[120128]Girls’ Generation Wins ‘Best Album of Asia’ at the 26th Japan Gold Disc Awards
On January 27th, the Japan Gold Disc Award 2012 honored Girls’ Generation with the “Best Album of Asia” award for their first full Japanese album. Since its release in June of 2011, the album has sold over 780,000 copies and was even ranked by SPIN Magazine as one of the top pop albums of 2011. The album has also surpassed one million shipments and placed in the top ten of the Oricon charts for 17 weeks, a new record for any artists outside of Japan.
Debuting with “GENIE” in 2010, Girls’ Generation also received the “New Artist of the Year” award at last year’s Japan Gold Disc Award 2011. In only a year, they have since released a single, a full album, and held a successful concert tour.
Source: Japan Gold Disc Award
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[120228]Updated: Yuri Leaves a Goodbye Message on MBC’s ‘Show! Music Core’
Update #2:
Girls’ Generation’s official website recently released backstage pictures of Tiffany and Yuri from Yuri’s last day as a MC on MBC’s “Show! Music Core”. One of the pictures has been attached below, and the rest of the backstage pictures can be found here.
Update:
During the last episode which aired on the 28th of January, fans trended “MC YulTi Forever” on Twitter, which made it to the 5th spot on the worldwide trending list. This shows how much fans loved MC YulTi on MBC’s “Show! Music Core”.
Also, Yuri left a short goodbye message at the end of the show for viewers. You can watch the video of her goodbye message here and watch the entire MC cut here. The entire MC cut can also be downloaded on Soshified here.
Previous article from 12/1/28
On the 27th of January, a representative of Girls’ Generation left a message on the girls’ official website stating that Yuri will be resigning from being a MC on MBC’s “Show! Music Core”.
Yuri will be hosting her last show on the 28th of January alongside Tiffany, but while Yuri will be stepping down, fans will be glad to hear that Tiffany will continue hosting the show. The staff also left a short message saying that, “Although it is unfortunate, Yuri will be showing a better image to the fans through other activities. Therefore, please show your support towards MC Yuri who has been presenting a good image thus far.”
Tiffany and Yuri first started hosting MBC’s “Show! Music Core” on the 4th of April 2009 but resigned on the 31st of July 2010 due to their Japanese activities. However, fans were elated when it was revealed late last year that Tiffany and Yuri will be taking over their spots once again starting on October 15th.
Although it is saddening to hear that Yuri has to leave her position, Soshified wishes her the best of luck in her other activities.
Source: girlsgeneration.smtown.com, monmonsnowSeason9@youtube.com
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[120129]Impressive debut for Girls’ Generation’s ‘The Boys’ on US Billboard charts
Girls’ Generation’s special album which was released on January 17th in United States, Canada, France, England and various countries in American and European continents made its debut on US Billboard charts.
The special album which consists of ‘The Boys’ and the songs in the 3rd album as well as the English remix versions, debuted at no.22 on Billboard’s ‘Heatseekers Albums’ chart ending February 4th.
Billboard’s ‘Heatseekers Albums’ chart (50 positions) is ranked based on Nielsen SoundScan sales data and it charts albums from ‘new or developing artists’ based on their historical chart performance. Being listed in the chart, it is a recognition that the girls have the potential to be successful among many new artists in the US market.
Besides the ‘Heatseekers Albums’ chart, ‘The Boys’ had also made it to the no.2 spot on the ‘World Albums’ chart. Although the girls have not officially kick off their promotional activities in the United States, this is a meaningful and impressive result against other musicians around the world who are carrying out their activities in America.
On January 31st, Girls’ Generation will be appearing on CBS talk show ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ and on February 1st, the girls are scheduled to appear on ABC’s popular morning show ‘Live! with Kelly’. Their appearances on these two talk shows are becoming hot topics among all the fans around the world.
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