Girls' Generation TTS broke the Korean record for Billboard 200 chart.
Girls' Generation I 2012/05/04 14:59
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The new album "Twinkle" by Girls' Generation's unit TTS (Taeyeon, Tiffany, Seohyun)
It was announced on May 3rd, Korean time.
Billboard 200, an album chart, ranked 126th on May 12.
http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/billboard-200?chartDate=2012-05-12&begin=121&order=position
It broke the previous Korean singer's record of 127th place (BoA).
1. It wasn't an English album but a Korean album.
2. It wasn't Girls' Generation, it was a unit album.
3. It was ranked only by online music sales without local promotion of the album.
4. It was low on the weekly chart with just 1.5 days of sales from Saturday daytime to Sunday local time.
in light of one's back
I'm looking forward to Girls' Generation's album activities overseas in the future.
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Artist from Asia Enter Billboard's Major Charts
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Asian artist HOT 100 (single song ranking) entry status.
HOT 100
May 18, 1963 (The Rocky Fellers, Philippines) - Killer Joe, HOT 100 - #16
June 15, 1963 Sakamoto (Kyu Sakamoto, Japan) - Sukiyaki, HOT 100 - 1st place
July 13, 1963 (The Rocky Fellers, Philippines) - Like The Big Guys Do, HOT 100 - #55
September 21, 1963 Sakamoto (Kyu Sakamoto, Japan) - China Nights, HOT 100 - 58th place
August 4, 1979 Pink Lady (Japan) - Kiss In The Dark, HOT 100 - #37
* 19??Freddie Aguilar (Philippines) - Anak, HOT 100 - #5
Monday 1980 Yellow Magic Orchestra (Japan) - Computer Game, HOT 100 - #60
* May 1990 Seiko Matsuda (Japan) & Donnie Wilberg (New Kids on the Block member) - The Right Combination, HOT 100 - #54
February 3, 1990 (Jaya, Philippines) - If You Leave Me Now, HOT 100 - #44
March 14, 2009 (A.R. Rahman, India) - Jai Ho, HOT 100 - #15
June 6, 2009 Charice Pempinko (Philippines) - Note To God, HOT 100 - #44
October 31, 2009 Wonder Girls (Korea) - Novody, HOT 100 - #76
May 29, 2010 Charice Pempinko (Philippines) - Pyramid, HOT 100 - 56th place
# There's a rumor that Hikaru Utada's 2004 Devil Inside is ranked 100th and 57th in HOT.
I looked it up and I think it's not HOT 100, but HOT SINGLE SALES 57th place, so ignore it.
* Freddie Aguilar and Seiko Matsuda saw the article quoted, but did not confirm it.
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Artist from Asia Billboard 200 (Album Ranking).
Billboard 200
Ken Sakamoto, Japan, May 1963 - Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits, Billboard 200 - 14th
Monday 1980 Yellow Magic Orchestra (Japan) - Yellow Magic Orchestra, Billboard 200 - 81st
Monday 1980 Yellow Magic Orchestra (Japan) - Xoo Multiplies, Billboard 200 - 177th
May 4, 1985 Loudness (Japan) - Thunder in the East, Billboard 200 - 74th
Kitaro (Kitaro, Japan) May 24, 1986 - My Best, Billboard 200 - 141st
July 12, 1986 Loudness (Japan) - Lightning Strikes, Billboard 200 - 64th
4 April 1987 Kitaro (Kitaro, Japan) - Tenku, Billboard 200 - 183rd
July 4, 1987 (EZO, Japan) - EZO, Billboard 200 - #150
August 29, 1987 Loudness (Japan) - Hurricane Eyes, Billboard 200 - 190th
2 June 1990 Kitaro (Kitaro, Japan) - Kojiki, Billboard 200 - 159th
September 9, 1995 Kitaro (Kitaro, Japan) - An Enchanted Evening, Billboard 200 - 199th
December 28, 1996 Kitaro (Kitaro, Japan) - Peace on Earth, Billboard 200 - 185th
September 4, 2004 Women's 12th Movement (Twelve Girls Band, China) - Eastern Energy, Billboard 200 - 62nd place
October 23, 2004 Hikaru Utada (Japan) - Exodus, Billboard 200 - 160th
November 29, 2008 Dir en Grey (Japan) - Urbanos, Billboard 200 - 114th
4 April 2009 BoA (BoA, South Korea) - BoA, Billboard 200 - No. 127
May 30, 2009 Hikaru Utada (Japan) - This is The One, Billboard 200 - 69th place
May 29, 2010 Charice Pempinko (Charice, Philippines) - Charice, Billboard 200 - 8th place
27 August 2011 Dir en Grey (Japan) - Dum Spiro Spero, Billboard 200 - 135th
March 17, 2012 Big Bang (BIGBANG, South Korea) - Alive, Billboard 200 - #150 *Korean Album
12 May 2012 Girls' Generation, TTS (Korea) - Twinkle, Billboard 200 - #126 *Korean Album
Tomita Isao (Tomita, 1974-1977), Tsutomu Yamashita (Yamashita Stomu, 1976) of Japan,
Yoko Ono (1980-1984) and others entered the Billboard 200, but the investigation was omitted because it was annoying.
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