Super Junior Heechul enters Korean military

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Despite his wish to enter the military quietly, Super Junior member Heechul was unable to avoid creating a stir, with fans bidding him farewell outside the Nonsan Army Training Center in South Chungcheon province, South Korea on Sept. 1.

Sporting a buzz haircut, Heechul greeted fans that came from different countries, including Thailand, as well as the media for the last time before he entered the camp. Some of his fans even became emotional at the time.

At Nonsan, 28-year-old Heechul will undergo four weeks of basic training and then serve as public service personnel for 23 months.

He promised to come back a different and better person.

A day before he enlisted in the army, Heechul’s posted photos of himself with his new haircut on Twitter.

It was an emotional week for Super Junior and their fans because of Heechul’s military service.

Fans were caught by surprise when it was announced last Aug. 22 that Heechul would be enlisting.

Heechul is the second Super Junior member to enter the military. Kangin enlisted last year.

Next in the lineup will be Leeteuk, leader of Super Junior, but no date of his enlistment has been announced yet.

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Super Junior Heechul enters Korean military

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Despite his wish to enter the military quietly, Super Junior member Heechul was unable to avoid creating a stir, with fans bidding him farewell outside the Nonsan Army Training Center in South Chungcheon province, South Korea on Sept. 1.

Sporting a buzz haircut, Heechul greeted fans that came from different countries, including Thailand, as well as the media for the last time before he entered the camp. Some of his fans even became emotional at the time.

At Nonsan, 28-year-old Heechul will undergo four weeks of basic training and then serve as public service personnel for 23 months.

He promised to come back a different and better person.

A day before he enlisted in the army, Heechul’s posted photos of himself with his new haircut on Twitter.

It was an emotional week for Super Junior and their fans because of Heechul’s military service.

Fans were caught by surprise when it was announced last Aug. 22 that Heechul would be enlisting.

Heechul is the second Super Junior member to enter the military. Kangin enlisted last year.

Next in the lineup will be Leeteuk, leader of Super Junior, but no date of his enlistment has been announced yet.

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Super Junior's Leeteuk sheds tears on Heechul's last TV performance

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Super Junior member Heechul will be enlisting in the military on Sept. 1 and his co-members are feeling the sadness and pain of him being away from them for two years.

On Sunday, Heechul, together with the boy band, held his last TV performance on SBS “Inkigayo” music program to promote “Mr. Simple," the title track of their fifth album.

It was a perfect sendoff to Heechul as Super Junior won their second “Inkigayo” Mutizen Song chart award.

However, Super Junior’s leader Leeteuk could not help but shed tears as he thanked everyone for the award.

“Thank you to all for giving us this award. Thank you SM family and Heechul,” he said.

For his part, Heechul thanked Super Junior members and said he will come back as a healthy person.

“Today was my last performance, and I wanted to say thanks to our Super Junior members. I’m thankful to my fellow younger members for always following me and my friend, Jungsoo (Leeteuk), for always smiling through difficult times. Thank you to all of our managers and crew for putting up with my bad temper. Lastly, I love our fans. I’ll come back safely, stay healthy!” said Heechul, according to Soompi.com.

Heechul will be entering the military training camp on Sept. 1 quietly and without fanfare.

He is the second Super Junior member to enlist in the military. Kangin enlisted first last year.

Leader Leeteuk will also enlist in the military soon but no specific date has been announced.

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Super Junior's Leeteuk sheds tears on Heechul's last TV performance

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Super Junior member Heechul will be enlisting in the military on Sept. 1 and his co-members are feeling the sadness and pain of him being away from them for two years.

On Sunday, Heechul, together with the boy band, held his last TV performance on SBS “Inkigayo” music program to promote “Mr. Simple," the title track of their fifth album.

It was a perfect sendoff to Heechul as Super Junior won their second “Inkigayo” Mutizen Song chart award.

However, Super Junior’s leader Leeteuk could not help but shed tears as he thanked everyone for the award.

“Thank you to all for giving us this award. Thank you SM family and Heechul,” he said.

For his part, Heechul thanked Super Junior members and said he will come back as a healthy person.

“Today was my last performance, and I wanted to say thanks to our Super Junior members. I’m thankful to my fellow younger members for always following me and my friend, Jungsoo (Leeteuk), for always smiling through difficult times. Thank you to all of our managers and crew for putting up with my bad temper. Lastly, I love our fans. I’ll come back safely, stay healthy!” said Heechul, according to Soompi.com.

Heechul will be entering the military training camp on Sept. 1 quietly and without fanfare.

He is the second Super Junior member to enlist in the military. Kangin enlisted first last year.

Leader Leeteuk will also enlist in the military soon but no specific date has been announced.

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Super Junior ranks 3rd on Billboard, wins 1st chart award

 

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Korean boy band Super Junior achieved their first Billboard ranking and first music chart award on Aug. 11 for their new and fifth album “Mr. Simple”.

