Go to Estuko's blog. There is indeed a normal edition for the STARS album and it has some spectacular photos of his eye!!
Posted June 16, 2010:
I received my packet from Yesasia today. A yay for the shirtless photos of Park Yong Ha in the Stars album. Wow. He's not that fat! I hope he would show some muscles soon in the new drama. But nay for the songs in the album. Apart from One Love, the same song from the single, I didn't like any of the songs in the album. This is the first time. He seriously needs to use Korean composers more and not the jpop artist. It's very hard on the ear to hear these drums thumping away and the melody is not danceable nor singable. Jpop irks me and he should have tried more kpop for the Japanese market. Even the ballads from Korea would be better than what his composers are dishing out for him. Sigh. I'll be hopeful that the next album would be better. The last two album was really good. This one is really off - totally off.? Edit: Alright, there is one song that I like. The song IF has an uplifting mood to it reminiscent of soccer stadium type of songs. LOL. Perhaps after the 10th round of the album, I'll find another song I'll like.
Posted June 12, 2010:
This is really annoying. Oricon charts didn't show his sales figure for the STAR album for daily ranking in the end and then for the weekly, he's off the top 50 charts. For that week, at no. 50 position, they sold 2400 copies plus. That means his album sold less than that? Geez. How do they survive on so few copies when JE boys sells over 100,000 copies. Really scary. PYH, pls make more dramas and movies instead. I had a glimpse of the photo booklet of his single limited edition and it's so worth it. He has such a winning smile!
Posted June 10, 2010:
I'm so excited. Yesasia emailed me and said the packet is on the way. It's like those art supply addicts who buy art materials and keep tracking on UPS which city is it going through and how soon it would be here. Only that I can't track. I could only hope it will arrive in around 5 days. Today, I doublechecked his sales ranking for the new album STARS and it says for daily, it's ranked at no. 5. Not bad at all. But I wonder how many copies he sold though. I hope Oricon will update its charts soon. Next week we should be able to see the weekly sales. In the meantime, his single was off the top 30 charts in one week.
Posted June 5, 2010:
Alright, I'm totally confused. A couple of weeks ago, I saw Estuko posting a link to a limited edition to the STARs album but now it's gone. I emailed Yesasia and told them I saw other sites selling a Limited edition and I told them I wanted that instead of whatever was posted on their site. They emailed back and said they would make sure I get the first press. Now there isn't any. I guess he's only going to produce on edition then. Well, all the better so I don't have to pay for two items. But the wait! I don't get to receive the CD single and album until June 21. Yesasia closed their San Francisco office so I didn't have to pay California taxes anymore but it's a longer wait. But it's still worth it because it's still free shipping and I don't have to go through a Japanese site and I could piggy back other Korean stuff with it when I buy. Can't get any easier than that.
I went back to some old records to check his sales for his last single compared to ONE LOVE released on May 19. The Saiai No Hito single released on November 30, 2009 had a weekly total of 9570 copies sold and ranked no. 11. It had very strong competition as usual against Yamapi's LOVELESS at 190,000 plus copies. Well, this single ONE LOVE has guess who as compeition? Arashi's Monster which raked in 543,000 plus copies the same week and Kat-Tun's Going which sold 230,000 plus the week before and then another 70,000 copies the week of May 19. I used to follow JE boys sales very closely and I'm used to over 100,000 sales figures. Kinki Kids and V6 sales sometimes go below 100,000 and it starkly stands out but to have sales less than 10,000, it seems to be the norm for individual artists these days in Japan. I'm surprised that Park Yong Ha continues to be able to release albums despite low sales. I am betting that he makes it up with DVD sales of his dramas and movies. And of course, you do make quite a bit in concerts. So for ONE LOVE, it raked in 6,570 copies and stood at no. 17. PYH fans really need to buy the originals to support him or we won't hear his voice if he stops producing.
Here are the rankings for the two singles. There are really no songs like Park Yong Ha's songs on these Japanese charts.
