MYMP is getting love from Koreans! I find it really cool since most people I know find anything imported more appreciable especially the makes of the likes of the slant-eyed, pale-complexioned, unusually-styled (which is usual for them), I must admit, cool people. Globalization and Colonialism's manifestation at its best--I guess.
Cyworld, much like Friendster and Facebook in principle and purpose, is the most used friend-finding site in South Korea. It has even boasted of having 20 million unique visits everyday from their registrants. A number which probably comprises a significant fraction of the South Korean population. In this domain, you can practically enjoin yourself to customizing your profile (minihompy for "their" understanding) with unique appearances, bulletin boards, photos and background music. Music. The area where they find our very own MYMP to be cool as well.
Cyworld normally holds a monthly awarding ceremony for the artists that have done exceptionally well on their online society. (Mind you, song placement on profiles aren't free. You pay for it!) In the recent top list of most favored (paid) music to appear on personal playlists in Cyworld, MYMP peaked at the third spot on July 6 and continued to sail through July 20 treading the chart at ninth place on the Cyworld real-time sales chart. MYMP was able to stand the continuous singles' release of native artists while also warding off potential foreign competitors earning them the International Artist of the Month Award. This implies that they are numero uno among non-Korean artists. Their song "Say You Love Me" must have triggered some chemicals spazzin' around our oriental counterparts' hypothalamus to produce some lovin' for the OPM duo. Below is the July 6, 2009 Cyworld Real-time sales chart. Click for better size and resolution.
I guess our fostering of ESL schools for foreign scholars has its own relative fruition as well.
Good job Juris and Chin!
Cyworld, much like Friendster and Facebook in principle and purpose, is the most used friend-finding site in South Korea. It has even boasted of having 20 million unique visits everyday from their registrants. A number which probably comprises a significant fraction of the South Korean population. In this domain, you can practically enjoin yourself to customizing your profile (minihompy for "their" understanding) with unique appearances, bulletin boards, photos and background music. Music. The area where they find our very own MYMP to be cool as well.
Cyworld normally holds a monthly awarding ceremony for the artists that have done exceptionally well on their online society. (Mind you, song placement on profiles aren't free. You pay for it!) In the recent top list of most favored (paid) music to appear on personal playlists in Cyworld, MYMP peaked at the third spot on July 6 and continued to sail through July 20 treading the chart at ninth place on the Cyworld real-time sales chart. MYMP was able to stand the continuous singles' release of native artists while also warding off potential foreign competitors earning them the International Artist of the Month Award. This implies that they are numero uno among non-Korean artists. Their song "Say You Love Me" must have triggered some chemicals spazzin' around our oriental counterparts' hypothalamus to produce some lovin' for the OPM duo. Below is the July 6, 2009 Cyworld Real-time sales chart. Click for better size and resolution.
I guess our fostering of ESL schools for foreign scholars has its own relative fruition as well.
Good job Juris and Chin!
