[NEWS] Gaon Chart releases chart rankings for the First Half of 2012

< Gaon Chart National Physical Albums Ranking >

1. Big Bang – ’5th Album ALIVE’ – 266,911 albums

2. SHINee – ‘Sherlock 4th Mini Album’ – 168,161 albums

3. TaeTiSeo – ‘Twinkle’ – 140,826 albums

4. Xia Junsu – ‘Tarantallegra’ – 126,220 albums

5. CNBLUE – ’3rd Mini Album Ear Fun’ – 121,735 albums

6. Big Bang – Special Edition STILL ALIVE’ – 117,929 albums

7. Busker Busker – ‘Busker Busker 1st Album’ – 114,760 albums

8. INFINITE – ’3rd Mini Album Infinitize’ – 108,639 albums

9. EXO-K – ‘MAMA The 1st Mini Album’ – 106,683 albums

10. Shinhwa – ’10th Album The Return’ – 77,279 albums

Source: allkpop

[News] SM Entertainment artistes dominate 2010 Gaon chart

SM Entertainment have proven their dominance in the music industry once again by  conquering the 2010 Gaon Chart in terms of music sales.At Seoul Press Center on February 9th, 3pm KST, Top 2 music sales was announced through the ‘Gaon Chart 2010 Closing Award Ceremony and Proclamation of 2011 Vision’.In terms of music sales, Super Junior and SNSD took the top 4 spots. Super Junior’s 4th album ‘Bonamana’ was ranked 1st with total sales of 200,193 copies. SNSD took 2nd, 3rd and 4th spot through their 2nd Album ‘Oh!’ (197,934 copies), 3rd Mini Album ‘Hoot’ (163,066 copies) and 2nd Album Repackaged ‘Run Devil Run’ (136,851 copies) respectively.Besides taking the top spot, Super Junior’s 4th album repackaged ‘Bonamana’ also secured the no.9 spot. Another SM Entertainment artistes, SHINee also managed 2 places in the top 20. Their 2010 album ‘Lucifer’ and its repackaged edition ‘Hello’ were ranked 6th and 20th respectively. Out of the top 20 spots, there were 7 entries in total involving SM Entertainment artistes.Meanwhile, miss A topped the ‘Online Category’ with ‘Bad Girl Good Girl’ while Lee Seungchul’s ‘That Person’ secured the top spot for the ‘Mobile Category’. 

Credit: osen.co.kr
 
Translated by: fanwonder