Alliterations for no reason are cool.
^ REAL GOLD!
It’s been a little over a month since the girls debuted in Japan with a remake of ‘Tell Me Your Wish’, and they have been very well received in the foreign market. The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) recently certified the girls’ first Japanese single with gold status, meaning that more than 99,999 (+1) copies have been shipped. For those curious, platinum certification is marked at 250,000 copies.
From my understanding, RIAJ’s numbers focus on the production side of view, so it counts the units shipped (to stores, etc.) rather than the units actually sold to consumers. This means that the numbers will differ from Oricon, which counts the copies sold. Regardless, Genie is sitting pretty close to the 100,000 mark in ‘real’ sales as well, and it’s only a matter of time before they hit that number. (That’s if they haven’t already, my numbers may be a bit out of date).
With Gee entering ORICON daily at #2 upon its release yesterday and 150,000 already pre-ordered by retailers, I’m just curious how long it’ll take to hit platinum status! Soshi hwaitaeng~
source: xx7 + killerkill@soompi, imnikky@twitter
by: greeentee@snsdkorean.wordpress.com
SNSD Korean 
Thats amazing!
BTW! Their single “Gee” got 2nd on daily oricon! 8000 units away from getting 1st place!
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/
Wow, they’ve only been in Japan for a relatively short to medium amount of time, and their single is already marked for gold status. Hopefully the song can hit Platinum status in roughly the same amount of time though! Forward unto the future for SNSD!
on the 150000 preorder, silis2noy7 on soompi has clarified the matter.
it’s not 150k albums preordered by customers waiting to be shipped out
it’s 150k albums ordered by retailers, meaning they expect Gee to sell a total of 150k copies
(Genie’s expectation was 80k btw)
so yea, the girls would have to break the expectation by 100k to get listed as platinum
which is kinda low chance =/
thanks for the info, i’ve updated the post.
although it’s not a matter of if… but when. 😉
Wow, this is just great…I knew they would do it! They just too bomb to fail…SoShi Hwaiting! (all the way to the states pls
kthx)
i’m so proud.not only snsd but jyj got gold too.to be able to get gold in a short amount of time is amazing.GEE=DAEBAK!!!!!!!
HOOT=DAEBAK!!!!!!!!! HOOT!!!!!!!!
Wow congrats to the girls! Hwaiting!
“Genie” had already received the gold certified last week, which means they already have broken records for any new foreign artists debuting in Japan. I have a feeling that “Gee” would be gold by the next week and already hit no. 1 in the Oricon charts. And platinum by a couple more weeks…:)
Amazing Go go go SONES around ASIa…. heehehehehehe… hwaiting SNSD,,, FIGHTING…. ^___^
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