On November 10, Gaon Chart, which is a certified música chart, announced that SNSD’s 3rd full album “The Boys” sold 227,994 albums in the mês of October. What is even mais surprising is the fact that because this album was released on October 19, it means that over 200,000 albums was sold within two weeks.
Gaon Chart explained, “The number of albums sold for SNSD’s recent album is the highest record yet for a girl group. If we look at the no geral, global ranking in album sales throughout the ano across all artists, SNSD comes in third place after Super Junior and DBSK.” They also mentioned, “SNSD’s past two album, 2nd full album “OH!” and 3rd mini-album “Hoot”, holds album sales records of 197,934 and 163,066 respectively.”
They also added, “Over the past year, with the increase of the K-Pop boom, the no geral, global album sales of Korean idols have increased dramatically. Before the K-Pop boom struck, most albums were sold through fãs living in Korea. But now international fãs have started ordering albums through Korean record stores online.”
For the mês of October, after SNSD on the album chart was Kim Hyun Joong in segundo place with his 2nd mini-album “Lucky”, selling 94,784 copies. In third place was international super stars JYJ, who have recently successfully finished their first solo show, concerto in Spain and Germany, selling 81,867 copies of their album “In Heaven”.
Gaon Chart’s album sales is calculated por subtracting the wholesale quantities (the number of albums sold) from the total amount in the corresponding warehouses of each record label, then the final value is calculated por aggregating the figures.
The topo, início two artists with the highest records in album sales this ano are: Super Junior, selling 329,035 albums with their 5th full album “Mr. Simple”, and DBSK selling 244,128 albums with “Why (Keep Your Head Down)”.
Members YoonA, Tiffany, Jessica, Sunny, Hyoyeon, and Taeyeon were guests on the January 14th episode of KBS‘ ‘Hello‘. On the program, they were asked in which regions / countries the members were popular in.
Tiffany revealed that Hyoyeon was popular in Europe. She also stated that both herself and Jessica were popular in their native United States, mainly due to their fluency in English. YoonA said she was the most popular in China, while Sunny answered she was popular in Taiwan. MC Shin Dong Yup then joked, “Taeyeon is popular in Jeonju (a province in Korea), because she is from Jeonju“, causing everyone to burst out into laughter.
SNSD reaction
On ‘Radio Star‘, the girls spoke up about Wonder Girls‘ Sun and congratulated her on her marriage. When the MCs asked, “If a member gets married in Girls’ Generation, will she have to leave the group?“, the girls chorused, “No“.
Taeyeon explained, “If someone gets married, we want to put her own wishes as the number 1 priority.“ Tiffany said, “I saw that the Spice Girls members came with their husbands to the musical press conference, and I really want to do that. It’s my dream to go on a vacation together with our husbands and children.”
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Set in the 1970s,'Love Rain' tells the amor story of a man and a woman who meet in college.No other details about the plot have been revealed but Yoona is said to play two characters in the drama,a college student named Kim Yoonhee in the 1970s,and her daughter,Yuri,in the present day.
Yoona proved her atuação abilities in the daily drama 'You Are My Destiny' and 'Cinderella Man', and her casting was bolstered por her youthful,innocent image.She is scheduled to start filming this fall;it will not affect SNSD's comeback.
The drama has also been gaining interest due to the reunion pf producer Yoon Seokho and writter Oh Sooyeon for the first time in ten years.The two both worked on the dramas 'Autumn Tale' and 'Winter Sonata'.
'Love Rain' is expected to air in the first half of 2012.
Well,it seems our favourite OTP couple has finally gotten some official recognition of sorts.
The extremely close bond shared por TaeYeon and Tiffany of SNSD has prompted MBC EVERY1 MAGAZINE1,a korean TV entertainment programme to christen them the official[couple-line]of Girls' Generation.
Having lived together for 6 years and even being roommates prior to their debut,the close sisterly(or more)bond between the 2 ladies have rightly earned them this official accolade of sorts.
Other famous[couples]mentioned in the programme included BigBang's G-D and SeungRi,BEAST's DooJoon and YoSeop and 4MINUTE's HyunA and SoHyun.
Well,it looks like the alternative meaning of the term [Locksmiths]may soon be as well known as the original one!!
Check out the video cut at the Girls Generation Club(Videos) for the full,fun details.
