Discussion: Is Girls' Generation the biggest girlgroup this decade?
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Is Girls' Generation the biggest girlgroup this decade?
i mean. a million in audience attendance. 7M albums (physicals) and 60.3M digital sales worldwide.
Are Asia's representative girlgroup the biggest the world has seen this decade?
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RomaZzzRoma
who?
they better give us those 2 roofhit debut and freefall hits!!!
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Yes.
Although they need to hurry up and release a new Japanese album instead of these annoying solo ventures.
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Yes
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probably, no US acts are even close
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YES.
They also released the best album this decade which sold 1 million copies in Japan alone. ATRLers better GET INTO them
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The BEST @ everything Girl Group
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Who cares how much they sell domestically if no one knows them outside of Japan(?) ?
No.
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Originally posted by
MingYouToo
i mean. a million in audience attendance. 7M albums (physicals) and 60.3M digital sales worldwide.
Their digital sales are 75-80 million, but yes.
They're the biggest.
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Yes!
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fifth harmony >
Not with these physical sales
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AKB48 are bigger, aren't they?
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Originally posted by
Аshanti
Who cares how much they sell domestically if no one knows them outside of Japan(?) ?
No.
They have million-selling albums outside of their own country.
That's not 'domestically'.
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Bicassie
fifth harmony >
Are you joking, or?
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Best-selling Girl Groups of 2015
~6 Million~
1. AKB48
Physical Singles: 5,222,887
Physical albums: 1,489,664
Total: 6,712,551
2. Girls’ Generation/SNSD
Digital Singles: 5,579,033
Physical albums: 486,386
Total: 6,065,419
~4 Million~
3. SISTAR
Digital Singles: 4,940,064
Physical albums: 19,396
Total: 4,959,460
4. AOA
Digital Singles: 4,102,926
Physical albums: 120,800
Total: 4,223,726
5. GFriend
Digital Singles: 4,049,086
Physical albums: 28,185
Total: 4,077,271
~3 Million~
6. Fifth Harmony
Digital Singles: 3,618,500
Physical + Digital Albums: 155,000
Total: 3,773,500
7. EXID
Digital Singles: 3,465,805
Physical albums: 21,416
Total: 3,487,221
~2 Million~
8. Red Velvet
Digital Singles: 2,882,335
Physical albums: 114,882
Total: 2,997,217
9. Little Mix
Digital Singles: 2,100,000
Physical + Digital albums: 740,000
Total: 2,840,000
~1 Million~
10. TWICE
Digital Singles: 1,415,064
Physical albums: 87,491
Total: 1,502,555
11. APINK
Digital Singles: 1,100,000
Physical albums: 321,611
Total: 1,421,611
Sources: ATRL receipts threads, Hanteo, Gaon, Oricon
Note: Only includes 2015 releases, not catalog sales.
Includes sales of 2015 releases made in 2016.
Excludes solo features, incl. leads.
Pure sales only, not SPS.
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Despite selling less I still feel like 2NE1 is more known in a WW scale.
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AKB48 are bigger, aren't they?
SNSD have sold about 50 million more singles than AKB, but AKB have sold maybe 1-2 million more albums than SNSD.
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Аshanti
Who cares how much they sell domestically if no one knows them outside of Japan(?) ?
No.
They are known all around Asia, and Asia is a big part of the world so stop erasing it from the world like it doesn't matter