Girls’ Generation’s self-titled and debut Japanese album, “Girls’ Generation”, has won “Best Album of the Year” at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, which awards artists for their music and videos through online voting. Other nominees for “Best Album of the Year” included international superstars Lady Gaga and Coldplay, fellow Korean girl group Kara, and popular Japanese singer JUJU. Earlier this year, “Girls’ Generation” was also awarded with the “Best Album of Asia” at the 26th Japan Gold Disc Awards, showing the album’s continuing success.
Released in June of 2011, “Girls’ Generation” was well-received both in Japan and worldwide, breaking several different records. The album sold 232,000 copies in its first week and remained in the Oricon chart’s top ten albums list for seventeen weeks, both records for foreign artists. The album continues to sell thousands of copies each week with 209,679 copies sold in the first half of 2012 and has been certified “Million” by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for having reached a shipment total of one million copies.
Source: GyaO!
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oh my precious girls…i’m getting misty-eyed just
thinking about those silly teenagers, with passion
and drive in their hearts, working their fingers to
the bone just a handful of years ago. and now,
those teenagers have grown into the women dominating
asian music. i will forever stand in awe of what you
have become, while at the same time staying the same.
you are asia’s women, but on the inside, you’re still
our little dorks. :-)
ArghhH!!!!!! They totally deserve it!!! I mean OMG! Over Lady Gaga?? That’s something us SONEs to cheer about eh?? Haha~~ So happy for them!!! Seems like they have been welly accepted by Japan! Good Job!!!!!
SNSD! Hwaiting!
i am so happy for snsd. they really deserve this award.
Congratulations SNSD.. Way to go.. Another achievement and this one is the best album of the year.. Nice one.. Hoho..
congratulations SNSD ! we love you ♥ you girls really deserve to win ! just keep rising, we’re always here for you !
congratulation definitely the best they deserve it
girls Awesome Daebak♥♥♥!!!
It was ‘that’ good, that I bought both the first limited edition and the repackaged album again.
I am already looking forward to their 2nd Japanese album, which is expected later this year…
DEFINITELY~!!!!! The Japanese 1st album is like one of their best album ^^
With no biasm I can honestly say they deserved this and the album definitely should and was the best of the year. Snsds best album, very happy for them WOOT!
super Congratulations!!!..we’re so proud of you guys!!!
The Exceptional Nine Girls!!! jjang!!!
chukahaeyo!!!^^
wow congrats!! you girls’
you all became more popular day by day… i glad no we all glad
this is because all nine of yours hard work
keep n raise those records (but don’t go to America’s music industry?
sunny! jjang!! ^^* saranghae
WOOHOO! snsd did it again! :) total ownage :D
Woo congrats SNSD! Daebak! ^o^ As expected my girls :)
congrats girls!!!!!
Global superstars!!! So so proud!
That is what we call the power of 9! So proud of them.
Congrats unnies ^^
Wow no wonder they’re global stars ^__^ I’m so proud to be a sone .. Soshi unnies Jjang!
Did they not attend the Awards show?? No pics or video?
Congrats again girls!!! Winning so many awards…they truly deserve them especially since they work so hard! :D
WOOOOO! congratulations!!!!! Glad to know that I was at least 1% of the votes!!! Keep up the good work girls’!!!Saranghae<3
so awesome!^^ i’m soo proud of the girls <3
I watched the broadcast and was heartbeating till death when this award came, then can’t helpp buut scream happily for the girls. Unfortunately we can’t win the best video, but this award already brighten my day
I am so happy and excited that the girls won Best Album of the Year. I know that the girls definitely deserve the award. Congratulations to the one and only Girls’ Generation
WOOHOO!!!!
congratulations girls, you really deserved it considering the album was amazing on soooo many levels
Wow, just wow. This is fantastic news. Congratulations to the ladies! Am I surprised? No. Am I excited? Oh heck yeah!