SHINee, U-KISS, 2AM, Kim hyun joong,Big Bang, TVXQ and more in this week's Oricon rankings
Korean artist battling each other for the highest sales, the Oricon charts for this week are filled with releases by SHINee, U-Kiss and Orange Caramel in the form of new singles, as well as Kim Hyunjoong's first full length album release "Unlimited." Next to the previously listed artists, the weekly sales of 2AM and Big Bang were also revealed.
SHINee went the ballad route with their newest single and got to the 2nd spot with its release. "1000 nen, zutto soba ni ite" sold 22,954 copies on its first day. One place lower in the charts, we find U-Kiss' 5th "Distance...". Selling 22,033 copies, they ended at a 3rd place. Orange Caramel's newest Japanese single "Lipstick/Lamu no love song", on the other hand, made it to the8th spot in the daily single ranking.
The daily album chart was topped by Kim Hyunjoong's first full length album "Unlimited." Though sales numbers for the release weren't revealed, he took a top position above other Japanese and Korean acts.
2AM's "Dare ni mo Watasanaiyo" took a 7th spot in the weekly single ranking, selling 19,153 units since its release last week. The group's single was the only new Korean release in the weekly chart for singles, just as Big Bang's collection album "Big Bang Special Final in Dome Memorial Collection" was the only release in the album chart. It sold 45,910 copies in a week.
The next coming weeks include releases by various other artists including, Supernova (12/19), CNBLUE (12/19), TVXQ (01/16), 2AM (01/09), Puretty (01/30) and CODE-V (02/06) among others.
Daily Single
02. SHINee - 1000 nen, zutto soba ni ite (12/12) 22,954 copies
03. U-Kiss - Distance... (12/12) 22,033 copies
08. Orange Caramel - Lipstick/Lamu no love song (12/12)
29. SHU-I - Daigyakuten (11/21)
Weekly Single
07. 2AM - Dare ni mo Watasanaiyo (12/05) 19,153 copies
43. FT Island - Polar Star (11/28) 1,878 copies
Daily Album
01. Kim Hyunjoong - Unlimited (12/12)
20. Girls' Generation - Girls' Generation 2 ~Girls & Peace~ (11/28)
23. Rainbow - Over the Rainbow (03/28)
Weekly Album
06. Big Bang - Big Bang Special Final in Dome Memorial Collection (12/05) 45,910 copies
08. Girls' Generation - Girls' Generation 2 ~Girls & Peace~ (11/28) 24,296 copies
22. TVXQ - Humanoids (11/28) 6,524 copies Korean Release
36. KARA - Girls Forever (11/14) 4,683 copies
"Last week's charts"
Source: Single (Daily & Weekly), Album (Daily & Weekly)
