Top singing duo TVXQ! has broken yet another record in Japan with the high sales of their live concert DVD.
Oricon's official website showed Wednesday that TVXQ!'s DVD titled "TOHOSHINKI LIVE TOUR 2012 TONE" topped the weekly DVD chart after selling over 151,000 copies during the first week of sales since July 25.
This is a record-breaking feat for TVXQ!, who has already shattered Oricon's weekly DVD chart three times. The two have officially become the first foreign artists to break their own record of having the most top-selling records in Oricon history.
TVXQ!'s DVD features the behind-the-scene footage and live performances of their Tokyo Dome performance on April 15. The concert was part of the group's four-month-long tour dubbed "TVXQ! LIVE TOUR 2012~ TONE~," which was held in 11 cities with a total of 26 shows this year.
TVXQ! launched their nationwide tour in mid-January in Yokohama and followed it up with a series of shows in Nagoya, Hokkaido, Niigata, Sapporo, Hiroshima, Fukui, Osaka and Saitama.
The duo is also known for being one of handful of singing groups to have moved over a record number of 3.1 million copies of their singles released to date.
Composed of Max Changmin and U-Know Yunho, TVXQ! made a transition from five-member group to a two-member unit before releasing the fifth full-length album, “Keep Your Head Down” in 2011.
Meanwhile, TVXQ! will take part in their agency's joint concert titled "SMTOWN LIVE WORLD III TOKYODOME," which is set to kick off at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo for two days from August 4.
TVXQ! will be joined by their labelmates including Super Junior, Girls' Generation, SHINee, f(x) and EXO-K and EXO-M.
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