|NEWS/110607| Shoujo Jidai tops Oricon’s weekly album chart and becomes top selling foreign artist for their first album!

Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) released their first Japanese album “GIRLS’ GENERATION” on June 1st and the girls have sold an astounding 232,000 copies in the first week; vaunting the girls to the top spot on Oricon’s Weekly Album chart.

|INFO/110511| Mr. Taxi / Run Devil Run is #5 on Oricon Weekly Chart

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|CAPS/110501| SNSD @ Oricon Single Weekly Rental Chart

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|NEWS/110422| Oricon Ninki Chart Predicts that MR. TAXI Will Take #1 on April 27th

On the day that a snippet of the ‘MR.TAXI’ music video was released, SONEs have more good news to look forward to. On the Oricon Ninki Chart, users have predicted a #1 for Girls’ Generation’s third Japanese single!

|NEWS/101124| No Kpop artist invited to this year’s Kouhaku

Despite all the hype by the media and netizens, SNSD, Big Bang and Kara will not be participating in Japan’s year-end show, NHK’s “White and Red Song Battle” or most commonly known as just “Kouhaku”.

On November 24th, the list revealed by Oricon indicated that no Korean artists were invited to participate in the 61st edition of the “Kouhaku” which will be held on December 31st, 2010. Among the big names mentioned in the 44-participants roster are all Japanese top stars such as SMAP, AKB48, Koda Kumi, Ayumi Hamasaki, AAA, etc.

Some of the Korean singers who have made an appearance on the year-end show in the past are BoA, Jo Youngpil, Kaye Eunsook and TVXQ.

*Look on the positive side! The girls get a chance to welcome the new year back home and we get to see them on end of the year shows at SBS Gayo Daejun.

Credit: news.mk.co.kr/nhk.or.jp

[NEWS] SNSD is First Korean Female Group to place in the Top 5 for ORICON’s total DVD ranking

The Korean 9 member group with beautiful legs, SNSD sold 23,000 copies of their first Japanese DVD “SNSD Arrival~Arrival in Japan Commemoration Disc~ New Beginning of Girls’ Generation” in their first week.