EDIT: There’s a mis-conversion by SSF translator; so the girls actually earned about 2,8 million USD during the first 5 weeks after Gee released. Damn. That’s a loooot of money… $_$

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The group, SNSD, released their mini-album on January 5th.
Along with the release, they experienced an explosive popularity, charting 1st on non-cable music programs and other charts for 5 consecutive weeks.
The five weeks after the release of the album brought in a profit of at least 350 million billion won.
80,000 albums were sold with a profit of 900,006,000 won. And on various music websites, the profit of online music downloads were 600,000,000 won.
The total music profits from caller rings and additional services add up to a whopping 1,000,000,000 won.
They are being welcomed by the CF industry as their popularity skyrockets.
Even the cost of their appearance has doubled, acquiring a profit of 1,500,000,000 from CFs alone.
The fact that SNSD’s popularity brings every generation together, is receiving a lot of attention.

[Lim Jinmo/popular culture critic: (Q. What is the reason why SNSD’s ‘Gee’ is receiving love from different age groups?)
Just the song name ‘Gee’ itself has a high chance of being a commercially successful song. The song, visual, dance, and fashion are all things that not only would interest and catch the eyes of teenagers, but all age groups.]

Credits to: Sosiz
Translated by: Hyunjin808@soshified.com

[OSEN=Reporter Lee Jungah] The activity of girl groups will continue without stopping this year.

Last year, the the girl group activity was busier than ever. Wondergirls was in the center of it all, and the representative girl group SNSD led the fever this year.

Last year, Wondergirls showed to be most active, creating a girl-group wave with their song “Nobody.” Wondergirls made everybody point their fingers and do the gun dance to the song, and gathered a lot of momentum to hold their first concert. On Mnet chart, the album reached the top just two days after it went on sale, and it also placed first for 5 weeks.

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[Asia Kyungjae News Reporter Hwang Yonghee] The SNSD member Yoona, who is currently acting in MBC “Cinderella Man,” is playing her role as an adult perfectly. She debuted as a singer and crossed over to such a diverse and emotional actress, catching the attentions of viewers.

She’s acting alongside the hallyu star Kwon Sangwoo, and senior actor/actress Song Changui and Han Eunjung, showing a cute and lively, and sometimes serious personality. By acting all these emotions, she is showing her “green thumb” in acting to all the viewers.

Yoona is so good at acting as an adult woman that saying she’s in “Ladies Generation” instead of “Girls Generation” would not be an exaggeration. It’s hard to believe that her only acting experience is KBS daily drama “You Are My Destiny.” Continue reading →

On the upcoming episode of MBC’s ‘Change the World’ on May 23rd, in the most recent recording Yuri revealed that, “I grind Ma (Chinese yam), and drink it”. Also Yuri learned from her father, “that milk with honey grinded in with apple is good for you if you drink it.”

Tiffany who is currently living together with Yuri at their residence revealed, “Every morning you can hear the blender mixing. Yuri is grinding and drinking her Ma (Chinese yam) by herself.” This made the cast surprised.

Yuri who recommended, “Since it’s good for your health drink a cup everyday” to Sun Wooyong who appeared together on the same recording, Sun Wooyong said, “Not everyone is meant to drink that. I drink NoolEunBap (Pouring water on top of the burned/scorched rice at the bottom of a pot) every morning.” This made everyone burst into laughter.

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Source: http://osen.freechal.com/news/view.asp?code=G0905210143
Translation: kimjihyee @ soshified.com

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