Thursday, November 15, 2012

KARA, 2PM, INFINITE and T-ara rank high on Oricon Chart


K-pop idol groups have secured hearts of music fans in Japan with their latest records’ sales scoring big on Oricon’s music charts.

KARA released its new concert DVD, ‘KARA 1st Japan Tour 2012 KARASIA’, on November 14 and it immediately took the top spot of both Oricon’s compilation DVD and music DVD charts. Following them was INFINITE, who released their DVD ‘2012 INFINITE CONCERT [SECOND INVASION] in JAPAN’ on the same day.

In addition, KARA’s 3rd Japanese studio album ‘Girls Forever’ ranked second on the Oricon ‘Daily Album’ chart after selling 28,724 copies.

2PM’s latest Japanese single “Masquerade” debuted at #2 on the Oricon Daily Singles Chart after selling 88,166 copies on its first day. Girl group T-ara was just close behind, taking the 4th place of the same chart.