Girls’ Generation’s biggest challenge comes from ‘Infinity Challenge’?

If there is one album that everyone in the music industry wants to avoid, it’s actually not from an artist, but from the variety show ‘Infinity Challenge‘. When ‘Infinity Challenge’ albums are released, they usually sweep all the music charts and some people even suggest that idols should lay low during this time.

The idol group that faced ‘Infinity Challenge’ was Girls’ Generation. As quite possibly the current biggest name in K-pop, Girls’ Generation’s “I Got A Boy” and “Dancing Queen” received great results, including receiving #1 on the music charts. However, a few days after the album came out, ‘Infinity Challenge’ released the track, ‘Gangbuk Fancy Guy‘, produced and written by Park Myung Soo, and took the title of all-kill away from Girls’ Generation. Even now on charts such as Naver Music, Bugs,Monkey3, Olleh Music, and Daum Music, Jung Hyung Don‘s ‘Gangbuk Fancy Guy’ is winning over not only Girls’ Generation but most of the idol bands.

This is not the first time Girls’ Generation has faced off and lost to ‘Infinity Challenge’. In 2009, they released “Genie“, which performed well at first but then lost in the music charts to ‘Infinity Challenge’ when they released their summer album. The same thing occurred in 2011 with “The Boys” and ‘”Mr. Taxi“.

‘I Got A Boy’ Debuts at #1 on Billboard’s ‘World Albums’ Chart

Billboard has released its latest charts, and Girls’ Generation’s fourth Korean album has ranked highly on multiple charts. “I Got A Boy” debuted at #1 on the “World Albums” chart, #2 on the “Heatseekers Albums” chart (which tracks albums by artists yet to appear on the Top 200 chart), and #23 on the “Independent Albums” chart. The subunit Girls’ Generation – TTS ranked at #1 on the “World Albums” chart earlier in 2012 with “Twinkle”, making Girls’ Generation’s latest release their second number one World Album.

The title track for the album, “I Got A Boy”, also took the top spot on the K-Pop “Hot 100″ chart. This gives Girls’ Generation their second number one song since the chart’s inception, with the first being “The Boys”. “Dancing Queen” ranks at #4 on the chart, making it two songs from the album charting in the top five. Additionally, the music video for “I Got A Boy” came in at #2 on the YouTube chart, right behind the chart’s mainstay, PSY’s viral hit, “Gangnam Style”, and ahead of Rihanna’s “Diamonds”. The music video has crushed K-Pop video records on YouTube for its explosive growth.

Girls’ Generation’s bold new style with “I Got A Boy” has been well-received by critics and is now being recognized on the charts. Congratulations to Girls’ Generation on their latest accomplishments.