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KARA, SNSD, and more secure spots on Oricon's 2011 yearly rankings

Posted by asphodel4 pts Monday, December 19, 2011

Oricon has finally unveiled its rankings for the year of 2011, and many of Korea's top stars secured niches in several charts. The Oricon charts are Japan's most recognized music barometers, allowing the public to understand the success of artists based on sales. For the year of 2011, KARA, SNSD, TVXQ, and Jang Geun Suk managed to make their respective marks on Oricon's 'Yearly Single Ranking' and 'Yearly Album Ranking'. Furthermore, KARA and SNSD secured spots in the top 5 for Oricon's 'Artist Total Sales Ranking'. Check out the lists below to see where these artists landed in the Top 50, and with which albums: ---- < Oricon 'Yearly Single Ranking' > 16 – "Why? (Keep Your Head Down)" – TVXQ : (285,051) 25 – "GO GO Summer!" – KARA : (230,082) 26 – "Jet Coaster Lover" – KARA : (225,175) 29 – "Let me cry" – Jang Geun Suk : (215,714) 41 – "Superstar" – TVXQ : (184,317) 46 – "MR.TAXI/Run Devil Run" – SNSD : (172,205) For the full list, check out Tokyohive's article here. - < Oricon 'Yearly Album Ranking' > 05 – "GIRLS' GENERATION" – SNSD : (642,054) 07 – "Super Girl" – KARA : (450,595) 20 – "TONE" – TVXQ : (293,674) 22 – "Girl's Talk" – KARA : (277,306) 42 – "HOOT" – SNSD : (148,761) For the full list, check out Tokyohive's article here. - < Oricon 'Yearly Artist Total Sales' Ranking > **Based on gross total sales of CDS (both singles and albums) as well as DVDs and Blu-rays. 04 – KARA, 4,926,000,000 Yen (approx. 63,269,544 USD) 05 – SNSD, 4,049,000,000 Yen (approx. 52,005,356 USD) For the full list, check out Tokyohive's article here. === Source: Oricon

  1. TVXQ
  2. JAPAN
  3. KARA
  4. SNSD
  5. JANG GEUN SUK
  6. ORICON
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