea's neighboring countries in the Asia region including China, Japan and Taiwan, is made up of six tracks including the title track “Break Down,” “Please,” "Kiss Kiss” and “Yes I Will.”

Hanteo had placed the album at No. 1 on its real-time and daily charts a week ago and the album’s title song “Break Down” came atop two televised live music shows including music cable channel Mnet’s “M! CountDown” and KBS’ “Music Bank” over the weekend.

Kim, 25, made his debut as the leader of the popular boy band SS501 in 2005. He expanded his career into acting with a role in KBS’ smash hit series “Boys Over Flowers” in 2009, which made him a household name in Korea and Asia.

The following year, he starred in another small screen adaptation of the Japanese comic “Itazura na Kiss," in which he played the role of Baek Sung-jo.







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Kim Hyun Joong finally meets his look-alikes, Boyfriend’s Youngmin & Kwangmin

SS501′s Kim Hyun Joong finally met up with the twins of rookie group Boyfriend, Youngmin and Kwangmin, who have been headlining for some time now for their striking resemblance to him.

Youngmin said, “We recently recorded a show with senior Kim Hyun Joong. He told us, ‘It’s as if I’m looking at a younger version of myself.’ It was really an honor.”

The twins have been known for being ‘little Kim Hyun Joongs’, especially after starring in SBS’s ‘Truth Game‘ as children. Fans of both groups have been sharing comparison pictures of the three and remarking over the emergence of another doppelganger.

His look alikes:






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Kim Hyun Joong will be meeting you in Taiwan!






Kim Hyun Joong, who is back with his solo album ‘Break Down’, will be going on an Asia Tour starting in August. Earlier today, Warner Music Taiwan has confirmed his schedule to Taiwan for album promotion (Asia Tour). Kim Hyun Joong will be in taiwan for High Five Fanmeet on 14th August. He will be staying in Taiwan for 4 days, 3 nights.
Kim Hyun Joong will have High Five session with only 500 lucky fans! It is a rare chance to meet him upclose.
If you are interested to know how to enter the lucky draw and more infos of the event, you can tune in to Warner Music Taiwan for more details.

Source : Warner Music Taiwan

Kim Hyun Joong poses with doppelganger twins Youngmin and Kwangmin






BOYFRIEND twins Youngmin and Kwangmin recently posed with their look-alike senior, Kim Hyun Joong.

The boys appeared on SBS’s ‘Truth Game‘ 5 years ago and gained lots of attention for being Kim Hyun Joong look-alikes. Having recorded Happy Together Season 3 together recently, they reunited with their doppelganger again while waiting to perform at M! Countdown yesterday.

The two tweeted, “Handsome Kim Hyun Joong senior!! We were so nervous at the time ㅜㅜ.”

Netizens commented, “It looks like Kim Hyun Joong was copied and pasted on each side of himself“, “You two have grown up well“, “Parallel lives with Kim Hyun Joong?“.

Source: Sports Chosun via Nate
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Hyunjoong become a witch



this is promotion picture of lottee duty free.

hyun joong became a witch !!!

what a funny pic !!

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Kim Hyun Joong draws a present for his fans





As a special present for his fans, Kim Hyun Joong personally drew the stage formation for his “Break Down” performance.

Amused fans noticed that he had paid special attention to drawing out the details of his fishnet shirt, sunglasses, and even his mic. Key East explained, “As a way of thanking fans for the explosive love he’s been receiving since his comeback, he’s come up with a surprise present. Thank you for giving so much love to his title track, “Break Down”, and please look forward to his future promotions.”

Netizens commented, “On stage, he’s charismatic, but in the drawing, he’s a cutie pie”, “Was he Picasso in his past life? Picajoong daebak”, “His drawing skills have improved”, and “Your nunas are touched with your ability to catch even the smallest of details for every dancer.”

Source + Photos: Newsen via Nate

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Kim Hyun Joong Explains the Qualifications of his Future Wife





On yesterday’s episode of Mnet’s “The Beatles Code,” Kim Hyun Joong explained, “I would like to marry someone who is not materialistic.” He added, “As a guy, I don’t understand why girls like expensive bags. I just don’t see the difference between a bag that costs $10,000 and a bag that costs $20. They’re exactly the same.”

In Korea, it’s customary for the bride and groom’s family to exchange dowries and wedding gifts, called paemul. Kim Hyun Joong stated, “The gifts can cost $500-600K or more, and it seems absurd to get a loan to buy them just because a wedding is ‘once in a lifetime.’” The singer actor has already mentioned before that he wanted about four children; and during the show, he surprised everyone by stating out the qualifications for his future wife: “She has to be fecund and unmaterialistic."

When asked if those two qualifications were it, Kim Hyun Joong gave a cold look and said “Most importantly, she must be pretty” in a matter-of-fact way. Then host Yoon Jong Shin laughingly added, “Pretty, kind, unmaterialistic, and someone who’s willing to have a lot of children? I think there’s a high chance you’ll stay single until over forty.”



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“Pretty, kind, unmaterialistic, and someone who’s willing to have a lot of children? I think there’s a high chance you’ll stay single until over forty.”

OMO joongie all those qualifications are in me!! hahahaha

i'm not materialistic, marry me!

i'm just wondering.............. dowries still exist in Korea?? i had no idea of that LOL..