A look into 1st half of year 2009 – Girls Generation and Super Junior reigned

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

Even though the meaning to album sales has began to take a smaller part to the releasing a new album, but in anyway it is still important to a singer in terms of the value of the music and the singer’s success.

So who has the best album sales in the Kpop realm for the 1st half of year 2009? We follow Hanteo chart to find the results tabulated as till 30th May.

And group Super Junior is said to have the highest album sales, with group So Nyeo Shi Dae following behind at #2. We have our Kings and Queens for the 1st half of 2009!

Super Junior had the highest number of album sales for this 1st half of year 2009. They released their 3rd album ‘Sorry Sorry’ in March selling over 100,ooo copies and SM has speculated with the recent release of version C to the album, the total album sales is expected to breakthrough 200,000 copies sold.

Following behind at #2 is group So Nyeo Shi Dae. They previously released their 1st minialbum ‘Gee’ in January and seeing over 70,000 copies.


1. Super Junior with over 100,000 copies sold of ‘Sorry Sorry’
2. So Nyeo Shi Dae with 70,000 copies sold of ‘Gee’
3. Singer Seo Taiji sold 59,000 copies with his 8th album single ‘Seotaiji Atomos Part Secret’.
4. Shin Hye Sung sold a total of 35,000 copies ofhis 3rd album ‘Keep Leaves’
5. Bobby Kim with 34,000 copies sold for his special album.
6. SG Wannabe with 29,000 album sales for 6th album ‘Gift From SG WannaBe’
7. Indie band Jang Gi Ha and the Faces with 29,000 copies sold of their 1st album ‘Living without any special things (별일없이 산다)’
8. Davichi is at #8 with 28,000 copies sold of their minialbum giving hits like ‘8282′ and ‘Get into an accident’
9. Fly To The Sky last 8th album ‘Decennium’ selling 27,000 copies
10. Jo Sung Mo with 23,000 album sales for 7th album ‘Second Half’.


With the first half of 2009 ending, and we have the latter half the year – with many new additions to the competition like 2NE1, HyunA’s group 4Minutes and T-ara’s debuts, Big Bang, Se7en, KARA, So Nyeo Shi Dae and SS501’s comebacks – we have just more to look out for.

sookyeong

WHO are you looking forward to?

Comments

[dream-raine.livejournal.com]

sorry sorry sorry sorry~!
In terms of album sales, Suju did really well. Most likely they will be able to be in the top ten of the 2009's bestselling albums.

[purplesky.livejournal.com]

For some reason my brain read the title as "girls generation and super junior resigned" and I was all !D: until I read the article. ♥

idk Suju deserved it tho. Sorry Sorry and It's You are pretty insanely awesome.

I'm curious to see what SS501 does with their comeback.

[stuffedsushi.livejournal.com]

make that three.
i think my eyesight's gone bad

[xshinebrighterx.livejournal.com]

looking forward to snsd's and kara's comeback :D

[kimyoon.livejournal.com]

Hooray for Jang Ki Ha the Faces!

And I long for some NEW Big Bang material (no Japanese versions, no cf songs etc.)

[moriganmadison.livejournal.com]

And I long for some NEW Big Bang material (no Japanese versions, no cf songs etc.)

:) Me too.

[finchburg.livejournal.com]

Are they supposed to have a new single album/mini-album/whatever in the works? I mean so far I've only heard about the Jap album and GD's solo album... I figured that meant no new group album, unless they go mini I suppose. Which wouldn't be a bad thing as long as it is as strong as Hot Issue, that mini was really good.

[kimyoon.livejournal.com]

Of course I welcome a new Japanese album (but I always have to giggle if they speak Japanese), or GD/TY solo album, as long it's new stuff. (new full album would be the best! )

I think june/july is Japan promotions (with 2NE1 in promoting in Korea)and August is reserved for GD.

Gimme something, anything Big Bang! *keeps on dreaming*

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

I would be so sad if they really don't come back for a korean album this year.
I'm also looking forward to Taeyang's solo, and maybe GD's solo (if he feels less emo and ready to do so).

[aprettyeternity.livejournal.com]

Gonna have to go with INTENSE FLAIL FOR THE SS501 COMEBACK.
We've been waiting for a WHILE DANG IT GIVE US AN ALBUM.

[chan-friend.livejournal.com]

Can't wait for the comeback of SHINee, Wonder Girls & Big Bang~! ^^

[herro-kitty.livejournal.com]

Se7en comeback? srsly? what about America?

