Singer Lim Young-woong set a record for her career: she sold more than 940,000 copies Haru after the album's release, proving her popularity.
Lim Young-woong released his first full-length album 'IM HERO' on May 2 at 6 pm.
According to the Korean record sales volume aggregation site Hanter Chart, 'IM HERO' sold more than 940,000 copies in Haru. It has a million seller on its own as a single album.
K-pop is loved in the global market and has influenced the dramatic increase in record sales, but Lim Young-woong is more eye-catching because of the sales volume centered on domestic fandom.
Fan signings, which are signed directly to fans who bought the album, have a great impact on the sales of the album. Some Singers often sign fan signings several times for sales. Lim Young-woong's sale of nearly 1 million albums in Haru without a fan signing proved to be numerically popular in Korea.
In addition to the sales volume of the album, the title song and all the songs in the top charts were named and boasted of the soundtrack Power. Lim Young-woong has already shown a unique soundtrack Power by making the cover song on the chart.
Lim Young-woong, who announced his name as the winner of the TV Chosun 'Mr. Trot', presented the emotional ballad song 'Can I meet again' as the title song. Lim Young-woong, who is a trot fandom collector, is the choice to show his musical spectrum but at the same time, it can be an adventure.
Lim Young-woong has shown a wide range of genre digestion Power by digesting various genres such as folk, ballad, and dance as well as authentic trot. He released his first full-length album in six years of his debut and showed various genres of music. He also expressed his desire to show various genres without any awkwardness, not just a Singer limited to one genre.