Great news! SHINee "2009, Year Of Us" zooms to the NUMBER TWO spot in MUSIC ONE stores on its first week of release ! The chart is based on the total sales tabulated from the three Music One record stores (Glorietta, Greenbelt and Quezon Avenue) from December 21 to 27, 2009.

This is the highest chart position the hottest Asian pop group has reached in the Philippine album chart ! Their previous mini-album "Romeo" entered the Top 10 in Music One and Top 3 in Odyssey Record Stores! The boys are getting more popular in the country and their recent Manila visit has further heightened the group's popularity here!

SHINee declares 2009 their year with the new mini-album "2009, Year of Us" ! Five months after "Romeo" mini-album, the boys trade in their colorful threads for monochrome tones and sharper, more mature looks that highlight their effortless charm and charisma. SHINee's new title song "Ring Ding Dong" is a bopping "Afro-electro" number that combines pop electronica and African congo beats. The song likens the moment of falling in love with bells ringing in the head. The mini-album comes with five other hot new songs including leader Onew's first solo number "The Name I Loved", an alternative rock ballad featuring Kim Yeon Woo.

The group has been dominating the music shows ever since their first win on October 30th and again on November 6th on KBS's Music Bank, summing up to a total of 6 awards so far. They won their 3rd Mutizen in SBS Inkigayo on November 15th (even though their leader Onew wasn't around due to H1N1) and previously claimed the No.1 spot on the November 5th episode of MNET's M! Countdown.

The music video for “Ring Ding Dong” also topped the most-watched video on YouTube this month with 2 million hits, according to their management company, SM. They have just released a follow up single "JoJo", which the fivesome has started promoting.

SHINee "2009, Year Of Us" Tracklisting :

1. Y.O.U.(Year Of Us)
2. Ring Ding Dong
3. Jo Jo
4. Get Down
5. SHINee Girl
6. The Name I Loved




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