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Korean pop group Wonder Girls have become the first Korean artists to enter the Billboard singles chart, according to their agency JYP Entertainment on Thursday.
The group's single "Nobody" entered the Billboard Hot100 at No. 76, the first time for a Korean artist to be placed on the chart in its thirty-year history. Only three other artists from Asia as a whole have ever made it onto the chart.
The Billboard chart combines the number of airplays, album sales and digital downloads.
Earlier in the week, JYP had announced that according to an airplay analysis chart by music website Mediabase, "Nobody" was played over 65 times by radio stations between October 12 to 18, increasing the group's airplay ranking by 16 spots from the previous week to No. 107.
"Nobody" was also the top-selling single for the same week with 30,418 copies, outselling pop stars Madonna and Shakira.
The girl group, who announced their U.S. debut in June, signed with management company Jonas Group and had been opening for popular boy band The Jonas Brothers U.S. tour over the summer. They performed in front of over 1.5 million fans in 42 cities over 53 performances.
"It was good targeting U.S. teenagers because they don't discriminate," an official at JYP Entertainment was quoted as saying. "And it was absolutely effective to target the U.S. market with a Korean concept and song without the help of American producers and songwriters."
The five-member girl band, who debuted in Korea in 2007, is one of the most successful pop groups in the country with three consecutive No. 1 singles, "Tell Me", "So Hot", and "Nobody".
Source: asiae.co.kr
Yay, congrats to WG!
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Date: 2009-10-22 08:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-22 08:59 am (UTC)Good Luck girls.
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Date: 2009-10-22 09:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-22 09:53 am (UTC)Yay Wondergirls! Seriously I don't know anyone who buys singles in the U.S. so I don't know how this works. :x I'm probably going to buy their album when it comes out.
I'm curious what other Asian artists made it onto the top 100. 8| I hate it when they give you a fact like that but don't give you all the information.
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Date: 2009-10-22 10:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-22 10:19 am (UTC)yet somehow; i'm really sick of NOBODY playing here in the Philippines over and over again. :|but WTH, I LOVE THESE GIRLS.no subject
Date: 2009-10-22 10:19 am (UTC)2 1 SEAN*JAY DOWN
4 2 JASON DERULO WHATCHA SAY
3 3 MILEY CYRUS PARTY IN THE U.S.A.
5 4 JAY-Z RUN THIS TOWN/D.O.A
1 5 BRITNEY SPEARS 3
7 6 LADY GAGA PAPARAZZI (REMIXES)
9 7 OWL CITY FIREFLIES
6 8 BLACK EYED PEAS INVASION OF I GOTTA FEELING
17 9 THE BLACK EYED PEAS MEET ME HALFWAY
8 10 TAYLOR SWIFT YOU BELONG WITH ME
12 11 BEYONCE SWEET DREAMS
13 12 JAY-Z + ALICIA KEYS EMPIRE STATE OF MIND
10 13 KINGS OF LEON USE SOMEBODY
14 14 IYAZ REPLAY
15 15 DRAKE FEATURING KAN FOREVER
11 16 CAREY*MARIAH OBSESSED
-- 17 JOHN MAYER WHO SAYS
23 18 MARIO FEATURING GUC BREAK UP
20 19 CARRIE UNDERWOOD COWBOY CASANOVA
19 20 KELLY CLARKSON ALREADY GONE - STILL BULLETED
25 21 DAVID GUETTA FEATUR SEXY CHICK
24 22 LADY ANTEBELLUM NEED YOU NOW
21 23 JUSTIN BIEBER ONE TIME - STILL BULLETED
18 24 MICHAEL FRANTI & SP SAY HEY (I LOVE YOU)
