KARA and SNSD top 2010 Oricon's New Artists' Sales ranking

As we previously reported, Oricon has recently released their 2010 rankings in various categories.



KARA and SNSD both debuted in Japan in 2010 and have proven their popularity and success in Japan by occupying the top 2 spots on Oricon's "New Artists' Sales" chart for 2010. The 3rd spot went to Japanese artist WEAVER, whose song "Hard to Say I Love You ～言い出せなくて～" was the theme song for Jaejoong's debut Japanese drama, "Sunao ni Narenakute (Hard to Say I Love You)".

The rankings were determined by the total value of sales coming from the sales of singles, albums, music DVDs, and music Blueray discs.

KARA, who debuted in Japan in August of this year, released a total of 8 works including 2 singles, "Mister" and "Jumping", an album with some of their greatest Korean hit songs titled "KARA 2007-2010" and first original Japanese album, "Girl's Talk" along with one DVD, among other releases. The total from their releases amounted to 1.3 billion yen (~$15,496,484.73 USD)

SNSD, who debuted in Japan in September of this year, released a total of 11 works including 2 singles, "Gee" and "Genie", one DVD and an album with 6 of their Korean songs, among other releases. The total from their releases amounted to 880 million yen (~$10,489,928.13 USD).

Source: Oricon
Taken From: Koreaboo.com