[TRANS] 120717 Tohoshinki, Sets A New Record For The Most Singles Sold For A Foreign Group…Surpassing The Carpenters

On 17 July, Oricon announced that popular Korean group, Tohoshinki, had set a new record among foreign groups. They have become the overseas group to have the highest total number of singles sold in the history of the Japanese music industry.

Their new single “Android” (Avex Trax), which was released on 11 July, has sold more than 152,000 copies within the first week.

The total sales of all of Tohoshinki’s ranking singles amounts to 3,104,000 copies, breaking the 10 year 10 month old record of the highest number of total singles sold for a foreign group. The record was previously held by the American sibling duo, The Carpenters, with 3,002,000 copies sold in total.

“Android” ranked 1st place in the 23 July Oricon weekly charts (tabulated from 9 to 15 July) immediately following its release. It is their second consecutive single to be ranked 1st, following “Still” (released March 2012), bringing their total number of singles ranked 1st to 11. They now have 27 releases which were tanked Top 10, beginning with “Sky”, which was released in August 2006, breaking their own record. They also broke their own record for the overseas artist with the most number of singles ranked 1st. (Ou-Yang Fei Fei ranks second for the overseas artist with the most number of singles ranked number 1 (2 singles). BoA ranks second for the overseas artist with the most number of singles which ranked within the Top 10 (25 singles).)

“Android” is Tohoshinki’s first dance track in about a year, since “Superstar” (released July 2011).

Total Number Of Singles Sold For Overseas Groups:
Ranking: Total Sales / Artist
1st – 3,104,000 copies / Tohoshinki
2nd – 3,002,000 copies / The Carpenters
3rd – 2,473,000 copies / Bee Gees
4th – 2,212,000 copies / Simon & Garfunkel
5th – 2,202,000 copies / The Beatles

Source : [RGB Today via yahoo.jp]

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