In the weekly Japanese entertainment magazine Oricon Style, KARA and SNSD were named the top two artists in "Next Breakout Ranking 2011". The ranking was determined in a survey conducted by Oricon Monitor Research, in which 500 Oricon employees (250 male and 250 female) participated and selected KARA as the top breakout artist; SNSD came in second place.
Having dominated Japan's music scene since mid-last year, the newcomers' total sales set them apart from past Oricon-ranking winners and earned them the top two spots in the ranking.
KARA and SNSD are the only Korean groups who topped the ranking. Third place went to the Japanese girl group SKE48, AKB48's Nagoya-based sister group, and fourth place went to the Japanese rock band Sakanaction.
Source: Oricon Style
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