News: Girls' Generation vs Kara Popularity in Japan Part IV (The First 1 Million Copies Album Sell)

 

The battle of popularity between two of the most popular Korean artists in Japan 2012 continue by considering fact who was the first sell 1,000,000 album in Japan.

Girl groups KARA and Girls’ Generation continue to sell an impressive number of albums in Japan into the new year, and the race to see who sells a million copies first has already begun. Recently Oricon released fact that KARA’s second full-length Japanese album "Super Girl" sold 586,400 copies as of January 9th, while Girls’ Generation‘s first full-length Japanese album also titled "Girls’ Generation" sold 734,000 copies.

So in the early year, Girls' Generation was a 148,400 copies a head, but the fact seemed too optimistic. Because KARA’s "Super Girl" was released more recently on November 23rd, and was 1st on Oricon’s Weekly Chart for five days straight on it’s first week of release, it also achieved 1st on Oricon’s Monthly Chart.

The other facts is, "Super Girl" in two short days, the album sold 100,000 copies and 200,000 by the fifth day. In eight days, the album sold over 300,000 copies and 400,000 after 16 days. By the 29th day, the album had sold over 500,000 copies. After less than a month after the release, the album impressively secured the 7th spot on a list of the overall best selling albums of the year for 2011.

 

Girls’ Generation is also continuing to increase the number of sales with their new repackaged album which includes their latest hits (The Boys Japanese Version). The Girls’ Generation members seem determined to be the first Korean girl group to sell a million copies of their album in Japan.

The record of Korean artist who sell 1,000,000 copies in Japan was held by BoA, which her second Japanese album "Valenti" released back in January of 2003 sold approximately 1,240,000 copies, setting a new record. 

The two girl groups will become the first Korean artist in 9 years to sell over a million copies, and the first ever foreign girl group to break a million. The both of the group fans are highly curious to find out which group will reach the goal first.

 

 

Source: Nate