Girls’ Generation makes Oricon history yet again

by alexwoojulee - Jan 16, 2012 at 11:24 pm

 

The nine ladies of Girls’ Generation are without a doubt one the most iconic girl groups in the music industry today. Their immense success in not just K-Pop, but in the J-Pop industry have been yet again re-established by the group breaking yet another record.
The group’s self-titled Japanese debut album “Girls’ Generation”, which was released last June, has just received the title of being the first album by a Korean artist to stay within the Top 10 chart numbers on the Oricon charts for 17 consecutive weeks.
The only other Korean album to have met with similar success was the official OST soundtrack for the immensely popular drama, ‘Winter Sonata‘ back in 2003, which stayed on the charts for 16 consecutive weeks.
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‘The Boys’ placed 2nd on Oricon with no promotional activity!

Although without any promotional activity, Girls’ Generation 3rd album ‘The Boys’ had managed to secure 2nd spot on Japan’s Oricon Chart.

SNSD surpasses 100,000 sales mark in just 2 days!

On June 1st, the ladies of SNSD released their first full-length Japanese album and after the first day, the album topped the Oricon daily albums chart by selling 73,583 units. Now, with the second day of sales tallied it’s been revealed that the girls have broken the 100,000 sales mark threshold!

With a second day sales figure of 48,428 units the girls have officially sold a total of 122,011 units! If you can recall, back in November, popular group KARA released their album, “Girl’s Talk” and it sold a total of 107,000 units it’s first week, marking that monumental feat as the first album by a non-Japanese Asian girl group in Japan in 6 years and 9 months to sell more than 100,000 album copies in its first week. Now, SNSD has surpassed KARA’s first week tremendous sales figure in just two days.

Quite an accomplishment, the ladies of SNSD are well on their way to first place on the Oricon Weekly album chart ranking.

Source: Oricon

Via: Allkpop

Girls' Generation Reach #1 Spot on Oricon Charts

Girls' Generation's third Japan single, 'MR.TAXI/Run Devil Run', has reached the number one spot on the Oricon Charts.

The single 'MR.TAXI/Run Devil Run' was released on the 27th of April, and has topped the Oricon Daily Single chart since the 29th. The single has also reached the #1 spot on mobile site 'Rekochoku' and Japan's iTunes single charts, symbolizing how popular Girls' Generation is in Japan.

Unlike their previous singles which were remakes of their Korean ones, 'MR.TAXI' is a newly produced song. Their PV was revealed before the single, making fans from both Korea and Japan praise the group for pulling off such a concept.

Girls' Generation's first arena tour concert has gained a lot of attention, in which nearly 300,000 people applied for the tickets. Due to the high anticipation, 3 more performances were added, totaling to 10 performances across 10 cities in Japan.

The tour will start on the 31st of May in Osaka and will end on the 17th of July, passing through Tokyo, Saitama, Hiroshima, Nagoya, and Fukuoka. Altogether, there will be 100,000 people attending the arena tour.

Source: Oricon, Newsen
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Mr.Taxi topped Oricon on Day 3

by Girls Generation Soshi on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 9:05am

After two days finishing in 2nd on Oricon’s Daily Singles Chart, SNSD’s ‘Mr.Taxi’ successfully secured the top spot on the daily chart for April 29th with recorded sales of 12,437 copies, taking the cumulative sales to 73,914 copies after just 3 days. On April 28th, ‘Mr.Taxi’ was in 2nd with daily sales of 21,283 copies. The summary of sales for the past 3 days are as follows:


Day 1 – 40,194 copies (2nd)
Day 2 – 21,283 copies (2nd)
Day 3 – 12,437 copies (1st)


Credit: Yoongislove@Twitter/oricon.co.jp/Fanwonder
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110422 Oricon Ninki Chart Predicts that MR. TAXI Will Take #1 on April 27th

by Girls Generation Soshi on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 12:02am

On the day that a snippet of the ‘MR.TAXI’ music video was released, SONEs have more good news to look forward to. On the Oricon Ninki Chart, users have predicted a #1 for Girls’ Generation’s third Japanese single!

As the Oricon Ninki Chart is a pre-release rating system, based on the results of a user poll conducted by Oricon, the girls’ ranking of 88.10 indicate that there is a strong public interest in their new single. Despite being expected to top the Oricon daily chart on the day of release, they will still face tough competition for the top weekly spot from Kobukuro, a well established Japanese group that debuted a decade ago. 

Article credit to: JeremyJay22@soshified.com
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KARA and SNSD top Oricon Style ranking for "next big breakout artist"

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

Via;koreaboo

‘Hoot’ is no.2 on Oricon with recorded sales of 61k in Week 1

Before the year ends, SNSD added another impressive achievement by securing the 2nd spot on Oricon Weekly Album Chart.

According to Oricon on December 28th, SNSD’s licensed Japanese Edition of 3rd Mini Album ‘Hoot’ recorded sales of 61,000 copies in the first week, thus making it the 2nd hottest selling album in Japan for the week.

Oricon stated, “SNSD’s single ‘Gee’ captured the 2nd spot before but not on the album chart. This is SNSD’s first top 10 entry on the album chart”.

The Japanese edition of the mini album ‘Hoot’ consists of SNSD’s hits such as ‘Tell Me Your Wish’, ‘Gee’, ‘Run Devil Run’, ‘Oh!’, etc.

Credit: star.mt.co.kr

Via:fanwonder

Second 100k for Shoujo Jidai is underway

The girls have made a big splash in Japan’s music industry after the sales of their Japanese debut single surpassed 100,000 copies. Genie which was officially released on September 8th was placed 25th on the recent Oricon Weekly Singles Chart.

On the 8th week of release, “Genie” recorded sales of 4,435 copies which took the tally to an accumulative sales of 101,252 copies. In just over a month, the girls were awarded the Gold Disc Certificate by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for selling more than 100,000 copies of the debut single.

The recognition received from the Recording Industry Association due to their impressive achievement on the Oricon Chart is a proof of SNSD’s popularity and status in Japan. SNSD is the first girl group from Korea to have achieve such amazing feats.

More achievements can be anticipated from these girls as their 2nd Japanese debut single “Gee” looks more than promising. The single which was released on October 20th, have already recorded a total accumulative sales of 89,561 in just two weeks. It is just a matter of time before the girls enjoy their second 100k-sales in Japan.

Credit: asiae.co.kr/hankyung.com

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SNSD Makes history! 1rst on Oricon charts!

SNSD just made history earlier having placed 2nd on Oricon weekly charts, now we just found out that they have made history again! SNSD has now achieved 1rst place on the charts being the first non-Japanese girl group in history  to get 1rst place on the charts.

On the other note Genie , which peaked at 4 on the Oricon charts, has rejoined the list at number 10.

Oricon Single Daily Chart 2010/10/25
1. SNSD – [Gee] 10/10/20 *****
2. NYC – [Yoku Asobi Yoku Manabe] 10/10/20
3. 1,900 THE ROOTLESS – [One day] 10/10/20
4. BUMP OF CHICKEN – [Uchuu Hikoushi e no Tegami/MOTORCYCLE] 10/10/13
5. ARASHI – [Dear Snow] 10/10/06
6. EXILE – [I Wish For You] 10/10/06
7. ClariS – [irony] 10/10/20
8. AKB48 – [Heavy Rotation] 10/08/18
9. Maaya Sakamoto – [DOWN TOWN/Yasashisa ni Tsusumaretanara] 10/10/20
10. SNSD – [GENIE] 10/09/08 *****

Congrats to SNSD!

Source + Credit: Newsen