[News] Hallyu Wave is in boom in Japan with 2 gold's from kpop girl groups

The Hallyu wave is in Boom in Japan with korean girl group's leading it's way writing history with their achievements

KARA and SNSD has showed impressive debuts in Japan as they both earned Gold Disc's from the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

KARA earned their Gold with their first album released in Japan "KARA BEST 2007-2010" which was released on the 29th of September in Japan after which now it has sold over 100,000 earning Gold in status. SNSD also received their first Gold with their first Japanese Single "Genie".

Their albums and singles has sold over 100,000 copies being awarded certified Gold showing impressive album sales and popularity in Japan where this achievement is hard for rookie's to achieve in Japan.

KARA's best album included their songs since their debut in Korea in 2007, their album was also a hit with 12 songs from the album making it to the 'iTunes' Japan top downloaded songs.

Also, on it's first week of release, their album reached 50,000 of album sales ranking them first on the Oricon Weekly album chart showing a heated reaction from the Japanese fans.

They are the first Kpop girl group to receive a gold status on an album released in Japan. SNSD also was the first girl group to reach gold with their debut single "Genie" making it history for both korean girl groups.

SNSD also reached their 2nd Gold with their 2nd Japanese Single "Gee" reaching 102,881 album sales after three weeks upon release showing a very impressive sales coming from a new comer in the Japanese market.

This is SNSD's second consecutive Gold making an impressive record with their Japanese releases. KARA and SNSD debuted almost at the same time in Japan each having their own 100,000 copies sold and Gold's showing their high popularity in Japan.

SNSD and KARA are both having their record winning streak showing fierce competition between the Japanese Girl Groups. KARA released their 2nd Japanese Single "Jumping" on the 10th of November releasing it both in Korean and Japan simultaneously, also 4minute will be releasing their 3rd Japanese Single "Dreams come true" on the 27th of November also showing great popularity.

SNSD also are promoting both in Korea and Japan, They recently released a new mini album and promoting their hit song "Hoot" now.

[News] SNSD maknae SeoHyun reveals her fellow member's sleeping habits

On the 11th of November broadcast of KBS "Happy Together", SNSD member Seohyun revealed her fellow member's sleeping habits.

On the show, she revealed Taeyeon, Soo Young and Yuri's reactions when she tries to wake them up, she said, "Being the maknae of the group, I am usually the one who wakes up first and I wake up the other members."

"When I turn on the lights in our room, Yuri will tell me to turn it off, Tiffany will say that she get up but it never happens. It is Soo Young who is easy to wake up but there was a time where she hurt me when she sleep talked to me and said 'Oh, I know why you do not take good care of yourself'" she revealed.

After this, Soo Young was flustered and said "I do not remember saying those" apologizing to SeoHyun. Soo Young and Yuri's sleeping habbits were the most interesting and the revelation made the audience laugh.

[News] Seohyun reveals the sleeping habits of her SNSD groupmates

SNSD’s maknae, Seohyun, made a confession about her fellow bandmates’ sleeping habits while on the November 11th episode of KBS 2TV’s “Happy Together“.

Seohyun stated, “I’m the maknae so I wake up the earliest and wake the rest of the unnis up. When I turn on the lights, Yuri just asks me to turn it back off again, while Tiffany says, ‘I’ll be up in a bit,’ and never gets up. Sooyoung is easiest to wake up, but I was hurt one time when she was sleep-talking and told me, ‘I know, why don’t you take care of yourself for once.‘”

Sooyoung clarified, “I don’t even remember that,” and expressed her apologetic feelings.

[News] SNSD Endorsement for Samsung in China

The lovely ladies of SNSD / Girls’ Generation were seen endorsing computer monitors, TV’s, and laptops this past summer for Samsung in China. Now, as the Holiday season approaches the girls are back once again dressed up in the Christmas spirit endorsing various netbooks for Samsung.

As a bonus, check out SNSD’s activities in Japan:

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[News] Which female idol star owns the best passport photo?

On November 9th, passport pictures of popular girl group members were recently posted on an online community site, under the title, “Idol girl groups’ passport photos”.

The pictures included Sandara (2NE1), members of KARA, Krystal & Victoria (f(x)), Hyomin (T-ara),Jooyeon (After School), Sunhwa (SECRET), Tiffany & Yuri (SNSD), and BoA.

While some looked no different from their current image, other pictures showed a vast change in appearance, whether it’s because of a different hairstyle, weight loss, or their younger age.

Netizens who saw these pictures expressed positive comments such as, “They were pretty even when they were young”, “Tiffany and Victoria are goddesses”, “All of them are so pretty.”

Can you spot who’s who in these photos? Which idol has the best passport photo?

[News] Best Girl Group Poll results from iPoll

Korea’s largest online polling site ipoll.kr conducted a poll for “Best Girl Group” from August 23rd to October 3rd. Various girl groups were paired up in brackets with the winner advancing to the next round. The poll was very popular with more than 100,000,000 votes tallied for the entirety of the poll.

The first round match up was as follows:

Brown Eyed Girls (397,970) vs T-ara (332,464)
SNSD (8,322,980) vs 4minute (5,184,301)
After School (5,657,572) vs f(x) (3,483,645)
Sistar (92,580) vs 2NE1 (220,857)
Miss A (666,657) vs KARA (340,025)
Wonder Girls (5,560,302) vs Secret (150,246)

Second Round:
Brown Eyed Girls (232,740) vs SNSD (6,573,904)
After School (3,582,021) vs 2NE1 (889,429)
Miss A (250,933) vs Wonder Girls (7,544,260)

A Double Elimination poll was held and 4minute won that poll

Semi Finals:
SNSD (8,363,274) vs After School (1,460,794)
4minute – Double Elimination winner (437,867) vs Wonder Girls (5,545,042)

Finals:
SNSD (28,558,344) vs Wonder Girls (40,637,960)

Despite being gone for quite some time it was surprising to see the Wonder Girls win the poll, Congratulations to them. Which girl group would’ve gotten your vote?