Girls' Generation, T-ara, IU, TVXQ & SHINee make it onto Oricon’s Top 10

As expected of a worldwide phenomenon, some of your favorite K-pop artists, including T-ara, Girls’ Generation, TVXQ, SHINee, and IU, have made it into the ‘Top 10′ of Japan’s Oricon chart

T-ara is currently the highest ranking K-pop artist on the chart as #2 on the Oricon daily single chart with their new single, “Bunny Style“, selling 40,705 copies. The group will be releasing a photo book on the 28th.

Girls’ Generation’s ‘Best Selection Non Stop Mix‘ album ranked #4 on Oricon’s daily album chart, while IU‘s mini-album ‘Can You Hear Me?‘ reached #9 on the same chart.

SHINee, who recently made a comeback, ranked #5 on Oricon’s weekly single chart for the second week of March with “Fire“. TVXQ also ranked #6 on the Oricon weekly album chart with the album ‘TIME‘, which is a drop from their previous #1 ranking on the chart the previous week.

The animated version of ‘Winter Sonata‘s memorial album ranked 1st on the daily album chart as well.

Have you all been keeping up with K-pop artists promoting in Japan?

Sooyoung warns fans about fake accounts

Girls’ Generation‘s Sooyoung updated fans and warned them about accounts impersonating her and her members.

Sooyoung shared on SMTOWN, “Everyone^-^~♥ Are you doing well? It sounds like spring is coming~ hehe. Should we walk as the flowers fall along the path? hehe I heard Korea is very coldㅠㅅㅠ Don’t become careless because spring is coming, and please be careful of catching a cold!!^^”

“The reason why I’m writing is not only because I’m excited for spring~ I cannot just stand by watching the rampant impersonations that have been going on^-^ hehe At first I just tried to laugh it off~ But after seeing our SONEs’ hearts become troubled by these perpetrators, wouldn’t you get mad too~~? hehe To the fake Sooyoung~ if you are reading this post, please stop now~^^. Although I am thankful for your wish to communicate with the SONEs temporarily on my behalf, don’t do it any longer~ hehe. If you don’t stop and continue doing this, I will do something about it ^^.”

“The fluttering wind of spring gently blows~ I apologize for not updating you with good news ..^-^♥ I will use this homepage to update you more often. I love you, SONE^-^♥.”

Jessica bares her midriff for ‘W Korea’

Girls’ Generation‘s Jessica showed a bit of skin as she boldly bared her abs for ‘W Korea‘ magazine!

The stunning idol modeled apparel from ‘rag & bone‘s collection for this ‘chic New Yorker’ concept. Jessica also tweaked her ‘ice princess’ image a little bit by adding some hipster flare with her beanie and pinstripe outfits.

You can check out the full pictorial on ‘W Korea’s April issue. Meanwhile, take a peek at more previews below!

Taeyeon poses with the new “Girls’ Generation Best Selection Nonstop Mix” album

Taeyeon posed with their new ‘Girls’ Generation Best Selection Non Stop Mix‘ album!

Ever since she opened her new Instagram account, she has been teasing fans with various images, including a note from herself.

Taeyeon finally graced her fans with a selca in her pajamas, writing, “Today we released ‘Girls’ Generation Best Selection Non Stop Mix’! Mixed by Taku Takahashi from m-flo! Taku-san, Thank you so much :)“. She winked and pursed her lips slightly to make a cute expression.

She’s been giving glimpses of her everyday life to fans through her Instagram. She even shared photos of her nails, shoes, and her makeup palette.