Thursday, September 22, 2011

KARA's Japanese Songs Sells 3.7 Million Copies, Claims Highest Among Korean Artist


KARA has become the highest selling Korean artist in Japan's digital download market.

Based on RIAJ's September report, KARA with four songs-- "Mr.", "Jumping", "JCL", "GGS"-- has set a record of 3.7 million downloads. This includes both ringtones and digital singles.

KARA's debut song "Mr." has the most downloads at 1.75 million. Next is "Jumping" with 1.25 million downloads. As for the songs that were released this year, "JCL" and "GGS" both achieved 350,000 downloads.

KARA is undoubtedly the most downloaded Korean artist. Even compared with Japanese artists, they are near the forefront. Every single that KARA has released has gotten more than 100,000 downloads in the first week. In the digital download market, they are alone at the top. This is the perfect example of successfully "having one's cake and eating it."

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