SHINee tops music charts in Thailand

Korean idol group SHINee has topped Thai music charts with their hit single "Ring Ding Dong" for three consecutive weeks, according to their agency on Wednesday.

"Ring", the title track from their mini-album "2009, Year Of Us", was ranked at No. 1 in album sales and on television music charts for the third week, SM Entertainment said in a press release.

The song has been topping music channel Channel V's "Countdown Asian Chart" since the first week of December. "Countdown" is a weekly music chart which ranks songs by the number of viewers' requests it has received.

"Ring" also sold the most albums in the country, according to weekly albums sales chart "Gram Asian Pop Top 10" which is released by Thai's record store franchise Gramophone. This is the third week SHINee has been named the top-selling artist.

The five-member pop group enjoyed a successful comeback this year with their third mini-album "2009" which was released in late October. They have had several other K-pop hits, including their debut single "Older Girl, You're So Pretty" and "Juliette" earlier this year.

The group is scheduled to make several television appearances this week, including the year-end episode of KBS music show "Music Bank" on December 25. They will be performing their new single "JoJo" as well as "Ring".

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