Korean Music Charts - September

Look at that... while I was busy in Busan, the Music Industry Association of Korea came out with a new music chart.

The most noticeable part of the chart is the utter lack of Shinwha, even though the band was No. 1 last month. This has happened before, so I assume the problem is with MIAK. Perhaps Shinwha's distributor is having some sort of tiff with MIAK, or something like that. On the other hand, Shinwha has the No. 1 spot on the foreign chart... So basically I have no idea.

Anyhow, the charts this month are absolutely stuffed with new releases. I wonder if the music biz is like the movies in Korea, with the Chuseok holidays creating a hot season. Embarassing to say I have never looked into that before.

This Month	Artist	Album Name	Release Date	This Month's Sales	Total Sales
1.	Dong Bang Shin Gi	Vol. 3 - Oh! Jeong. Ban. Hab	9.28	120,505	120,505
2.	Lee Seung-chul	Reflection of Sound	9.27	27,102	27,102
3.	Koyote	London Koyote	9.18	25,746	25,746
4.	Nell	Vol. 3	9.21	22,869	22,869
5.	Big Bang	Vol. 2 (Single)	9.28	21,000	21,000
6.	SG Wannabe	Vol 3 - The Third Masterpieces	4.07	14,178	290,951
7.	Jang Ri-in	Jang Ri-in Vol. 1 - Timeless (Single)	9.08	12,786	12,786
8.	Paran	Vol. 2 - Beyond the Blue Sky	9.04	12,052	12,052
9.	Bae Chi Gi	My Way	9.04	11,296	11,296
10.	See Ya	Vol. 1	2.24	10,935	89,822

(source: MIAK)

And here is the foreign sales chart:

This Month	Artist	Album Name	Release Date	This Month's Sales	Total Sales
1.	Shinwha	Japan Single	9.06	15,052	15,052
2.	Arashi	The Best Collection of 2002-2004	9.12	8,484	8,484
3.	Beyonce	B'Day	9.04	6,677	6,677
5.	Stacie Orrico	Beautiful Awakening	9.01	5,828	5,828
5.	Christina Aguilera	Back to Basics	8.14	5,571	17,085
6.	Arashi	Single Collection - 1999-2001	9.12	5,485	5,485
7.	Justin Timberlake	Futuresex/Love Sounds	9.12	5,378	5,378
8.	Jo Sumi	With Love: Best of Jo Sumi	8.25	4,527	11,524
9.	Fergie	The Dutchess	9.19	4,101	4,101
10.	Richard Yongjae O'Neil	Lachrymae	9.07	3,358	3,358

(source: MIAK)