[2011.10.07] September's Best Selling Albums, KARA #1

[kara4life 37]

September's Best Selling Albums, KARA #1

Girl group KARA is finally number one on domestic soil.

The numbers for the girls' third album "STEP" are out, according to GAON Charts.

After having been released on September 6th, STEP sold 97,667 copies during the month of September, making them the number one album for the month.

The title song of the same title also achieved great results. "STEP" placed number two for September's Combined Digital Chart and number one on the September Downloads Chart with 1,719,950 downloads.

Compared to other girl groups, KARA was the second girl group to hit number one on the monthly album chart, following 2NE1. Also, they're the first girl artist or group to sell over 90,000 hard copy albums, In fact, the numbers are continuing to rise with the 100,000 mark right around the corner.

2nd place on the Best Albums Chart was Super Junior's "Mr. Simple The 5th Repackage Album" (released September 19th), trailing behind KARA's "STEP" by only 457 copies. And the regular "Mr. Simple The 5th Album" was number four for September having sold an additional 31,242 copies. This comes after they were the number one album for August with 287,000 copies sold. Combined, the group has sold 318,669 copies so far. 3rd place was Infinite with their first special repackage album "Paradise", having sold 34,704 copies.

Continuing on, 5th place went to Sung Shi-kyung's 7th album "First", with 30,077 albums sold. The OST album for the SBS drama "Take Care Of The Boss" sold 23,894 copies placing 6th, B1A4's "B1A4" album placed 7th with 20,791, and the Brown Eyed Girls at 8th with their 4th album "Sixth Sense" selling 19,285 copies.

GAON Charts calculates album sales, buy subtracting the amount of albums left in storage of the music production companies from the total albums initially produced.

source : KBS

credit : mae @ ournikori.blogspot.com

[rloopy0 0]

I'm a proud Kamilia. *like a boss* KARA jjang! can't wait for Winter magic which will be released in a few days. I'm so happy :D

[z_ilch 1]

i'm sad that they won't be performing STEP on korean music shows regularly now but this is good news for everyone! even the short promotion period won't stop KARA from getting first

[SushiRiceChopstix 25]

yes! number one baby! i loved this album

so happy to see the album do well on the charts

they even beat suju! wahh, thats amazing! kamilia!!

[Anzarra Djahran 0]

happy to be a small small small part of this success by purchasing "STEP". it took almost 2 weeks to arrive in Indonesia since my pre-order, even KARA already won MCD and MuBank, so I was happy to own this big album at the arrival.

as for "Winter Magic", I have optimism since the song (characteristic) is really aimed for Japan market. waiting for next no 1 on Oricon. KARA hwaiting!

[BlackSwordsWoman! 53]

Yey! another #1 for KARA's record! Actually all the songs in this album are awesome so i guess it deserved to be #1 Congrats to our lovely five and a huge thanks to all the kamilias out there who bought the album. Let's keep supporting our girls!

STEP IT UP KARA & KAMILIA!! FIGHTING!!

[Alex21 0]

Yey! KARA is #1 yet again. This album is really great! I'm so glad I purchased this one. We rock Kamilias! They were able to beat Suju by a thread there. Only up by 457 sales, but still, they are #1. KARA Hwaiting!

[ann_hyun 6]

Congratulation for Our girls!

Kara improves so well, I'm really happy for them

[kyeongie 0]

Now that's the definition of a well-deserved COMEBACK! They really create a big impact on the music industry! Congrats girls! Yes, I'm a proud Kamilia too!

[janelleski 0]

congratulatiions kara

i'm happy that they're finally being recognized in their own country

[Qson 0]

As always, KARA is on the top!

Lets STEP it up~

Kara and Kamilia jjang~~

[fantomas 19]

uhm sorry

May I ask which is the difference between HARD copy and NORMAL copy? I don't really understand this world.

[Henrique 0]

I knew they can make it to the top !

Way to go, KARA !!

Keep up the good work !

KARA hwaiting !

[KARAA<33 6]

Congrats to the ladies (: I hope their sales number continues to rise even though they have

concluded their promotions on stage. I hope 'Winter Magic' does just as good as their previous

albums in Japan! What a wonderful year Kara has had with 'STEP' =D

[FrozenSymphony 0]

Congratx to KARA! They will always be number one in my heart~ <3 Step it up step it up!!!

[red4summer 8,513]

uhm sorry

May I ask which is the difference between HARD copy and NORMAL copy? I don't really understand this world.

they are the same which means phyiscal album, and of course they're made up of different editions.

[harbag 3]

...they're the first girl artist or group to sell over 90,000 hard copy albums, In fact, the numbers are continuing to rise with the 100,000 mark right around the corner.

WOW!! this is so daebak news go go 100k copies!

[wew91 0]

same with the the song, STEP it up.. step it up.. hahahahaha

100k Copies.. Nice..

This album is really Deabak..

[myhoneyclaire 0]

that first picture... i died <3

ahhhh im so glad that step did so well (:

and its definitely well-deserved

mr. simple sold so many copies

[Xperia 0]

Oh yeah, i love kara.

well done kamilia!

i also can't wait for their comeback in japan this october.

[emofuujutsu 0]

Ohh yeah !!! .... KARA IS BACK !!!

Congrats Kara !! KARA FIGHTING ...

[jenhamster 0]

YAYAYAY!!! CONGRATS KARA!!! WELL DESERVED, WELL DESERVED!! I MEAN THE ALBUM IS AWESOMEEEEE!!!

BTW, THE GIRLS LOOK AMAZING IN THE PICTURE (LIKE ALWAYS OF COURSE)!!!! :thumbup:

Edited October 13, 2011 by jenhamster

[kzulfazriawan 0]

waaaawww Numero uno ...

thats cool I know that the album will be successful

give applause to kara and kamilia

and give applause to suju^{I think this is not necessary}

@K_Zeul

[Gsar Flakita 0]

after 10 month of no promotion in south korea, Kara's Step came to remember koreans (and everybody) that they are the best!!!!!!!!

[yhepoj18 0]

will they include STEP's sale in Japan? if that's so, then the sales should be over 120k now.. wow!! congrats