The album debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s World Albums chart, which tracks “the week’s top-selling world music albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.”

It was a double celebration as Super Junior also won their first music chart award in Korea.

On Thursday, the boys won the award when they made their comeback on Mnet’s “M! Countdown” TV program.

Super Junior battled it out with 2NE1 and miss A for the award. In the end, the boy band got 9,036 points as against 2NE1’s 8,302 points and miss A’s 7,683.

“Mr. Simple” has topped music charts in Korea since its release on Aug. 3, selling 79,152 copies in the first week.

It ranked first on the daily and weekly charts from Aug. 1 to 7 on music sites such as Hanteo, Hot Tracks and Yes24.

The album also became No. 1 on Tower Records Japan’s online and album sales charts on the day it was released last Aug. 8.

Not only is the album selling very well but the music video for the title track “Mr. Simple” has also become very popular.

On YouTube, the music video has garnered 5.6 million views since it was released last Aug. 3.

The music video was the No. 1 “Most Viewed” and “Top Favorited” in South Korea. Overall, it was the third “Most Discussed” video on YouTube’s music category and sixth “Top Rated” video on YouTube this month.

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Super Junior ranks 3rd on Billboard, wins 1st chart award

 

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Korean boy band Super Junior achieved their first Billboard ranking and first music chart award on Aug. 11 for their new and fifth album “Mr. Simple”.

The album debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s World Albums chart, which tracks “the week’s top-selling world music albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.”

It was a double celebration as Super Junior also won their first music chart award in Korea.

On Thursday, the boys won the award when they made their comeback on Mnet’s “M! Countdown” TV program.

Super Junior battled it out with 2NE1 and miss A for the award. In the end, the boy band got 9,036 points as against 2NE1’s 8,302 points and miss A’s 7,683.

“Mr. Simple” has topped music charts in Korea since its release on Aug. 3, selling 79,152 copies in the first week.

It ranked first on the daily and weekly charts from Aug. 1 to 7 on music sites such as Hanteo, Hot Tracks and Yes24.

The album also became No. 1 on Tower Records Japan’s online and album sales charts on the day it was released last Aug. 8.

Not only is the album selling very well but the music video for the title track “Mr. Simple” has also become very popular.

On YouTube, the music video has garnered 5.6 million views since it was released last Aug. 3.

The music video was the No. 1 “Most Viewed” and “Top Favorited” in South Korea. Overall, it was the third “Most Discussed” video on YouTube’s music category and sixth “Top Rated” video on YouTube this month.

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'Mr. Simple': Super Junior's last album before Leeteuk's military service

Super Junior’s new and fifth album, “Mr. Simple,” will be the group’s last album before leader Leeteuk enlists in the military for his two-year mandatory service.

This was revealed during the boy band’s press conference on August 4 in Seoul in connection with the release of the album.

At 28, Leeteuk is ready for military service. Last year, he said that he might enlist in the end of 2011 or early 2012.

He will be the second member of Super Junior to enlist. Last year, Kangin entered the military.

With the military service looming, Leeteuk said that they will be embarking on a world tour, aiming to do concerts not just in Asia but in South America and the US.

In the last three years, Super Junior has held their Asia tour, visiting countries like the Philippines and China.

Today, Super Junior will hold their first TV performance of the title track “Mr. Simple” on KBS “Music Bank” and fans are eagerly awaiting their comeback after more than one year.

During the press conference, Leeteuk said they felt pressured because of the new album.

“Top of the K-pop! Leader of Global Korean Wave! Super Junior came back with fifth album ‘Mr. Simple’ in approximately 1 year and 2 months. We felt pressure while preparing the fifth album but I believe those pressures will change to expectations by receiving love from our fans,” he said.

Sungmin said he appreciates all the support from fans from different countries.

“We know that a lot of fans from various countries are cheering for us. We sincerely appreciate for all the support,” he said.

Eunhyuk added, “I think we are making the comeback with great expectation from public so we are also very excited.”

Asked to describe “Mr. Simple”, Leeteuk said the song “expresses the best strength of Super Junior. Some people say that the song is similar to 'SORRY, SORRY' or 'BONAMANA' but if you listen to entire song, you will realize the difference and unique concept of 'Mr. Simple'.”

The album contains 13 songs and Yesung said his favorite is “Memories” “because all members participated for this song.”

On the other hand, Donghae, who wrote “Y”, admitted that the lyrics were “about the love story which I personally experienced.”

Overall, Heechul described the new album as “very charming, like the good looks of our members.”

In the end, Super Junior thanked the fans for eagerly awaiting the release of “Mr. Simple”.

“We would like to thank all the people who waited for our album. There is a saying in Asia, 'running horse never stops its horseshoe.' Like the saying, we will never stop performing! We will present our stages for 24 hours, 365 days a year! We'll do our best for the 5th album!”

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'Mr. Simple': Super Junior's last album before Leeteuk's military service

Super Junior’s new and fifth album, “Mr. Simple,” will be the group’s last album before leader Leeteuk enlists in the military for his two-year mandatory service.