Week 47 Single Rankings (2009/11/30)
#1. Tomohisa Yamashita – Loveless 194,451
#2. EXILE – THE GENERATION ~Futatsu no Kuchibiru~ 43,029
#3. Arashi – My Girl? 42,302
#4. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – Hero / Ashita e? 37,677
#5. the HIATUS – Insomnia? 30,489
#6. YUKI – COSMIC BOX NEW? 20,171
#7. Superfly – Dancing On The Fire? 17,884
#8. SLASH – Sahara feat. Koshi Inaba? 30,948
#9. MISIA – Aitakute Ima 15,804
#10. Miliyah Kato – WHY NEW 15,189
#11. Park Yong Ha – Saiai no Hito? 9,570
#12. Yusuke – Ichou? 8,066
#13. lecca – My measure? 7,665
#14. Guardians 4 / Shugo Kyara Egg! – PARTY TIME / Watashi no Tamago 7,532
#15. Every Little Thing – Tsumetai Ame? 7,304
#16. angela – Alternative? 7,258
#17. fripside – only my railgun 7,217
#18. Kiyoshi Hikawa – Tokimeki no Runba 6,808
#19. Aya Kamiki w TAKUYA – W-B-X ~W-Boiled Extreme~? 6.667
#20. Hilcrhyme – Shunkashuto? 6,589
#21. Denki Groove – Upside Down? 6,345
#22. kannivalism – life is? 6,316
#23. Kiyoshi Hikawa – Rokyoku Ichidai 6,240
#24. Itsuki Koizumi (Daisuke Ono) – TV Anime “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” New Character Song? 5,612
#25. Ikimono Gakari – Nakumonka 5,553
#26. Sid – one way? 5,409
#27. Kanjani∞ – Kyu ☆Jou ☆Show 5,357
#28 B’z – My Lonely Town? 3,786
#29. Hayato Gokudera (Hidekazu Ichinose) / Takeshi Yamamoto (Suguru Inoue) – Hashire / Asu ni Mukatte? 3,686
#30. Mayumi Gojo – JUSTICE of LIGHT? 3,640
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/oriconcharts/20625.html#cutid1
Week 20 Single Rankings (2010/05/31)
#1. Arashi – Monster? 543,269
#2. Kana Nishino – Aitakute Aitakute? 38,768
#3. KAT-TUN – Going! 22,851
#4. F.T Island – Flower Rock Sales: 13,913
#5. Ikimono Gakari – Arigatou 13,502
#6. Fuyumi Sakamoto – Mata Kimi ni Koishiteru / Asia no Kaizoku? 12,558
#7. DOES – Bakuchi Dancer 10,501
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#8. TETSUYA – Roulette? 9,095
#9. Girls Dead Monster – Thousand Enemies? 8,463
#10. moumoon – Sunshine Girl? 8,410
#11. Ketsumeishi – Nakama? 8,361
#12. BRAHMAN / EGO-WRAPPIN’ – SURE SHOT (WE ARE HERE)? 8,312
#13. Girls Dead Monster – Crow Song 7,311
#14. RIZE with Hayato – LAUGH IT OUT NEW 7,259
#15. NAOTO INTI RAYMI – Takaramono ~Kono Koe ga Nakunaru made~? 6,661
#16. FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – Taisetsu? 6,604
#17. Park Yong Ha – ONE LOVE ~Egao de Afureru you ni? 6,570
#18. Sayuri Sugawara – Sunao ni Narenakute? 5,858
#19. GOING UNDER GROUND – LISTEN TO THE STEREO!!5,757
#20. Houkago Tea Time – GO! GO! MANIAC 5,395
#21. VAMPS – Devil Side? 5,173
#22. Houkago Tea Time – Listen!!? 4,259
#23. AAA – Dream After Dream ~Yume kara Sameta Yume~ / Aitai Riyuu 4,124
?#24. Kaori Mizumori – Matsushima Kikou? 3,723
#25. Kiyoshi Hikawa – Shamisen Tabigarasu? 3,664
#26. Yoshimi Tendo – Jinsei Michizure 3,565
#27. Kazuyoshi Saito – Zutto Suki Datta? 3,412
#28. SHAKALABBITS – NACHO ROLL? 3,395
#29. BUMP OF CHICKEN – Mahou no Ryouri ~Kimi Kara Kimi e~ 3,006
#30. Tokyo Girls Style – Onnaji Kimochi? 2,963
Source: http://community.livejournal.com/oriconcharts/35831.html#cutid1
Posted May 18, 2010:
OMG, I'm going to faint. I happen to look up the list of?Korean songs that were sung by Chinese artists and only now I realized that Jacky Cheung did a cover on Park Yong Ha's All In Drama theme song, "Just Like in The Past". He called it, "If you don't love me". Listen to it here. Oh dear, two of my favorite artists singing the same song. I got to translate the Jacky Cheung version soon. Well, if you ask me, now that I listen to it a few times, I like Park Yong Ha's rendition.?Jacky has a great voice but PYH has a softer touch this time. I can't believe I?said that. Jacky is top notch but I don't think PYH fandom is clouding my judgement. Listen to it yourself. PYH does not shout when he is in the loud parts. That's why he amazes me so much. ?PYH's English song "I love you so much" is a cover of a Chinese song written by a Chinese composer called Chen Wai and sung originally by Elva Hsiao here by the same title.? Taiwanese artist Maggie Chiang Mei Chi江美琪's 只有分离/ Only Separate is the cover to PYH's Separate from the Present album. She doesn't have the voice for the loud parts. Sorry.
Posted May 17, 2010:
His Seoul 2009 Concert Candyman Live is available for order already. Release date is June 9, 2010, the same as his new album STARS here. Hawaiian concert 2009 is available here for sale. Here's the single for release on May 19. For those who like Park Yong Ha's music, just click on this link to the Chinese forum and they will automatically pipe in PYH's music. Controls are at the very bottom. I don't even have to make a playlist now from my own sites.
