Each year, Yahoo! Japan releases lists of the top searches in various categories. This year, the keyword “Girls’ Generation” placed fifth in the overall celebrity search ranking. The girls came in fourth for the “Females” category and were the top searched term for the “Foreign Asian Artists” list.
Last year, Girls’ Generation placed second and first on the “Females” and “Foreigners” lists, respectively, and also obtained third place on the “Famous People/Groups” top searches list. More about the 2011 Yahoo! Japan search rankings can be found here.
From the frequency of these searches, it is clear that the girls have kept their noticeable influence on the Japanese pop music market. With the release of “Girls’ Generation II ~Girls & Peace~” on November 28th, they will only continue to gain ground in Japan and around the world.
Source: Yahoo! Japan
Written by: moonrise31@soshified
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congrats!
Great to hear that… the girls are having so much japan prom, quite expected of them :) hwaiting!!~
:))))
SNSD really focused a lot on the Japanese market this year..
but I’m sad that they will not be attending Japan’s year-end show this year :(
amazing but I’m not surprised since it is SNSD <3
another achievement as usual. way to go..
SoShi is the best !
nice
but in reality (in Japan off course) hey’re still be number one… ,right?
Their popularity is growing exponentially… 2013 is going to be their best year ever. SNSD Fighting!!!
Good to know that they are doing well in Japan :)) SNSD, fighting!!
I’m not surprised that they dropped slightly, and I’m glad they didn’t actually drop that much! The Japanese have been developing allergies for Korean artists, probably because of the Takeshima/Dokdo issue and an over-saturation of Korean artists in Japan now. Even KARA’s sales have plunged. I hope that the girls can overcome this as well!
Developing allergies for Korean artists? What happened??
Here is the CNN article on it in case you’re curious. Basically Korea and Japan are in dispute over who has sovereignty over the Takeshima/Dokdo islands.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/14/world/asia/south-korea-dokdo-takeshima-islands/index.html
Good sign. (:
As time goes by more and more people become interested to know the girls more. Especially next year. They’ll be lot of activities coming on their list. Hopefully their health can keep up on what’s coming ahead. May 2013 will bring more luck to our girls. (:
wowww
Yeah girls!!! WOOO GOOOOO GG!!!!!!!!!
Nice.. <3
It’s a good thing that the girls are still continuing to gain ground despite the fact that they dropped down a bit on a couple of lists. I know that their sophomore album will be another successful Japanese album for the girls despite the ranking on the charts in Japan. And I am absolutely ready for the girls to make their official debut in the United States next year because I know that their English album will be a huge hit in the US. And so will be their American debut single. I will continue to cheer Girls’ Generation on
i would not be concerned that the girls’
search results have tapered slightly…they
had much more to do in japan last year
than this. and that’s saying something with
all they’ve done in japan this year. but
with the release of their second album,
and the upcoming tour, their results are
sure to sky-rocket to new record highs
as next year rolls around! :-)
Hopefully their Korean comeback (rumored in Jan/Feb 2013) will be hit, since we have been waiting so long for the 9 girls.. but the girls will be embarking on their 2nd Japan Tour ard Feb.. so i wonder if the korean comeback will be after or before the japan tour..
It will be before they go on their Japanese tour as it is ABSOLUTELY confirmed that Girls’ Generation will be making a Korean comeback in January. It’s no rumor, it’s 100% truth
I am Canadian but I discovered Girls’ Generation because of their Japanese music. Their success in Japan not only creates fans from Japan, but people all over the world who are interested in Japanese music :)
Congratulations to the girls for always being top ranked once again. They will only become even bigger stars around the world…2013 is just around the corner! :) I hope the second Japanese album will be successful like the first one (I’m sure it will.)
Their first Japanese album took about 1 year to hit the MILLION mark, I hope the 2nd album can hit the MILLION mark in a shorter time frame…say…9mths? or 6 to 7 months?
it’s still good even though they drop a bit. Soshi still the best. i can’t wait for them to tackle the world in the future under Interscope Records. congrats again girls. job well done. thanks to those JSones who have been searching for info on the girls throughout the year. i hope Girls & Peace become another successful album for them. good luck girls. thanks for update. :)
Congrats girls :D