[120111]1 million copies shipped!

On January 11th, Japan’s internet daily ‘RBB Today’ stated that 1 million copies of Girls’ Generation’s 1st Japanese album ‘Girls’ Generation’ had been shipped since its release in June 2011.

According to Oricon, 1st Japanese album ‘Girls’ Generation’ recorded sales of 680,000 copies as of January 5th. With the release of the repackaged album on December 28th, 2011 which took the no.2 spot on Oricon Weekly Chart (January 9th) after recording a total weekly sales of 82,768 copies, the accumulative sales of ‘Girls’ Generation’ and its repackaged album had gone up to 735,000 copies. Thus, It is just a matter of time before ‘Girls’ Generation’ becomes a million-certified album by RIAJ.

By hitting the 7 figures, Girls’ Generation will be among the first (if not the first) Korean girl groups to have a million-selling album. It has been 7 years since BoA sold over a million copies for her ‘Best of Soul’ album (1.09 million copies) in February 2005.

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