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For the first time as all nine members, Girls' Generation earns a spot on the Billboard 200 with its new EP, "Mr. Mr." The all-Korean set hits No. 110, selling just over 3,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The six-track record surpasses the previously highest-charting K-pop album on the Billboard 200. The "Twinkle" EP released by Girls' Generation - TTS, a splinter trio featuring members Tae Yeon, Tiffany and Seohyun, hit No. 126 in 2012. With 3,000 copies sold, the sub unit had held the title for highest-charting K-pop album until this week.

The chart success is not only triumph for U.S. K-pop fans, but also marks big sales despite an atypical rollout. When the set hit online retailers on Feb. 24, no music from the EP had been revealed barring a 40-second teaser dropped two weeks earlier. The glossy music video for lead single "Mr.Mr." (above) followed on Feb. 28. It's earned 6.7 million global views to date.

Elsewhere on Billboard's charts, the ninesome send all of the EP's tracks to this week's K-Pop Hot 100. "Mr.Mr." ranks the highest (at No. 5) along with "Goodbye" (No. 23), "Wait a Minute" (No. 43), "Back Hug" (No. 62), "Europa" (No. 64) and "Soul" (No. 83) all bowing. Girls' Generation have two No. 1s on the chart to date with 2013's "I Got a Boy" and 2011's "The Boys."

"Mr. Mr." also hits No. 4 on Billboard's World Digital Songs chart. All charts will be refreshed Thursday morning on Billboard.com.


If you haven't seen the MV for some odd reason, here it is:

Source: Billboard SMTOWN


international sone buying power? or maybe everyone has seen the light in the best reason of this comeback?

Date: 2014-03-06 04:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erbalurbal.livejournal.com
they still deserve praise since they broke their old record.

Date: 2014-03-06 06:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iznanassi.livejournal.com
Basically me right now lmao

Date: 2014-03-06 06:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hipployta.livejournal.com
LOL...I wasn't going to say anything but since you said it...let us laugh together

Date: 2014-03-06 07:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ababobaby.livejournal.com
i think the korean record hasnt been beaten yet??

Date: 2014-03-06 01:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hitsujiga.livejournal.com
lmfao i was like: what the hell is...oh. XDDDDD

Date: 2014-03-06 06:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mjspice.livejournal.com
AHAHH LOL

Date: 2014-03-06 04:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shanny-w.livejournal.com
OP, please give the yt video a source as well.

Date: 2014-03-06 05:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eishastan.livejournal.com
Congrats for beating TTS previous record, i'm glad to see the album doing so good, i'm addicted and in love with Mr.Mr

Date: 2014-03-06 07:28 am (UTC)

Date: 2014-03-06 05:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] parkjsun.livejournal.com
Wait... so is 3000 copies all it takes to get on the billboards? Do they have to be sold from a certain place or??

Date: 2014-03-06 06:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erbalurbal.livejournal.com
Any NorthAmerican retailer + Itunes, anything outside of the top 30 is lower than you would expect.

Date: 2014-03-06 05:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eishastan.livejournal.com
I also saw that, 2ne1 sold 5k and charted at 61 i think and those are very low numbers, but it's still a record among kpop groups and how much they can sell in North America.

Kpop is after all a niche market in most countries outside of Asia.

Date: 2014-03-06 02:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] achan123.livejournal.com
heeeeeeeeeelixxxxx!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Date: 2014-03-06 07:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ababobaby.livejournal.com
i dun curr u did great op <3

Date: 2014-03-06 07:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yakuniku-8.livejournal.com
lol it's the 1st time it happens so it's important to say it. thankyou for the info ;)

Date: 2014-03-06 08:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malhy.livejournal.com
Yuri looks so stunning in that gif OP T_T

Date: 2014-03-06 09:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ababobaby.livejournal.com
wow damn i saw the mnet wife cut of snsd's music vid and it seems like they really lost a lot of files

Date: 2014-03-06 01:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 21banged.livejournal.com
I'm glad, Mr Mr is a jam

Date: 2014-03-06 01:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eesor.livejournal.com
yaaaaaaaassssss

also that dumb look on sica <3

Date: 2014-03-06 11:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sakatamarie.livejournal.com
Sad they are getting so much with such a shitty song :/ I feel the older songs deserved much more.

Date: 2014-03-10 08:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/___sasuka/
3K in sales is a lot more than some Korean artists... in Korea lol. Good job. Mr Mr is mah jam.

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