David Archuleta’s Album Will Be released in Japan February 25
From David Archuleta Fan Scene. Archie goes international!
BMG Japan Sony has just announced David Archuletaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Official Japan Debut date: February 25, 2009! In addition, BMG Japan will start selling the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“ring movieà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ of Crush for cell phones (when you receive a phone call, the video clip of Crush appears on your phone screen) on January 7, 2009.
Currently à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Crushà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ (audio only) is around #10 on the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“ring toneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ download chart in Japan.
Wonder if David will play any dates there?
On New Year’s Eve, Archie will be performing at the David O. McKay Events Center in Orem, UT. Also performing will be Rockapella, Osmonds 2nd Generation, Noteworthy and V-Factory with Ashley Tisdale hosting. Afterward, the chairs will be cleared and Ashley and David will stick around for a college dance party, Newphoria. More details HERE.
ETA: This post has been hijacked! Forget CDs dropping in Japan…12/28 is David’s 18th birthday.
Happy Birthday David.



^lol to that article Ozarka, thanks for posting….
Here’s the article regarding the release dates in the UK.
David Archuleta – Crush
Released February 23 – Self-titled debut album follows March 2
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Crushà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ is the brilliant debut single from 17 year old David Archuleta. David is already a huge star in the US where he was placed second on Forbes List of Breakout Stars of 2008.
à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹Crushà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ debuted at No.2 in the Billboard charts and went on to sell over a million downloads.
David Archuleta was the runner-up on the 2008 season of American Idol, his debut album à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹David Archuletaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢, entered the Billboard 200 at No.2 with first week sales of almost 200,000, making it the fastest selling debut album by an American Idol contestant.
It will be released in the UK on 2nd March.
David Archuleta is from Murray, Utah, a town outside Salt Lake City. He came to national attention and captured the hearts and imagination of a nation with several show-stopping performances on à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‹American Idol.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢
Crush is #25 on MTV3’s Top 50 Videos, Best of 2008 countdown! WOOHOO! Congratulations, David!! :thumbup_tb:
ETA: I am told that MTV3 is actually MTV Tr3s, the Spanish version of MTV.
[An Archie on Fans of David] reports that a store in Japan that specializes in U.S. and European magazine imports is now selling Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Life Story Magazine (which we all know that David knew nothing about, and there are inaccuracies, but David approves of it).
The real news is that Davidà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s Life Story Magazine ranks as the #2 bestseller! WHAT?! Forget about magazines like Time, US News and World Report, and The New Yorker. Life Story rules!
Congratulations David!!! :thumbup_tb:
source: Fans of David