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Actually, Jumping's Gold certification is also for digital downloads. The newest cerfications for shipments haven't been released yet, but I suspect both Mister and Jumping will get Gold.

Showcasing the power of this year's remarkable rise of Korean girl groups that debuted in Japan, the newcomer department of 43rd Oricon Annual Ranking (2010) is topped by KARA and SNSD, who achieved No.1 and No.2, respectively. KARA, the 5-membered girl group that debuted in August and captured the attention of the public with the "hip dance," has released two singles, "Mister" and "Jumping," five albums, including the Korean greatest hits album, "KARA BEST 2007-2010" and their first original Japanese album, "GIRLS TALK," as well as one DVD, totaling to eight releases this year. These releases have generated a total revenue of 1.3 bilion yen this year. On the other hand, SNSD, who debuted in September and are known for their beautiful legs and synchronized dancing, released two singles, "GENIE" and "Gee," one DVD, "New Beginning of Girls' Generation," and six Korean albums for a total of nine works. They generated 8.8 hundred million yen of revenue this year. In the male-fan- and cuteness-centric domestic idol scene, the spot of idols that are admired by women of the same generation is vacant in the recent years. This vacancy is now fulfilled by K-pop girl groups, who are characterized as having good visual styles as well as intense choreographies and have achieved outstanding sales among all newcomers this year. Ranking of Newcomer Artistes by Sales No.1 1.3 billion Yen KARA (493k copies of releases sold in total) No.2 8.8 hundred million yen SNSD (380k copies of releases sold in total) No.3 1.3 hundred million yen WEAVER (83k copies of releases sold in total) Data collection period: 2009/12/28 to 2010/12/20 The sales include releases such as singles, albums, music DVDs, and music blu-ray discs. Tip off: atl2006 and MizuiroKaze13 Translated by: xichigo@Karaholic Source: ORICON

AWESOME!! The sales for Girl's Talk is so awesome! If it was released earlier in the year it might have been in the Top 30s! Given that Girl's Talk had only been released foe what.. two weeks?!.. this achievement is beyond awesome! More information on RIAJ cerficiations: Gold (G) - 100,000 Platinum (P) - 250,000 Double platinum (PP) - 500,000 Triple platinum (PPP) - 750,000 Million (M) - 1,000,000 And so on and so forth~ Chart taken from RIAJ's website.

Possible preview of Merry Love: [c]Uploader, originally from http://www.choshinsung.co.kr/ I think this is only the instrumental but dang it sounds nice! Just perfect for Christmas. <3

SHAKING AND CRYING THIS NEW LOOK IS SO BEAUTIFUL. Thanks to ALL the staff who contributed <3 You guys are seriously amazing! I love the slidy header - it's so creative and slick and classy and zomg! Can't wait for the KARATHEATER to launch, too!

YAYY MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE!! I watch it every year 8D The girls are probably going to perform Mister, since it's their most well-known song. (:

For Araki Nanaki, it's Nanaka, right? Omg Nozomi Sasaki! I love her! She's so gorgeous <3 LOL I REMEMBER Him! He's such a KARA fanboy haha.

To add to the disappointing sales, Jumping has fallen off Top 10 in most online charts. Comeback stage on Music Bank tonight with Burn and Jumping! This is probably the last time we'll see Burn performed live (unless they perform it again for the goodbye stages). ))): The contender for #1 is SNSD and Baek Ji Young. I'm guessing KARA has fallen down KChart already, so we probably won't see them bringing any KChart trophies home this time round. Imo, I'm really sorry to say this but dang DSP you screwed up. I honestly think they should've postponed KARA's comeback until the Japanese promotions are over and schedule a completely new Korean comeback at the beginning of 2011. Sorry for all the negativity. I just feel kind of frustrated. OTL

I think the sales from Hanteo is around 6,000 right now, as compiled by Kamilias over at Baidu. Not doing too well compared to Lupin (but then again Lupin's sale wasn't all the great either. KARA's second mini album is still their best-selling release). Realistically, I don't see KARA winning many awards this time round, not like Lupin. I'll be happy with just one mutizen from Inki.

You can add DAIGO to the list!

WOW NICE! I suspect this ia all because of Mister. It stayed in the chart for like, forever lol. <3

There isn't actually a video of them saying it, but this picture will suffice:

107K. THE BEST NIKCUF FIVE I SAY. THE BEST. They sold DOUBLE the first week sale of KARA BEST and then some. <3

Article translated --> LET'S CELEBRATE! 107k, who would've thought this was possible?! GROUP HUG! -hugs all-

Korea's five-membered girls group, KARA's first original Japanese album, "Girl's Talk," released on the 24th, sold 107k copies in the first week and debuted on the December 6th Oricon Weekly Album Chart on the No.2 spot. This marks the first time an Asian girls group (excluding Japan) has managed to sell 100k copies in the first week since Twelve Girls Band's album, "Kikou - Shining Energy," from six years and nine months ago. "Girl's Talk" includes KARA's Japanese debut single, "Mister," and second single, "Jumping," as well as KARA's Korean hit, "Lupin," for a total of ten Japanese tracks. KARA has broken their own highest first week sales record of 51k, which was set by their Korean best album, "KARA BEST 2007-2010," released in September. "KARA BEST 2007-2010" has obtained the highest Oricon position of No.2 and has sold 109k since then. Translated by: xichigo@Karaholic Source: Oricon

GET THIS GUYS. 107K IN FIRST WEEK. BROKE ANOTHER RECORD. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/82528/full/?cat_id=tw

The cerfications are compiled every month (at the end of the month, or early next month, I think), so we'll just have to wait. GT is getting gold for sure, though. Just keep an eye out until the November data is released --> http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/index.html

Went up to #17 today. 11/27 Estimated sales so far this week: 7621 [Source]

Again, screencapped and added to first post. 11/27 100k this week is definitely in the bag now. asdjfk;asdfjk;asdfjk; So proud of the girls. I still can't believe the sale is still maintained around 10,000+ per day. That's AMAZING consistency zomg. Girl's Talk's first week is going to double that of KARA BEST. asdfjk; -shocked- So I see UMJ wasn't exaggerating when they aimed for 200k. It could happen. Next year, though, but I think it's going to happen.

THE JAPANESE VERSION OF LUPIN! I'm starting to like it a lot more than the original.. I can't stop playing it. I love how the Japanese lyrics also convey the same meaning as the Korean version. YESSS 100K HERE WE COME. KARA's sales have always gone up during the weekend, so I'm hoping GT will sell 12k tomorrow. I take back what I said about 100k being a bit of a stretch. GET IT GIRLS. ============================================================================= I feel the need to document the epicness. 11/22 11/23 11/24 11/25 11/26

^AHH please take lots and lots of pictures for us in Japan! You're in Shibuya right? Maybe you can go to the Tower Records in Shibuya and take a picture with the KARA cutout or whatever they have on display there~ 8D Seriously so jealous of you. T^T

^AHH please take lots and lots of pictures for us in Japan! You're in Shibuya right? Maybe you can go to the Tower Records in Shibuya and take a picture with the KARA cutout or whatever they have on display there~ 8D Seriously so jealous of you. T^T

Does anyone have the mid-day sale? D: Comparison between KARA BEST and GT (from 2ch) KARA BEST07-10/Girl's Talk M ***,***　*13,265 T *18,223　*22,873 W **9,630　*19,214 T **6,055　*13,142 F **4,586　 S **5,330　 S **4,114　 計 *47,938　*68,494 (weekly total) 週 *50,666　_______(first week) 計 104,499 ________(total) Sorry the format got messed up.