2NE1: SUCCESS OR FLOP?!

[blancapslove.livejournal.com]

SUCCESSS!!!!!!

2NE1 had officially entered the Japanese market with their Japanese debut album, "NOLZA" which was released on September 21.

Prior to the official Japan debut, 2NE1 had released an album in Japan on March 16. Since it was all in Korean, is was not their official debut album and was more of a gift to their fans.

Out of the many idol groups’ singles or albums in Korea, 2NE1 has received a lot of attention for being the first to reach the top of the Oricon Chart for Daily Albums. However, reporters pointed out that their Japanese album sales rates are lower than the other girl groups that have debuted in Japan. 

Netizens then compared the sale rates for debut singles and albums from the last two months.

Artists	Album/Singles	Release Date	Day One Sales	Day Two Sales	Total
2NE1	NOLZA (album)	9/21/2011	7307	4852	12159
Rainbow	A (single)	9/21/2011	10141	4109	14250
After School	Bang (single)	8/17/2011	9060	4651	13711
Secret	Madonna (single)	8/03/2011			7190

As a result, from the past two months, 2NE1’s sales rates were higher than Secret’s, Secret sold a total of 7190 singles on the first two days of its release. However, After School and Rainbow’s sale rates were much higher than 2NE1’s rates.
Comparisons between singles and albums are meaningless
The most important difference is that After School, Rainbow and Secret all debuted in Japan by singles, not albums.

Albums are not sold as much as singles as the prices differ. A single in Japan can cost around 1700 Yen while  albums are about 3400 Yen. 2NE1’s "NOLZA" is also less expensive then normal albums, costing around 2400 Yen. 

Is 2NE1 successful in Japan?
‘NOLZA’’s sales rate, on the first day of release, was close behind the top three of the daily rankings on September 21. ‘NOLZA’ was ranked first on the second day of release, overtaking the other albums’ rate by around 1600.   

2NE1 is in a different situation to SNSD and Kara who have released a single first, followed by releasing their album. With 2NE1 has just entering the Japanese market with an album, they have been gaining more attention.
Many netizens and reporters have said that although ‘NOLZA’ isn’t selling as fast or as much as albums in Korea, overall they have made a splendid achievement by their selling rates, ranks and their general performances in Japan.


SO PROUD OF THEM OMG :')
Soompi

Comments

[kazu-kumaguro.livejournal.com]

tbh flop, still love them though <3

[eccentricvibe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I agree.

[asth77.livejournal.com]

Lol

[eccentricvibe.livejournal.com]

Both.

[kotetsu.livejournal.com]

Flopccess. That's pretty low for a album but better than their competitors I guess.

[kotetsu.livejournal.com]

lol the article is a soompi original and not a korean made one? no wonder it's worded horribly.

"Comparisons between singles and albums are meaningless.
The most important difference is that [kpop girls] all debuted in Japan by singles, not albums."

one contradiction.

[strawberry-efeu.livejournal.com]

...oooh-kay, whatever you say article.

[thewarpedmelody.livejournal.com]

It's these articles that are so eager in proving 2NE1's success which made them seem like a flop

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

ikr. it makes them seem so desperate.

[oncloud999.livejournal.com]

when you need an article to justify your own success...

[kakkoi-x.livejournal.com]

LOL omg im sry

[xiahrisma.livejournal.com]

I hoped for success, but that's pretty flop.

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

it's a lot cheaper then an actual album. lol do they really need to try and justify their achievements like this? it's making them seem really desperate.

[kiku-cha8-8.livejournal.com]

too much bolded text

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

how much did kara and soshi sell on their first two days? would it be too embarassing for the other groups?

[t8l8.livejournal.com]

Here are the first week sales for some K-Pop groups' debut singles.
SNSD and Kara released more than one single before they put out an album
so they had time to build their fanbase first.

01. SNSD “Genie” 44,907
02. MBLAQ “Your Luv” 40,281
03. KARA “Mister” 29,238
04. Beast “Shock” 28,532
05. Big Bang “Heaven” 26,039
06. BoA “ID Peace B” 14,740
07. Supernova “Kimi Dake Wo Zutto” 8,542
08. ZE:A “Love letter/My only wish” 8,273
09. SES “Meguriau Sekai” 7,390
10. Se7en “Hikari” 7,303
11. 4MINUTE “Muzik” 4,241
12. FT Island “One Way” 4,043
13. CN Blue “The Way” 3,353
14. DBSK “Hug” 2,502
15. Cheon Sang Ji Hee (CSJH) “Boomerang” 967

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Both... the album didn't sell as well as expected but now they're well known in Japan.
Let's look at the bigger picture... with this kind of publicity the next album should sell very well

[rosamajalis.livejournal.com]

This post reeks of desperation.

[yangguifei17.livejournal.com]

overrated group is overrated.

[dimensiongirl.livejournal.com]

It's a flop and I'm very interested in what will YG do next to try to make his artists popular in Japan.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Big Bang will relased a "new" album with well known song... the only new thing will be a japanese version of haru haru

[dysphoriia.livejournal.com]

well it is a mini-album.

i love all the secret 2ne1 lovers in here!

[unreal.livejournal.com]

Wank article is wank

[kms012.livejournal.com]

LOL, this.

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Well the album didn't sell that much (I think it has now sold a bit over 30,000 copies). But then again anyone who was expecting them to sell like Kara/SNSD/T-ara/Rainbow was delusional. Anyhow, I do think they will eventually find their audience in Japan. It's just won't be a walk in the park for them as their concept and music and thus audience is completely different from other kpop girl groups'.

[kazu-kumaguro.livejournal.com]

T-ara and Rainbow aren't selling that well either.

[the-erotomanic.livejournal.com]

their sales are low (so much lower than what they usually do in korea), but people are going to remember that they debuted with a number 1 album.

[t8l8.livejournal.com]

2NE1 is just getting started so give them a damn break. Their genre isn't even popular in Japan so they will need to work harder than others. I will wait until they release an original Japanese song to see how they are truly doing.

[moronicus-kyla.livejournal.com]

It's not a flop but it's not as big a success as this article insists. On the first day of release, I'm pretty sure that most (if not all) of the people buying have been fans even before 2NE1 started promoting in Japan. If I were a Japanese 2NE1 fan, I'd buy their stuff whether it was a single or an album (especially if the album's cheaper than most albums) so IDK, saying that they did better than SNSD or KARA just because they released an album instead of a single is irrelevant to me.

I really don't like how this article is written :| It's sounds so, idk, unprofessional and over-eager :\

[hurtmybones.livejournal.com]

I really don't like how this article is written :| It's sounds so, idk, unprofessional and over-eager :\

That would probably be because it's written by soompi?

[hurtmybones.livejournal.com]

Honestly who cares? I'm more pressed by the fact that we won't be getting a new song anytime soon.
And kinda OT: omg the last episode of 2NE1TV was so precious! Some of the Japanese fans were literally shaking and crying awww!

[kiminikaeru.livejournal.com]

mte

[donglover.livejournal.com]

op once again brings light to my day with this wonderful news!

[blancapslove.livejournal.com]

<3

[suzieeq-luv.livejournal.com]

Lolzy article.
Most of it was bold for whatever reason.
Waiting for orginal single.

YGex, you confuse me but hopefully this is going... Somewhere...

[plantbottle.livejournal.com]

idek if they flopped, I still love them.