tinggg Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Kara is the first Korean girl group to reach "Platinum" status for an album in Japan. Recently Japan's record hubs disclosed that Kara's debut song <Mister> has reached platinum status in downloads. This year's K-pop boom in Korea has led to Kara being the first Korean girl group to reach this status. Platinum status is reached after hitting 250,000 in sales. This reflects how big of a hit <Mister> was in the mobile market. The song sells for about 4,000 Korean Won, which is truly impressive. In the album department, Kara's first full-length album "Girls' Talk" also has a potential of reaching platinum status. Oricon chart has its sales at about 180,000 within the first month, and they project that within the first half of 2011, the album should be able to reach platinum status. Aside from <Mister>, Kara's 2nd single <Jumping> has had over 100,000 downloads and has achieved gold status. Kara's two singles, <Mister> and <Jumping, plus their Korean Best album and their first full length puts them at 450,000+ sales since their debut, and adding their other items, they're nearing 500,000 in total sales, garnering 18billion Korean Won. Link: http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201012211214541002 Translated by: tinggg Tip by: atl2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenstanley Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 yes they're truly impressive, they are the first from Korea to achieve platinum! Girls talk absolutely reach platinum in physical sales thanks for translating ting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzanis Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 I read about KARa getting Platinum for Mister on AKP ... but why do the writer have to mention the other group as well? Anyway, congrats to our girls! They've achieved so much in such a short time in Japan. It kind of compensate for their 'slow yet steady' climb to popularity in their own homeland .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliza.hara구1 Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Kara Awesomeness ...Chuka chuka Kara..Congrats..!! Lets hope Kara prosper more in the coming years. Saranghae KAra!! JJAng!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jealousy Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 wooo~~~!!! i'm very proud of they're success! they're doing really really well in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♫~♪Mr.Frosty♪~♫ Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Thanks for the translation. Seriously Platinum is insane, I knew Kara was going to do well when they first debut but even in my wildest dreams i never thought they would reach such success so fast. Happy about all their achievements this year and their career has just started in Japan, so there's only more success to come in 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caly Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 After such a long time, our girls finally have the chance to shine. (: This is my heartfelt feelings. This popularity explosion for KARA in japan proves the fact that our girls can be equally successful, equally loved by japanese fans, if not better! I am soo happy for kara! Continue their success in japan! (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bijuu Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 wah daebak..thats nice kara, 1st Girl Group To Reach Platinum its make me love kara more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakha Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 so awesome... the first Korean girl group to reach Platinum in Japan.. congrats KARA! I hope they will be more successful in the next year..fighting!! thanks for the translation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizuiroKaze13 Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) hahas kara keeps on breaking records in japan and to think before their debut we were worrying if they could even sell 20k also... "Girls' Talk" also has a potential of reaching platinum status. yesss the korean media noticed this too!!! kara's consistency pwns, after all Edited December 22, 2010 by MizuiroKaze13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeYou Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 omg these are some crazy figures. kara just continues to have more and more success. i wonder how the members must be feelin after seeing such news. reminds me of something nicole said about how hard work never lies. if you continue to work hard, you will see results. if you dont, then you just didnt work hard enough. i hope kara can continue on with this mindset and achieve even more recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G00.HARA Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 NICE ONE KARA! I hope you can achieve even more in the years to come. Stay pretty and Kawaii always! ESPECIALLY GOO HARA! I love you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archrypthix Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) Thank you so much for the translation... so much good news I'm sure girl talk will hit 250k within next 2 months Edited December 22, 2010 by Hendry Ho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiki Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Reading this news make me so happy and proud to KARA.What i want to say is only:KARA is the best among the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAyu Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Very happy! They're songs are doing amazing and great in Japan!! ^-^ happy! I'm amazed by the sales amount! ^-^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quentin Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 it's awesome, i'm really proud of them. and i'm proud to be one of kamilia. hope they be healthy and happy. kara fighting!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcyp Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 wow! from gold to platinum . Truly amazing am loving kara's success in Japan!! good way to end the year & hoping it'll be better nex yr! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nico-d Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 wow really proud for the girls hitting platinum with their debut in another country and i also read that snsd isnt that far behind in japan im also hoping they hit platinum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PioneerLtTwinkie Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 WOW. Platinum STATUS. Huge sales. One word for all of this = EPIC. Ahhh our girls did so well. Christmas arrived early for all of us Kamilias and for Kara. So awesome. Thank you for sharing! Let's all celebrate this for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuda Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 a platinum.. and another one soon.. i would like to see it as soon as possible KARA made a lot of record in japan this year thanks tingg and atl2006.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyWays Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Platinum on Mister is amazing. Soon will the rest reach platinum KARA FIGHTING~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeartBF5 Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 Platinum?? Impressive really impressive .. I can not help feeling proud of our girls. I hope that in 2011 Kara gets to do even more!!! I think Kara is one of the TOP groups with more paid this year.. Thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimngocnguyen06 Posted December 22, 2010 Report Share Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) truly magnificent, no one other korean girl group can catch up to KARA(well to me that is). KARA has truly been the leader of korean girl group wave in japan. We probably wouldn't be able to count how many record KARA has smash in japan, it to many to count. This is another one, first girl group to hit platinum love the sound of that. Defintely agree that GT has to protenial to hit platinium in the beginning of the year. Cong to your first platinum, so i guess jumping may get platinum to in 2011. Edited December 22, 2010 by kimngocnguyen06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momo_ Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Wahhhh..the first Korean girl group to reach Platinum in Japan!! Hehe;] I'm so proud of them! Kara love here rite nowxD Hehe;] They are so cool forsure! They are my first girl group that i've known for a long time too and i love to watch KARA Grow! Lol even though they are way older than me but yeahXD Kara HWAITING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red4summer Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 it won't take 6 months to reach platinum but ~3 months. why? because you can see its sales picking up when urakara is shown on tv next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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