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

America isn't going to happen the way they are managing him. Unfortunately.

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

It's so sad, because he practically wasted 2 years accomplishing nothing in America, when he could've kept his high status in Korea/Asia.
I'm sure he lost some fans along the way...

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and I'm sure he knows he wasted his time there too. But YG had to move him out of the way for big bang and now he's moving big bang out of the way for 2ne1.

[schizofragile.livejournal.com]

SS501 FTW. Needs more songs and gay. It'd be delicious, like sssugar shyrrrruhhp. ;___;

[schizofragile.livejournal.com]

Also, SEO TAIJI. *__________* good thing he isn't as... ignored as I thought him to be. O:

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

When I saw that suju beat seo taiji when sorry sorry came out I was like how did that happen?

[carrotsandroses.livejournal.com]

THIS.

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

looking forward to shinee's and ss501's comebacks :)

[boojaena.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to SS501 & Shinee!!

[jtyy239.livejournal.com]

SS501 for sure. I need new stuffs from them already!
Of course SHINee bbs too. 8D

[canyoucelebrate.livejournal.com]

Looking forward to the Wonder Girls' American debut, KARA, Big Bang, and SNSD. I'd say SHINee but they're already back ^_^

[telrunyaaa.livejournal.com]

DAMN I miss DBSK ..

I'm looking forward to Kara, Big Bang and se7en =D

<33

[sarsee.livejournal.com]

totally looking forward to SHINee's stage comeback
which is on Friday, June 5th on KBS Music Bank (source: SHINee official webpage)

[valyrian.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to ss501, Big bang, SNSD and the Wonder girls :D

[its-matteo.livejournal.com]

SHINee will dominate this yr, mark my words

[paperlet.livejournal.com]

super junior ftw. i hope they have two more singles from this album

[mo-chan-tf.livejournal.com]

same here!

I'd like MONSTER and RESET to become singles, but I don't know if RESET sounds like a single, although the song is truly beautiful. <3 If not RESET, then I'd go with Why I Like You. I'd still like to see them performing the whole song on stage. :3

[natacha92.livejournal.com]

Those three are my favourites. <3

[mo-chan-tf.livejournal.com]

Besides SORRY, SORRY and It's You, they are my favorites, too. X3

[paperlet.livejournal.com]

omg reset would be such a good single imo

[mo-chan-tf.livejournal.com]

ikr It's amazing whenever I see a radio program where they sing this song live. I do think it'd be a good single, I just don't know if they'd make a video for it, you know? (Although now that I think about Marry U...) Anyway, it'd be wonderful if they released it as a single. <3

[deazaskia.livejournal.com]

I LOVE RESET. ♥____♥

[pickychu.livejournal.com]

OMG SE7EN'S COMING BACK???????

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

He better. I cant stand him wasting his talent in America any longer.

[pickychu.livejournal.com]

i know :( the only thing im looking forward to now is a possible US tour. other than that, i could care less

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

He was doing some club gigs for a while there.

[pickychu.livejournal.com]

yeah, but i'm not quite old enough to get into any clubs, unfortunately

[natacha92.livejournal.com]

I am always excited for Big Bang, LOL.


Aside from that, ss501. :D

[vanillacat.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, Super Junior blew Seo Taiji out of the water. Poor dude.. maybe if you went back to making music that was fucking awesome like Ultramania album and 7th Issue?

Come to think of it, 100,000 copies is a big feat, even for western artists. Not quite gold (I think that needs to be 500,000?) but, still. For a k-pop underdog group, I'd say that's damn good. How does that compare to Mirotic, btw?

[iluvkidnappers.livejournal.com]

Mirotic sold over 500,000 copies =] first album in five years to do so i believe

[jjoongie.livejournal.com]

Sucks that ETPshop doesn't count for Hanteo. His sales would be much higher. X:

But, oh, god, 7th Issue kicked some serious ass, as much as I'm enjoying his new sound.

[carrotsandroses.livejournal.com]

Ffffff SS501 cannot wait...


...Other than that, seeing SHINee is always a plus.

[j0yjoong.livejournal.com]

dbsk at the end of 08, snsd at the beginning of 09, super junior after them, shinee after suju, snsd coming back ;


SM entertainment is fucking gooooood.

[fraash.livejournal.com]

amen.

[xiao-baka.livejournal.com]

D: I'm pretty sure Gee hit 100,000 copies too.