28 25 COLBIE CAILLAT FALLIN' FOR YOU
29 26 ZAC BROWN BAND TOES
52 27 CHRIS BROWN FEATURI I CAN TRANSFORM YA
27 28 BOYS LIKE GIRLS LOVE DRUNK
22 29 PITBULL HOTEL ROOM SERVICE
26 30 FABOLOUS FEATURING THROW IT IN THE BAG
39 31 CASCADA EVACUATE THE DANCEFLOOR
31 32 SHAKIRA SHE WOLF
38 33 CHRIS YOUNG GETTIN' YOU HOME (THE BLACK DR
42 34 KEITH URBAN ONLY YOU CAN LOVE ME THIS WAY
32 35 COBRA STARSHIP FEAT GOOD GIRLS GO BAD
34 36 DRAKE FEATURING TRE SUCCESSFUL
33 37 FLO RIDA FEATURING BE ON YOU
49 38 ESTER DEAN FEATURIN DROP IT LOW
36 39 KERI HILSON FEATURI KNOCK YOU DOWN
-- 40 CHAMILLIONAIRE GOOD MORNING
37 41 DRAKE BEST I EVER HAD
35 42 TOBY KEITH AMERICAN RIDE
47 43 GUCCI MANE FEATURIN WASTED
43 44 JASON ALDEAN BIG GREEN TRACTOR
48 45 PITBULL I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE
45 46 BLACK EYED PEAS INVASION OF BOOM BOOM POW MEGA
41 47 THE FRAY NEVER SAY NEVER
51 48 GREEN DAY 21 GUNS
46 49 DAUGHTRY NO SURPRISE
53 50 LUKE BRYAN DO I
INTERESTING MOVES & DEBUTS
79 55 KE$HA TIK TOK
-- 56 GLEE CAST KEEP HOLDING ON
90 57 MICHAEL BUBLE HAVEN'T MET YOU YET
62 58 UNCLE KRACKER SMILE
80 59 TRAIN HEY, SOUL SISTER
66 60 PINK FUNHOUSE
65 61 ALICIA KEYS DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING
71 62 JESSE MCCARTNEY FEA BODY LANGUAGE
-- 65 GLEE CAST NO AIR
77 67 TAYLOR SWIFT FIFTEEN
-- 76 WONDER GIRLS NOBODY
-- 77 CARRIE UNDERWOOD MAMA'S SONG
-- 83 FIVE FOR FIGHTING CHANCES
-- 88 30 SECONDS TO MARS KINGS AND QUEENS
67 91 MARIAH CAREY I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
-- 92 USHER PAPERS
-- 96 LETOYA FEATURING LU REGRET
-- 97 NEW BOYZ TIE ME DOWN - EP
-- 98 MIRANDA LAMBERT WHITE LIAR
-- 99 KINGS OF LEON NOTION
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Date: 2009-10-22 10:53 am (UTC)*is not ashamed to say she watches Yo Gabba Gabba*
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Date: 2009-10-22 11:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-22 11:38 am (UTC)Although the claim that they are the first Korean artist to be on the chart is erroneous. Kim Bum Soo ranked 51st in 2001. Well at least according to wikipedia and koreatimes.
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Date: 2009-10-22 01:07 pm (UTC)(AND I LOVE KIM BUM SOO. HELLO GOODBYE HELLO = AWESOME)
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Date: 2009-10-22 12:48 pm (UTC)It was good targeting U.S. teenagers because they don't discriminate
Am I the only one who found this incredibly stupid and laughed?
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Date: 2009-10-22 12:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-22 12:57 pm (UTC)congratz!
They are definitely there
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Date: 2009-10-22 02:37 pm (UTC)Re: They are definitely there
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Date: 2009-10-22 02:54 pm (UTC)oh really?
congrats thats amazing it means that if marketed correctly a kpop group can make it
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Date: 2009-10-22 03:15 pm (UTC)And I agree their marketing strategy is pretty good.
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Date: 2009-10-22 03:46 pm (UTC)now, who were those other three Asian artists?
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Date: 2009-10-22 05:27 pm (UTC)Watch her Oprah performance here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Xd435coD4
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