Monthly Oricon: Kara #2, Jang Geun Suk #4, Soshi #6

[notyourgeisha.livejournal.com]

KARA placed second amongst all the artists who released singles in Japan for April.

According to the Oricon Chart on May 5th, KARA’s “Jet Coaster Love” single which was released back on April 6th sold more than 170,000 copies making it the 2nd top selling single of April. The number 1 spot went to Kanjani 8 with a total of 230,000 single sales.

In it’s first week, KARA sold 123,000 copies making it the top selling single for that week. Even after 4 weeks, they’re still within the top 10 on the Oricon weekly charts.

In addition to KARA, other Korean stars have claimed spots on the April single sales ranking. Jang Geun Suk claimed 4th place with 119,149 copies and SNSD came in 6th place with 100,461 copies.

Sources: Oricon, AKP

Comments

[scribblyness-x.livejournal.com]

Nice to see Tsuyoshi still selling so well :)

[a-perfect-shade.livejournal.com]

YAY KARA~*~*~*~*~ :D ~*~*~*~*~**~ HAPPINESSS~!

[hpn88.livejournal.com]

i honestly had no idea JGS was this popular in japan. new yon-sama?

[bubble-monkey9.livejournal.com]

lol idts but I am kind of surprised by his popularity. is it bc of you're beautiful?

[notyourgeisha.livejournal.com]

Apparently he is very popular in Japan for that role

[pluhzee.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's because of you're beautiful... Did they show this drama in japan? One of my friend who recently watched it was fangirling on fb and my jpn friend was like, oh , I know him, he's in lots of ad in Japan.. But I think she didn't know he wasn't jpn.

[gunsandsmoke.livejournal.com]

i'm still trying to figure this out!! considering he was a child star maybe he has like the same sort of in-built fanbase of nooner fans from YEARS of watching him grow up? except in jpn it's probably more housewives than noona types

[gunsandsmoke.livejournal.com]

ok i just looked at his profile for the first time (i'm not really a big JGS fan) n i had no idea he was fluent in japanese/debuted in film w/ a japanese movie (one missed call) etc etc!! whoa ok this explains more. this on top of him doing kid character roles on big hallyu dramas (lovers in prague) gives credence to his popularity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Geun-suk

[carissajv.livejournal.com]

He was in one missed call!!??! That movie scared me to death tbh

[plantbottle.livejournal.com]

Kanjani and Kara <3

[ababobaby.livejournal.com]

SNSD <3 Mr. Taxi is still my jam up 'til now

[kekeke0-o.livejournal.com]

why is half of this gif black...

[ababobaby.livejournal.com]

it shows the eye contact of hyoyeon and sooyoung

[kekeke0-o.livejournal.com]

o ok that's beautiful

[miki-chan08.livejournal.com]

HAHA i love this

[minakuu.livejournal.com]

lol awesome

[gunsandsmoke.livejournal.com]

awww yea KARA. i really wanted to see them perform "jet coaster love" everywhere making the tv rounds aww, is it too late for that??

[notyourgeisha.livejournal.com]

They are apparently performing Ima Omai Arigatou live on the 8th - we're still waiting to see if that's legit

[toomanysides.livejournal.com]

kara bbs selling so well. i r proud

[tothechangmin.livejournal.com]

YAY KARA ♥

[mimoiikit143.livejournal.com]

(http://pics.livejournal.com/mimoiikit143/pic/001a0hg4/)
 
The real Goddesses ♥ So proud of you bbs! :))

[mimoiikit143.livejournal.com]

KARA is always cute *___*

(http://pics.livejournal.com/mimoiikit143/pic/000a814x/)

[notyourgeisha.livejournal.com]

Always always precious

[mimoiikit143.livejournal.com]

(http://pics.livejournal.com/mimoiikit143/pic/001a45s9/)

[miki-chan08.livejournal.com]

Here for SNSD <3 congratss to everyone else though!

[woohyun.livejournal.com]

WOOOOT ! KARA <3
SNSD too :D

[frozenjelly.livejournal.com]

Hells yeah SoKa and JGS.

[elveskold.livejournal.com]

Congrats Jang Geun Suk!!!