Girls’ Generation’s first Japanese album “Girls Generation”, released on June 6th of last year, sold 16,000 copies this past week, giving them fifth place on Oricon’s weekly album sales chart. This is the first time in history that an album by a Korean artist has placed in the Top 10 for seventeen weeks. The previous record holder was the original soundtrack for the Korean drama “Winter Sonata”, which remained in the Top 10 for sixteen weeks. “Winter Sonata” was released in September of 2003.
In addition, Girls’ Generation holds the record among foreign artists for the most album sales in a week for a debut album with 232,000 copies sold. Currently, 780,000 copies of “Girls’ Generation” have been sold, which includes their repackaged album.
“The Boys” also made impressive headway. It was the best selling Korean album of 2011 with 385,348 copies sold.
Source: Oricon
Translated by: SeraphKY@soshified, FrozenArctic@soshified
Edited by: taengsoshi@soshified, michaelroni@soshified, bhost909@soshified
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Wow! i’m so proud of my 9 angels! They really did their best job! Keep moving on girls! Break more records and make us proud !
Hwaitaeng!!!
Wow! i’m so proud of my 9 angels! They really did their best job! Keep moving on girls! Break more records and make us proud !
Hwaitaeng!!! <33
congrats! :D
Very very proud of Soshi… Soshi jjang!
Not shocked, just happy for them
Congrats Soshi!
Oops, they did it again!!! haha, congratz!!! X)
Today is my birthday and this news is my best birthday gift ever! Congratulations! From a sone in Singapore.
Congratulation^^ way to go
congratulations to snsd . so happy for them they really work hard for their first japan album
Awesome News!!!
As expected of SNSD! :)
They are now reaping all their rewards for their hard work and dedication. :D
Congratulations, girls!
They deserve everything they want xD
congrats to them. so proud of them. their hard work paid off :)
Congratulations Girls :”D
Congrats to the girls. The album was absolutely perfect, imo, by far one of the, if not the, best album you’ve done. Congrats. :DD <3
congrats too snsd once again for breaking another record. they always seem too break record that seem hard too break. snsd jjang
previous record was held by Winter Sonata? I thought Boa would be in the one.. Woot~
Their first japanese album indeed is a success. I mean, it went pass 500000 mark and beyond. keke
Daebak!
Congrats to the girls for achieving this far!
Wow. I think they’ll break all records in no time. Currently listening to their Japanese album- it’s really good. Saving money to buy The Boys.
Congrats SNSD. Hope 2012 will bring the girls with even more success. Yoongie, FIGHTING!
I wonder if they ever read these comments from SONES.
Congratulations Girls..
I so proud of their hard work..
FIGHTING!
So proud….snsd jjang
top ten for seventeen weeks XDDDDDDDDD haha what records havent they broken??!!! so proud of them..and they deserve every bit of it, for working so hard for all their fans ^^ stay well and keep stonggirls, SNSD fighting!!!
congratulations to the girls again and again
and again…there is a reason these girls are
setting records unlike any others. it is because
our girls are unlike any others. love and hard
work add up to many awards and records,
but more importantly it adds up to soshi. :-)
Frigging agree! God I love our 9 angels so darn much and I’m very proud of them. S♥NEs we keep rolling with the girls, aight. I can’t wait to read that their 1st Japan album copy single handedly sell 750k for 3x platinum alone and not with their Repackage album The Boys to make it already 3x platinum. Once that 1st original full debut album sold 750k alone, then I’ll be extremely completely satisfy. I’m greedy and just want the girls to hold that record for being the only kpop group to achieve that feat with just 1 copy of their album. Anyway good going ladies and S♥NEs and let’s continue to breaking and setting records. :D
Our girls are constantly breaking records and making new achievements ^^
역시 소녀시대 ! <3
So proud of my babies :')
i Think you mean 여신 소녀시대 what you write mean “also girls generation” 역시 means “also” but 여신 means “goddess” if i wrong please tell me what’s the meaning of 역시 소녀시대 cause i have see it in youtube and twitter and i don’t know if they write it wrongly or it means another thing that “goddess snsd” =)
I think it is right to say 역시 소녀시대. as far as I know, 역시 also means “as expected”.