‘Girls’ Generation 1st Japan Tour’ DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) are hot-selling items in Japan in the first half of 2012.

According to Oricon’s 2012 first half ranking, the ‘Girls’ Generation 1st Japan Tour’ BD was ranked 2nd in the ‘Music BD Sales’ category with 56,000 copies sold. In the ‘Music DVD Sales’ category as well, Girls’ Generation had once again proven their huge popularity by selling 148,718 copies in the first half of the year, where it was ranked 4th.

Girls’ Generation kicked off their ’1st Japan Arena Tour’ on May 31st, 2011 with 14 performances in 6 cities in front of 140,000 fans. Released simultaneously on December 14th, 2011, the BD and DVD had also dominated the Oricon weekly charts for both the BD and DVD categories at the same time, making Girls’ Generation the first foreign artist to have achieved such an impressive feat.

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Kpop stars are showing their domination in Japan once again. The most notable one is indeed, Girls’ Generation.

Girls’ Generation’s ‘Japan 1st Arena Tour Girls’ Generation’ which was released on December 14th took the no.1 spot on December 14th’s Oricon Daily DVD Combined Chart, Blu-ray Chart and DVD Music Chart.

The ’1st Japan Arena Tour’ DVD not only dominated the Oricon charts but also Tower Records’ Daily Chart where it secured the top two positions on the chart. Girls’ Generation’s popularity in Japan is proven again as 3rd album ‘The Boys (Mr.Taxi version)’ was ranked 3rd on the same chart.

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According to Gaon Chart’s ‘October Album Chart’ released on November 10th, Girls’ Generation’s 3rd album ‘The Boys’ took the no.1 spot with a total recorded sales of 227,994 copies in October.

In just about two weeks after its release on October 19th, the sales of ‘The Boys’ had surpassed 200,000 copies. This sales figure is the highest among female artistes and it also places the girls among the top 3 artistes with the best selling albums this year.

A representative of Gaon Chart said, “Due to the influence of the Kpop wave which is becoming the craze all over the world, the album sales of popular Hallyu idol singers have increased compared to last year. This is also probably due to the increase in purchases of albums by international fans through Korean music sites.”

In terms of cumulative album sales this year, Super Junior’s 5th album ‘Mr. Simple’ is in 1st place with 329,035 copies, followed by TVXQ’s ‘Keep Your Head Down’ in the 2nd spot with 244,128 copies.

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The popularity of South Korean girl group, Girls’ Generation continues to soar undauntedly in Japan.

According to a Japanese music site, CDV-NET, Girls’ Generation’s “MR.TAXI/Run Devil Run” single came in 7th on the weekly charts and was the only South Korean group which made the top 10. Ever since their label mate, TVXQ, made the entry into the top 10, there has not been any other South Korean artist on the list. The data was collected from the 4th of July to the 10th, and even though both singles were roughly released 3 months ago on the 27th of April, they remain just as popular as ever.

Girls’ Generation’s Japanese debut single, “Genie” is also still on the charts after a good 9 months, and is currently at the 35th position. Ever since the release of the single on 20th October 2010, “Gee” has remained on the top 100 weekly charts for 38 consecutive weeks, further proving their takeover in Japan. This week, the certified Gold single was placed 25th on the chart. As there are more than 3,500 artists on CDV-NET, the popularity of an artist can be easily judged based on the ranking of their albums and singles.

Ever since Girls’ Generation first announced their plans to break into the Japanese music industry back in September, their album sales have increased in folds. Their debut single, “Genie”, was awarded the Gold certificate for selling more than 100,000 copies. Less than a year later, Girls’ Generation’s self-titled first Japanese album sold more than 100,000 copies in less than 2 days, and has since been certified as Double-Platinum for selling more than 500,000 albums.

Meanwhile, Girls’ Generation will be starting off their 2nd tour on the 23rd of July at the Seoul Olympic Park Stadium, 5 days after wrapping up their Japan Arena Tour. Following that, they will also be making an appearance as the first South Korean female artist to attend Japan’s “Summer Sonic 2011” on the 14th of August.


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Japan’s largest record store, Tower Records released the ‘Kpop Chart for June’ on July 6th. SNSD’s 1st Japanese Album ‘Girls’ Generation’ which was released on June 1st, captured the no.1 spot.

‘Girls’ Generation’ which contains 12 songs including their Japanese debut song ‘Genie’, ‘Gee’, ‘Mr.Taxi’, ‘Run Devil Run’, etc was also ranked 3rd in the monthly pre-order chart for May. After the album was released on June 1st, it climbed to the top spot of Oricon Weekly Album Chart, with recorded sales of 232,000 copies in the first week. With the consistent sales volume, SNSD’s debut album was also named one of the top 10 best selling album on Oricon for the first half of 2011 with sales of 325,658 copies.
Besides ‘Girls’ Generation’, FT Island’s ‘Return’ and ‘Five Treasure Island’ took 2nd and 5th spot respectively on Tower Records’ ‘Kpop Chart for June’. f(x)’s 1st album repackaged ‘Hot Summer’ captured the no.3 spot while Beast’s ‘Fiction and Fact’ was ranked 4th. Big Bang’s ’2011 Big Bang Concert Live Album Big Show: Big Bang Live Album’ came in 6th while Kim HyunJoong’s ‘Breakdown’ took the no.7 spot. CN Blue’s ‘First Step’ came in 8th, 2pm’s ‘Hands Up’in 9th while the DVD album of KBS2 drama (starring Jang GeunSuk) ‘Marry Me, Mary!’ secured the 10th spot.

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>> Update 1: ‘Girls’ Generation’ came in second on the Oricon Monthly Album Chart!
SNSD’s debut Japanese album ‘Girls’ Generation’ came in second on the Oricon Monthly Album Chart with a total of 411,972 copies sold in June. The girls are second only to the massive sales of 715,722 copies sold by popular Japanese girl group AKB48′s latest album ‘Koko ni Ita Koto’!
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