For the first time ever the single and album weekly charts are topped by Korean groups. The girls of T-ARA land in #1 selling over 200,000 copies of their Japanese debut single Bo Peep Bo Peep, while the boys of Tohoshinki or as they are also known TVXQ hit #1 with nearly 50,000 sales of their new album TONE.
Be sure to catch T-ARA, Tohoshinki, FTIsland, and 2NE1 performances on HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ’s K-Pop special show October the 10th.
Singles for September 25th – October 2nd
- T-ARA – Bo Peep Bo Peep – 49,712
- SID – Itsuka (いつか シド ) – 40,550
- EXILE – Rising Sun / Itsuka Kitto… – 35,954
- S/mileage – Tachiagaaru (タチアガール スマイレージ ) – 22,792
- Hey! Say! JUMP – Magic Power – 19,440
- Hikawa Kiyoshi – Jounetsu no Mariachi (情熱のマリアッチ 氷川きよし) – 14,387
- “Prince of Tennis” Musical – Jumping up! High touch! (ミュージカル『テニスの王子様』) – 11,544
- The Gospellers – BRIDGE (ゴスペラーズ) – 11,213
- AKB48 – Flying Get (フライングゲット ) – 11,023
- Fukuyama Masaharu – Kazoku ni Narou yo / fighting pose (家族になろうよ/福山雅治) – 8,081
Albums for September 25th – October 2nd
- Tohoshinki – TONE (東方神起) – 204,980
- Sakanaction – DocumentaLy (サカナクション) – 46,283
- FTIsland – Best Recommendation For JAPAN – Our Favorite Korean Songs – 31,194
- Angela Aki – WHITE (アンジェラ・アキ) – 13,465
- Hoshino Gen – Episode (エピソード/星野源) – 10,633
- ACIDMAN – Second line & Acoustic collection – 9,261
- 2NE1 – NOLZA – 9,102
- Che’Nelle – Love Songs (ラブ・ソングス/シェネル)– 8,912
- KG – Still Goes On… – 8,273
- Blink-182 – Neighborhoods – 7,403
Sources: Oricon (weekly ranking)
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