This was revealed during the boy band’s press conference on August 4 in Seoul in connection with the release of the album.

At 28, Leeteuk is ready for military service. Last year, he said that he might enlist in the end of 2011 or early 2012.

He will be the second member of Super Junior to enlist. Last year, Kangin entered the military.

With the military service looming, Leeteuk said that they will be embarking on a world tour, aiming to do concerts not just in Asia but in South America and the US.

In the last three years, Super Junior has held their Asia tour, visiting countries like the Philippines and China.

Today, Super Junior will hold their first TV performance of the title track “Mr. Simple” on KBS “Music Bank” and fans are eagerly awaiting their comeback after more than one year.

During the press conference, Leeteuk said they felt pressured because of the new album.

“Top of the K-pop! Leader of Global Korean Wave! Super Junior came back with fifth album ‘Mr. Simple’ in approximately 1 year and 2 months. We felt pressure while preparing the fifth album but I believe those pressures will change to expectations by receiving love from our fans,” he said.

Sungmin said he appreciates all the support from fans from different countries.

“We know that a lot of fans from various countries are cheering for us. We sincerely appreciate for all the support,” he said.

Eunhyuk added, “I think we are making the comeback with great expectation from public so we are also very excited.”

Asked to describe “Mr. Simple”, Leeteuk said the song “expresses the best strength of Super Junior. Some people say that the song is similar to 'SORRY, SORRY' or 'BONAMANA' but if you listen to entire song, you will realize the difference and unique concept of 'Mr. Simple'.”

The album contains 13 songs and Yesung said his favorite is “Memories” “because all members participated for this song.”

On the other hand, Donghae, who wrote “Y”, admitted that the lyrics were “about the love story which I personally experienced.”

Overall, Heechul described the new album as “very charming, like the good looks of our members.”

In the end, Super Junior thanked the fans for eagerly awaiting the release of “Mr. Simple”.

“We would like to thank all the people who waited for our album. There is a saying in Asia, 'running horse never stops its horseshoe.' Like the saying, we will never stop performing! We will present our stages for 24 hours, 365 days a year! We'll do our best for the 5th album!”

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Super Junior's Mr. Simple Photo Gallery; album tops charts

Thousands of fans waited last night for the release "Mr. Simple," the fifth album of boy band Super Junior that has already topped different real-time music charts in Korea.

On music site Dosirak, 10 songs in the album occupied the top ten positions. On Bugs and Daum, the track “Mr. Simple” also occupied the No.1 spot. On Naver and Melon music charts, “Mr. Simple” landed at No. 2.

Fans have been eagerly awaiting the release of the album, with SM Entertainment teasing them by releasing photos and the music video teaser. "Mr. Simple" contains 13 tracks—among them “Mr. Simple,” “Be My Girl,” “Opera,” “Walkin’,” “Y,” “Good Friends,” and the title track.

SM Entertainment said that the song “Mr. Simple" expresses how modern people "lose their achievement for their job, love and dream without breadth of mind in such a complicated world, with humorous and metaphorical words.”

The agency told fans to expect an intense and energetic performance from Super Junior when they start promoting on TV music shows.

Super Junior member Donghae composed “Y,” an R&B song that “expresses the emotional downfall caused by a break-up.”

On the other hand, “Good Friends” is about friendship in Super Junior while “Opera” tells the story of Super Junior being global stars.

Super Junior will hold a press conference on Aug. 4 to formally announce their comeback and answer questions from fans all over the world. The event will be streamed on Facebook and YouTube.

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Super Junior's Mr. Simple Photo Gallery; album tops charts

Thousands of fans waited last night for the release "Mr. Simple," the fifth album of boy band Super Junior that has already topped different real-time music charts in Korea.

On music site Dosirak, 10 songs in the album occupied the top ten positions. On Bugs and Daum, the track “Mr. Simple” also occupied the No.1 spot. On Naver and Melon music charts, “Mr. Simple” landed at No. 2.

Fans have been eagerly awaiting the release of the album, with SM Entertainment teasing them by releasing photos and the music video teaser. "Mr. Simple" contains 13 tracks—among them “Mr. Simple,” “Be My Girl,” “Opera,” “Walkin’,” “Y,” “Good Friends,” and the title track.

SM Entertainment said that the song “Mr. Simple" expresses how modern people "lose their achievement for their job, love and dream without breadth of mind in such a complicated world, with humorous and metaphorical words.”

The agency told fans to expect an intense and energetic performance from Super Junior when they start promoting on TV music shows.

Super Junior member Donghae composed “Y,” an R&B song that “expresses the emotional downfall caused by a break-up.”

On the other hand, “Good Friends” is about friendship in Super Junior while “Opera” tells the story of Super Junior being global stars.

Super Junior will hold a press conference on Aug. 4 to formally announce their comeback and answer questions from fans all over the world. The event will be streamed on Facebook and YouTube.

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