DBSK on the cover of PATI PATI Jan 2008
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BoA and DBSK won Gold Artist Award at the 2007 Best Hip Pop Song Festival! It is the 6th consecutive win for BoA and 1st win for the boys. They were given the award for having top record sales during a ceremony, which aired on Monday (10th) on Nihon Television. Other winners included Koda Kumi, whom collaborated with DBSK, Mika Nakashima, and Winds. The award is given to Japanese pop artists based on requests, record sales, and karoake ratings.

DBSK will be releasing their 15th single “Together” on the 19th of this month, and their 3rd Japanese album in January, along with their 16th single, Purple Line. They will also be releasing a 17th single, called “Trick”, and it has 5 different version. They will record Explore the Human Body with Super Junior on the 25th (thats x-mas!!), which will be aired on January 8th!!

Pop band TVXQ performs during their 2nd Asia Tour Concert at Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday. / AP-Yonhap

Korean pop star BoA and the five-member all boy band TVXQ, also known as Tohoshinki, won Gold Artist awards at the “2007 Best Hit Pop Song Festival” in Japan. The two were given the Gold Artist award for top record sales during a ceremony that was aired Monday on Nihon Television.

Other winning artists include Japanese superstars Kumi Koda, Mika Nakashima and the group Winds.

For the 21-year-old BoA, this is the sixth consecutive win. For TVXQ, the award is their first win at the yearend music awards.

The five-member group comprising Xiah, Micky, Hero, Max, and U-Know has recently been aggressively promoting their music on the Asian market. They debuted in August and topped Japan’s Oricon daily singles charts with their number “Summer Dream.” TVXQ has already released 12 singles ¯ most of which landed in the Oricon top 10 charts ¯ and two Japanese-language albums in the last two years. They have recently collaborated with Koda on the song “Last Angel.”

The Best Hit Pop Song Festival recognizes the most popular Japanese songs and artists of the year, based on requests, record sales and karaoke rankings.

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