'Girls' Generation' on the verge of being named a 'Million certified' album

Girls’ Generation are on their way to break the 1 million copies mark for the sales of a single album in Japan.

As of January 5th, 1st Japanese album ‘Girls’ Generation’ which was released in June 2011, recorded sales of 680,000 copies, according to Oricon.

After being labeled as a ‘Double Platinum’ album for selling more than 500,000 copies, the sales of ‘Girls’ Genearation’ has been increasing at a consistent rate since the release of the repackaged album on December 28th, 2011 which includes remixes of ‘Mr. Taxi’, ‘The Boys (Japanese version)’ and new song, ‘Time Machine’. With the current rate of sales in Japan, it is just a matter of time before the girls’ very first Japanese album surpasses the 1 million copies mark.

Meanwhile, up till now,’Asia’s Star’ BoA is the only Korean artist who has ‘Million-certified’ albums in Japan. Boa’s 2nd Japanese album ‘Valenti’ which was released in January 2003 recorded sales of 1.24 million copies while her ‘Best of Soul’ album released in February 2005 sold 1.09 million copies.

Join KakaoTalk and win autographed SM Winter / MR TAXI CDs!

KakaoTalk introduced a new feature called KakaoTalk Plus Friend,you can now stay connected to your favorite KPop stars and receive the photos,latest news,videos and etc within the KakaoTalk Manager.


For your information,6 top K-pop stars are available as KakaoTalk Plus Friends now and has got the following number of fans. 


The number of Plus Friend fans for now: 
-Girls Generation 611,131 fans 
-f(x): 619,890 fans 
-Super Junior: 426,218 fans 
-Shinee: 420,443 fans 
-TVXQ: 376,490 fans 


Plus Friend is now open in 50+ countries including Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, US, Thailand and Singapore (the global open was just last week on Dec. 29. 2012.) The feature is already getting some buzz among international K-pop communities. 


As a launching event, SM Entertainment is giving away SM Winter / MR TAXI CDs with stars own signature for those who add any KakaoTalk Plus Friend and get selected (Event ends on Jan. 11. 2012) 
For more information about KakaoTalk Plus Friend and event, visit Kakao' homepage: 

http://m.kakao.com/plusfriend/en

TVXQ, SNSD, & KARA rake in impressive viewer ratings for ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’

On January 5th, Japanese media outlet Sponichi reported the viewer ratings for the country’s biggest year-end music festival, ’62nd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen’, which included performances from 50 artists.

According to Sponichi, SNSD‘s performance brought in 39.9% in viewership ratings, while 38.4% tuned in for KARA‘s performance. This is quite an achievement for both groups considering how Japan’s most popular female group, AKB48, achieved 38.9%.

However, one thing to take into consideration is that the first half of Kohaku usually records less viewer ratings than the second half. AKB48 performed during the 1st half, while SNSD and KARA performed during the 2nd half of the show.

Meanwhile, the artist that brought in the most viewer ratings for the night was the popular Japanese group, SMAP, with 48.2%. TVXQ came close with 42.6%, a very impressive feat for a Korean artist. Additionally, this was the third time that TVXQ was invited to participate in the festival, which demonstrates their continuous popularity in Japan.

Girls Generation 2012 Official Diary Unboxing Review!

Girls' Generation's 2012 Official Diary has been released on December 29th 2011.

If you haven'received yours yet, here's a short review of the diary for you to be more excited to open your copy.

The birthdays of the members are mark on the Calendar so you'll surely not forget their birthdays!

J.Estina CF Making with English Sub!

The J.Estina CF making of Girls' Generation has been revealed but are you frustrated because you didn't understand what they were saying? So the solution is here.

Watch the CF making with English Sub below.

Girls' Generation's US Special Album 'The Boys' Available for Pre-order!

Girls’ Generation’s much anticipated US special album has been made available for pre-order on Amazon and Best Buy.

The album costs $11.99 and will be released January 17th. Girls’ Generation’s US record label, Interscope, had previously stated that the album will contain the remixes from the girls’ digital EP(available on iTunes) that was released on December 20th, as well as a selection of songs from the original Korean album “The Boys”.

Hype for Girls’ Generation’s album has already started, with the remix of “The Boys” featuring Snoop Dogg being played on a Boston radio station, as well as the group being featured on JustJared’s Music Monday on KIIS-FM.

SNSD's latest Vita 500 individual promotional photos!

 Check out the latest promotional photos of Vita500 featuring SNSD's members!