Posted October 26, 2009:
Here is the information for the new single for November release.
xyz資訊工坊
2009.11.18?? ????「最愛???」
2009.11.18發售? Single單曲 「最愛的人」
<初回限定盤>CD+DVD：PCCA-03052 ¥1,890（??）
<通常盤>CD：PCCA-03053 ¥1,260（??）
＜初回限定盤＞ CD+DVD
＜CD＞
1. 最愛???
? 東海???制作??????系
? 全????????Xmas?奇蹟?主題歌
? 作詞：?野雅勇／作曲：筒美京平
2. ?????
3. ＭＯＮＥＹ(feat.Cho PD)
? 映??作???????????曲
4. 最愛???(Instrumental)
5. ?????(Instrumental)
＜DVD＞
最愛??? Promotion Video
最愛??? Promotion Video(Special Version)
最愛??? PV/JACKET Making ?????映像
＜通常盤＞ CD
1. 最愛???
? 東海???制作??????系
? 全????????Xmas?奇蹟?主題歌
? 作詞：?野雅勇／作曲：筒美京平
2. ?????
3. ＭＯＮＥＹ(feat.Cho PD)
? 映??作???????????曲
4. 最愛???(Instrumental)
5. ?????(Instrumental)
＜通常盤初回生?分特典＞
???????????（2種??1枚封入）
Posted September 14, 2009:
Here are some of the Japanese lyrics to his songs.
Posted September 9, 2009:
You could sample his summer album Once In A Summer here. It is pretty lighthearted. Totally love track 3 24時間.
Posted July 9, 2009:
Here is the songlist for the Limited Edition for Once In A Summer to be released July 29.
1. Sweet Home?
Lyrics by?: Mikiko Tagata
Composed by?: Hwang Se Joon,Park Hyo Shin
Arranged by : Ryu Young Min????????
2. 砂?letters?
Lyrics by : Hiroo Yamaguchi,Shihomi
Composed by : Hiroo Yamaguchi
Arranged by : Ryu Young Min,Mad Soul Child?????
??
3. 24 Hours
Lyrics by : Mikiko Tagata
Composed by : Saori Matsukura
Arranged by : Cho Yong Min???
????
4. 夏?予感?
Lyrics by : Megumi Ayukawa
Composed by : Kenzaburo Ayabe
Arranged by : Lee Gwan,Kim Yong??????
?
5. ????君????
Lyrics by and composed by : Miki Watanabe
Arranged by : Ryu Youn Min, Mad Soul Child????
???
6. ???????言????
Lyrics by:Yoshiko Miura
Composed by : Hwang Se Joon,Park Hyo Shin
Arranged by : Ryu Young Min
Posted June 15, 2009:
To celebrate his five years of activity in Japan, Park Yong Ha would hold a concert on August 1 in Tokyo and release a new?CD on July 29. Watch here for more information. The Limited Edition will have 7 songs and the Regular Edition will have 6 songs.
Posted December 27, 2008:
OMG, I found a sampling site for his latest album LOVE. It is so good.? It has so many styles - light hearted ones, ballads, fast songs, happy songs. It is such an impressive album. For the first time I could say his voice doesn't drag in any of the numbers whereas some of the older songs do. I love the songs Love Story, Tomorrow, Joy, 君????愛??? , Holiday, ???? , Nobody knows. But of all, TOMORROW really stands out because it sounds so much like the songs that Koichi Domoto sings! Danceable songs if he wants to.
Posted December 13, 2008:
This is his new song in the new album LOVE! It's called Map called the Love/ 愛???地?? and the composer is Park Hyo Shin. Pretty song!
Say Goodbye Single
Released : November 12, 2008?
For sampling, go here.
1.Say goodbye?
作詞:H.U.B./作曲:??????
編曲:???????
2.12月?空
作詞/作曲:Marcoqwin/編曲:????????
3.???????人
作詞/作曲:渡?未?/編曲:???????
4.Say goodbye(Inst.)
5.12月?空(Inst.)
6.???????人(Inst.)
Love Album
Released: November 26, 2008
For sampling, go here.
1. friend
作詞:?川???/作曲:??????/編曲:???????
2. 愛???地?
作詞:mavie/作曲:???????/????????
編曲:???????
3. 君????愛???
作詞:?川???/作曲:今井晶規/編曲:???????
4. Love Story
作詞:mavie/作曲/編曲:???????
5. TOMORROW
作詞:?川???/作曲/編曲:宅見?典
6. Holiday
作詞:大森祥子/作曲:??????/編曲:???????
7. Nobody knows
作詞:小林夏海/作曲/編曲:???????
8. 晴???
作詞:mavie/作曲/編曲:???????
9. ????
作詞:堤 健一郎/作曲/編曲:宅見?典?
10. JOY
作詞:小林夏海/作曲/編曲:???????
11. Say goodbye
作詞:H.U.B./作曲:??????/編曲:???????
12. promise(Japanese ver.)
作詞:?????/作曲:??????/編曲:????????
作詞:?川??? *日本語詞
13. Behind love～片思?
作詞/作曲:??????/編曲:???????
作詞:松井五郎 ※日本語詞