SNSD‘s first Japanese album, Girls’ Generation, debuts at #3 on the weekly album chart of United World Chart. The United World Chart is a worldwide chart issued every week by Media Traffic, using both sales (digital and physical) and airplay to determine the most popular albums and singles worldwide.
The girls’ first Japanese album debuts as the third top-selling album in week 24 of 2011, behind Lady Gaga‘s Born This Way and Adele‘s 21.
Quoting from the United World Chart’s official site;
As expected, the sales of Lady GaGa’s new effort ‘Born This Way’ plunge into the deep, a massive 75% compared to the previous week to 487.000 copies. The total sales are at 2,41 million so far. It is doubtful if she can a third week at the summit of the global album chart. Adele’s ’21’ sits tight at the second place, with a little 1,5% sales increase to 282.000 copies, a total of 6,48 million after 19 weeks on the tally. Highest debut of the week is Shôjo Jidai, a nine-member girl group from Seoul, South Korea, with their first Japanese album release, ‘Girls’ Generation’. The set sold 232.000 units in its initial week in Japan. In South Korea the album was already released in 2007. Indierock-act Death Cab For Cutie arrives behind at no.4 with ‘Codes & Keys’ and 164.000 sales. Ex Pearl Jam leader Eddie Vedder storms at no.5 with his solo-set ‘Ukulele Songs’ (99.000 sales). Two other Japanese acts bow in the top 10, UverWorld’s ‘Life 6 Sense’ at no.6 with 95.000 sales and Sendaime J Soul Brothers’ self-titled album at no.7 with 94.000 sales. German casting-star Pietro Lombardi comes in at no.9 with his debut album ‘Jackpot’ (66.000 sales). Outside the top 10 debuting US rock-act My Morning Jacket with ‘Circuital’ at no.11 (58.000), Flogging Molly’s ‘Speed Of Darkness’ at no.21 (33.000), Kiyoshi Hikawa’s ‘Enka Meikyoku Collection 14’ at no.22 (33.000), Black Stone Cherry’s ‘Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea’ at no.24 (32.000), Journey’s ‘Ecl1ps3’ at no.28 (30.000), Mao Abe’s ‘Su.’ at no.34 (24.000), Status Quo’s ‘Quid Pro Quo’ at no.36 (24.000) and Aki Toyosaki’s ‘Love Your Life, Love My Life’ at no.38 (22.000).
Uhh… It seems like they’re mistaking the 1st Japanese Album Girls’ Generation (2011) as a remake / reissue of the 1st Korean Album Girls’ Generation (2007). But anyway, it’s pretty awesome to see the girls make it to the worldwide album chart, isn’t it?
Previously this year, label-mate TVXQ or DBSK also charted in the United World Chart at #4 with their comeback album, Keep Your Head Down.
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sources; mediatraffic.de, Yoongislove@twitter, bestiz
by; crazy51@snsdkorean
FIRST !
Next Stop : World Domination !
mwahah slowly taking over the world ^^
go soshi!!
SO NYUH SHI DAE JJANG!!(Y) ^-^
Aside from the slight confusion between the names of the albums, all I have to say is congratulations to the ladies for making it to the third position of this chart.
wow…
world domination by 9 girls!
WOOHOO!
wow..absolutely our Girl Generation….
Wow… the people behind this chart need to get their some of their facts straight. This Japanese ‘Girls’ Generation’ album has nothing in common with the 2007 Korean ‘Girls’ Generation’ album. Plus they listed TVXQ’s label as “Sony Music Entertainment South Korea”, haha, they simply assume SM stood for Sony Music.
AW snap way to go girls, now can we finally get a USA tour? lol PLEASE
lol i think you guys are misunderstanding something. They were trying to say that in Korea they released that means they debut in year 2007. They mentioned it because some people might not understand why Korean girl band is debuting in Japan. LOL
No they exact quote ‘In South Korea the album was already released in 2007’. So yes they mistake the album as a re release from their 1st Korean album
SMTOWN JAKARTA PLEASEE
DBSK AND SNSD JJANG!!!!
And we need another asia tour please
next stop THE 1st Place ^_^
ok….sones…buy their album…make them number 1…defeat lady gaga…yeah….!!
SoShi unnies is the best…
Congrats for making it into the world chart. If they released their album at that time DBSK released their KYHD Korean album they can get no.1, when Rihanna who take the no.1 spot only sold 140k+ copies. =P
snsd jjang! daebak!
im smiling when reading this post..haha..
SNSD, fighting! ^^
I wonder how this chart would look if it was not based on units sold but based on sales revenue generated. I could pick up a Lady Gaga album for US$ 9.99, but the average selling price for SNSD’s Japanese album is a lot more than that. This global chart measures physical plus digital units sold, that’s why they had Lady Gaga topping the chart last week at 1,92 million units sold even though, as the chart admits, she was bolstered by Amazon briefly selling her digital CD in the U.S. for $0.99.
I’m so disappointed by that Lady Gaga Born This Way cover artwork. The special edition artwork is even worse. You should have digitally pixellated that cover or something before putting that picture in close proimity to the girls’ picture.
And Adele! 19 weeks since release,and she has topped this global chart for 15 of those weeks.
Huwaoooooooo DAebak!! 🙂
SNSD JJANG! world domination is arriving!
well, i was actually happy at first to find out that our snsd has debuted at number 3 of this chart.
however, after i read the article below, i wonder whether this chart is reliable. a good chart must update the latest albums, the hottest tracks and also correct information about the artists and the albums. this chart previously misunderstood the SM for “Sony Music”, it means that it doesn’t even know there’s a company named SM in South Korea. anyway, it somehow has showed us that there has been an improvement by stating that there was another album Girls’ Generation in 2007. maybe it did a little search then ?!
anyway, our girls are attracting attention not just by asians but also europeans and americans. i guess that this is a good sign, even though those europeans and americans may just know there are groups in korea and among that, a nine-member girl group.
in the future, maybe SNSD will expand into more countries than just japan and korea. usa is quite a challenge, so i’m not counting it. perhaps an album full of english songs sung by our girls ? it sounds more possible and still it can attract attention and our girls don’t have to risk debuting in the usa.
Good job, Girls 😀 !!!
Yes, this is but a first step to dominating the world’s entertainment circuit.
SNSD DAEBAK !!!
omg omg! thats so awesome our girls r 3rd place just behind lady gaga and adele, amazing!!! SNSD jjang~!
World Domination…
Whenever i see these kinds of stuff…it sends chills down my spine!!!~~
SNSD 화이팅~~~
amount(units) of albums sold is more important than the revenue…. people don’t buy the lady gaga album just because it’s supposedly cheaper than the snsd album. stop making excuses that Lady Gaga is number 1 and Snsd isn’t. -__-
lol got confused with the whole ‘Girls’ Generation’ album thing~ was like…. errr woah, still that good 😀
INTERNATIONAL DAEBAK!!!
OMG!!
SNSD UR MUSIC WILL ALWAYS BE NUMBER 1!!!!!!