Seoul=) = Im Young-woong has written a new history of male solo Singers. It shows the appearance of the music industry 'hero' through the first regular album with his name on the front.
Im Young-wong released his first full-length album, "Im Hero" (IM HERO) in six years after his debut at 6 p.m. on the 2nd, and released a total of 12 songs including the ballad title song "Can I Meet Again", in which Jung Jae-il participated in string arrangements.
Above all, Im Young-woong is the first regular album released after his debut in 2016, and TV Chosun 'Mr. It is the first full-length album to be released after winning Trot. Earlier, he was "Mr. Since Trot, I have only released singles such as "I believe only now", "Hero" (HERO), and "My Love Like Starlight". As the physical album was released for the first time, it received great attention early on.
Thanks to expectations, "Ime Hero", released in four versions: Photobook, Gift, Digipack and Jewel Case, achieved Million Sellers by recording 1013,000 copies (based on Hanterchart, all versions added up) by the 5th. On the day of release, it sold more than 940,000 copies on the 2nd day.
This is more than the first record (a week of album release) of the group ExoBaekhyun's "Bambi" last year, exceeding 868,000 copies; as Baekhyun achieved more than 1 million copies each with his solo albums "Delight" and "Bambi", the record of Im Young-woong's distribution is also drawing attention.
Im Young-woong set a record from the pre-order volume. According to the album distributor DreamFord Motor Company, 'I'm Hero' has achieved 1 million pre-orders as of the last two days. This is the highest record of solo recordings since the 2000s. In particular, DreamFord Motor Company said, "On the first day of reservation sales, fans who want to buy an album were gathered at once, and servers on the sales page were also running."
In particular, Im Young-woong is also attracting attention because it does not carry out related Events such as fan signing commemorating the release of the album. Recently, K-pop Singers have been selling fan signing Events for those who purchased the album, and they also sell them in response to album sales. However, Im Young-woong has achieved 1 million copies even though he does not carry out such Events. According to Im Young-woong on the 6th, there is no schedule such as a fan signing yet, so attention is focused on the album sales volume in the future.
He is also active in soundtrack as well as music. The title song "Can I Meet Again" reached the top spot with the 6th place in the top 100 of the melon at 9 am on the 6th. In addition, all the songs on the album and the previous release song 'Love Always Runs' and 'Now I Believe Only' also succeeded in the Melon Top 100 chart.
The national tour concert 'I'm Hero' is also a sold-out procession. Im Young-won entered the concert with the release of the first album, and tickets for Changwon and Gwangju performances, including Goyang performances, which started on the 6th, were sold out at the same time as opening. Since then, tickets for Daejeon, Incheon, Daegu and Seoul performances are also ahead, and the war to save Im Young-woong's performance tickets is expected to continue.