2ne1 debuts at #12 on Oricon Weekly Chart

[reemgirl.livejournal.com]

All female group 2ne1's debut Japanese single didn't manage to catch on last week. Though the song, GO AWAY (JAPANESE VERSION) had been out in Japan since earlier this year, it failed to garner much interest from the Japanese public. Even to the millions who watched the morning program, MezamashiTV to which it was the theme for some odd months. Peaking at the number nine spot, the single managed to sell just over 13,000 copies to slot in its place at number 12 on the weekly Oricon charts.

Their debut mini album also failed to live up to expectations. Though the group reportedly took in millions from the 70,000 fans who attended their NOLZA live tours, the sales fell quite short of the number of reported attendees. It can still be noted and celebrated that 2ne1 managed to surpass AKB48's three week old single.

According to Oricon, 2ne1 has since fallen out of the Daily Top 30.


wtf with these numbers? really thought they'd proper blow up in japan with this one!
Sources - Oricon, allkpop, allkpop, and consolidated by reemgirl

Comments

[crazyxcami.livejournal.com]

how many times are they gonna freaking debut?!
seriously these articles...I CAN'T!

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

Idgi either :/

[ethereal-limbo.livejournal.com]

mte

[devilsatin.livejournal.com]

i need a chloe icon

[reemgirl.livejournal.com]

i've got one for ya, babe! ^^

[dysphoriia.livejournal.com]

you guys need to try something new. 2ne1 are flops is old now.

[thebluemonk.livejournal.com]

more like 2NE no 1 cares anymore.

Okay im sorry I'll leave dont hate me Bom noona, dara noona.

[t8l8.livejournal.com]

I will wait for them to release an original Japanese song before judging.
It was lame releasing another rehash after the Nolza album.
Even Big Bang only did one remake before releasing new Japanese material.

[rosetta16.livejournal.com]

im consfused, didnt they already debut?
and well if they stop the remakes japan might like them

[unreal.livejournal.com]

They sold more then secret so
The weekly album rankings show us that Secret's mini album, "Shy Boy", sold 9,318 copies in a week's time

[fallingstarryuu.livejournal.com]

If you compare the amount of international attention 2ne1 get + the amount of promotions theyve been doing, they shouldn't be barely outselling secret

[periodpains.livejournal.com]

didn't they give free tickets away to fill the seats on the tour?

[t8l8.livejournal.com]

No.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Why the fuck did they mention AKB48? Those girls sold more with just one single that would take 2ne1, 21 lives to get to so stfu AKP.

Anyway maybe try hard next time YG, give them some Japanese flavor stuff ffs.

[kotetsu.livejournal.com]

2NE1 just needs to get out of Japan. I love them but no it's just not working.

[2ne3rd.livejournal.com]

Wow the disparity between concert attendance and album sales is unacceptable. They need to start requiring "fans" to show purchase of albums to get into concerts.

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

*crying*

[siha.livejournal.com]

lmfao

[kerplunk.livejournal.com]

I can just imagine the excuses from BJ's rn

"Noooo~ this isnt their "official debut its just a remake" or most likely "Just wait until they release an original japanese song we'll see who's laughing then"

[hurtmybones.livejournal.com]

the way y'all acting about their sales you'd think the money was going in your pockets

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

2ne1 likes to drag things out, their last korean comeback lasted over a month, every week was their comeback week, and now in japan everything them come up is a debut song or whatever.

[eishastan.livejournal.com]

LOL this is so damn embarrassing!! considering they personally said "I am the best" and their fans were always saying they were "slaying in Japan" LMFAO

also loving the endless excuses from Blackjacks they are always so entertaining.

[kiminikaeru.livejournal.com]

mte

[t-domination.livejournal.com]

posting an article about 2ne1s 'success' in japan is something one should never do.

[orenji13.livejournal.com]

YG should consider to do a more low profile promotion and start from small venue..
There's nothing to be ashamed of it. It called building fan bases. That's how all big artist get to where they are right now.
This big talk and promotion but small result do nothing but making BJ's delusional and non-fans laughing at them (the fans and 2NE1)

[tnl12345.livejournal.com]

I love reading the excuses blackjacks come up with
to why 2NE1 aren't flops in Japan.

[ckino9095.livejournal.com]

i cant stop staring at the jiggling butt O^O

[ghost-whisper.livejournal.com]

It's a pity, since 2NE1 are great, and Go Away is a great song :( But really, the company needs to take this as a lesson and rework their marketing strategy if they plan on continuing in Japan.

tbh, I wonder if it might be 2NE1's image. I'm not expert, but when I think of big female stars in Japan, I get 3 categories
1) cutesy and girly, and nonthreatening (eg:AKB48)
2) sexy and mature but very feminine (Namie Amuro, Koda Kumi, etc)
3) serious artist/singer-songwriter types (Utada Hikaru, ayaka, Onitsuka Chihiro, Tomiko Van)

They're too wild to be in the cutesy category, don't really work the femme-fatale angle (Bom's the only one who regularly wears dresses/skirts I think), and don't bill themselves as the 'serious artist' types. It's not to say that there's not place for them in Japan, but I think it's gonna take more dedicated marketing to settle in to that spot. There's too much Kpop in Jpop right now - they can't rely on that label to sell. If they're not going to fit into an easy existing category in Jmusic, they need to make one.

[thebluemonk.livejournal.com]

they should just release "Fuck You" but rewrite it as a diss to all the people who didn't buy their album. in english.

then go around with those spike bats from I'm the Best busting in people's car windows.

thatll get em attention.

[la-geni.livejournal.com]

I dunno what the fuck they expected. If Big Bang's promo in Japan is anything to go by, 2ne1 were fucked from the beginning. I remember that survey they did which stated that Japanese people knew who BB was but not their music. There is something wrong in the equation.

[sayakota.livejournal.com]

wow, SHOCKING.

[raiha-kasep.livejournal.com]

not surprise,,
khekhe,,
XDDD
they're not suited with japan,,
/trollingmuch