Breakthrough in Taiwanby: lil_azn_hottie on: November 21, 2007 11:40am
Super Junior made their first visit to Taiwan on June 16, 2007 as guest performers and award announcers at the prestigious Golden Melody Awards, also known as the Taiwanese version of the Grammys. Super Junior announced the Best Vocal Group and Best Performance Album awards.[34]. They also performed the songs "U" and "Miracle" at the awards ceremony. The group also broke a record at the ceremony, having the most amount of people to announce the awards.[35] However, only eleven of the thirteen members attended the event. Heechul could not attend due to a schedule conflict. Kyuhyun was still resting due to a previous car accident. Media outlets had termed Super Junior as "The Most Popular Group" after walking the red carpet at the Golden Melody Awards.[36] It is said that their popularity at the ceremony even exceeds Taiwan's own artists. Over half of the fans present at the red carpet event were fans of Super Junior and over one hundred and fifty reporters rushed to the group to interview them.[37] Super Junior's exposure to Taiwan's media affected the sales of their second album, Don't Don which was released in Taiwan on October 19, 2007. Although the album debuted at number three in the G-music Combo Billboard Chart, they were the highest ranked Korean album that had made it to the specified chart, defeating even the top Korean wave boy bands TVXQ and Shinhwa when their albums were released in Taiwan. Super Junior even defeated Taiwanese boy band K One, who debuted at number six.[16][17] The album peaked at number-one in Taiwan's Five Music J-pop/K-pop Chart and the G-music J-pop Chart in Taiwan within the first week of release and is currently staying strong in the top five ranks.[38][39]
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