Oricon has released the results of its end-of-the-year survey asking men and women who they thought was the most successful young star of 2007. With two thousand people participating in the survey, the answers were actress Yui Aragaki and comedian Yoshio Kojima.

Aragaki has had a phenomenal year, which included her first starring roles in film and television, the start of a music career, and an increase in commercials. Erika Sawajiri, who ranked 2nd among female celebrities, also saw similar success this year, though it was marred by the “Closed Note” PR incident.

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Thirteen-member boy band SUPER JUNIOR sold close to 160,000 copies of their album after just two months of release, becoming the second best-seller of 2007 after SG WANNABE.

SM Entertainment, Super Junior’s music label, announced to the Korean music industry managements that Super Junior’s second album, Don’t Don which was released in late September of this year, sold a total of 159,015 copies by the end of November, being placed in second place of the year after SG Wannabe.

After a hiatus of one year and four months, the versatile entertainers of acting, MCing, and DJing Super Junior released their completely new album, the second album Don’t Don. Aside holding activities of MCing, DJing, and acting this year, Super Junior also participated in many charity events similar to a “Together with Super Junior create a happy world” charity gathering and other activities.

This year the number one seller is SG Wannabe, with their album selling 195,000 copies by the end of November, being the best seller out of all the singers in Korea this year. Before the release of Super Junior’s album, EPIK HIGH’s fourth album Remapping the Human Soul was predicted to be the second best seller of the year, with a total of 130,000 copies sold.

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The judging committee of the 49th Japan Record Awards has revealed its list of winners. The 10 winners of the Gold Award are:

“Jewelry day” by Ayaka
“LOVE IS THE GREATEST THING” by w-inds.
“Toki no Kakera” by EXILE
“PEACH” by Ai Otsuka
“Kanazawa No Ame” by Miyuki Kawanaka
“Koi no Uta” by Kumi Koda
“Tsubomi” by Kobukuro
“Kiyoshi no Soran Bushi” by Kiyoshi Hikawa
“LOVE LETTER” by BoA
“Hitori Satsumaji” by Kaori Mizumori

The New Artist Award winners are:

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JYONGRI
Stephanie
Satomi Takasugi

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