2PM become a blue chip in advertising by topping the TV commercial model charts
2PM have topped the TV commercial charts of the biggest advertising portal site as hit models.
On the recent TV commercial model charts of an advertising portal site, Nickhun ranked first, followed by 2PM and Ok Taec Yeon as second and tenth. Through this, 2PM have proved that they are TV commercial models loved by both advertisers and consumers.
The TV commercial model charts show ranking lists of models based on TV commercials aired on Public TV channels for last 12 months. The rankings are provided in four different fields – total number of commercials, average ratings, popularity, and total downloads.
2PM ranked first (Nickhun), second (2PM), and tenth (Ok Taec Yeon) in the popularity list, tenth (2PM) in total number of commercials, and ninth (2PM) and tenth (Nickhun) in average ratings.
JYP Entertainment, 2PM’s agency, says, “2PM have become very popular as the best performance boy group in Asia. Including renowned domestic brands, they are working for Thailand’s healthy drink brand BRAND’S and body product Eversense as TV commercial models. As they have proved their advertising effects, they are currently receiving attention from many Asian countries, including Korea, such as Indonesia, Philippines, and Japan.”
2PM got over 16-thousand audiences excited at their exclusive concert in Tokyo on December 14. They are planning to continue their arena tour until the end of this year.
Taken from en.korea
AKB48’s Maeda Atsuko attends 2PM’s arena tour
On December 14th, AKB48’s ace Maeda Atsuko was in attendance of the 7pm show for 2PM’s arena tour “ARENA TOUR 2011 ‘REPUBLIC OF 2PM’”.
Maeda has previously attended other concerts by Korean artists, such as Big Bang, but this time she seemed to have gotten a bit more out of it. Maeda praised the boy group, “After work finished, I went to 2PM’s concert with the staff :-) Their singing and dancing was so powerful that it gave me a ton of energy just from watching!! THAT is an amazing thing!!”
In addition to enjoying the show, Maeda feels she was also able to learn from 2PM as artists, “When I go to other artists’ lives I always get a new kind of motivation. I learned some things and had a fun time as well!… I feel refreshed from today, so tomorrow I can work harder!”
Lastly, Maeda was also able to meet the members of 2PM and get a copy of their album signed. She explains that she bought it the other day and that she was happy that they signed a copy just for her. “It has good songs on it… Lately, I’ve been putting this album on heavy rotation in the car and today I’m going to go to sleep while listening to it!”