SNSD have once again re-written girl group history, this time breaking their own record and setting a new one 의해 being the first girl group to exceed 200,000 in album sales.

On November 10, Gaon Chart, which is a certified 음악 chart, announced that SNSD’s 3rd full album “The Boys” sold 227,994 albums in the 월 of October. What is even 더 많이 surprising is the fact that because this album was released on October 19, it means that over 200,000 albums was sold within two weeks.

Gaon Chart explained, “The number of albums sold for SNSD’s recent album is the highest record yet for a girl group. If we look at the 사무용 겉옷, 전반적인 ranking in album sales throughout the 년 across all artists, SNSD comes in third place after Super Junior and DBSK.” They also mentioned, “SNSD’s past two album, 2nd full album “OH!” and 3rd mini-album “Hoot”, holds album sales records of 197,934 and 163,066 respectively.”

They also added, “Over the past year, with the increase of the K-Pop boom, the 사무용 겉옷, 전반적인 album sales of Korean idols have increased dramatically. Before the K-Pop boom struck, most albums were sold through 팬 living in Korea. But now international 팬 have started ordering albums through Korean record stores online.”

For the 월 of October, after SNSD on the album chart was Kim Hyun Joong in 초 place with his 2nd mini-album “Lucky”, selling 94,784 copies. In third place was international super stars JYJ, who have recently successfully finished their first solo 음악회, 콘서트 in Spain and Germany, selling 81,867 copies of their album “In Heaven”.

Gaon Chart’s album sales is calculated 의해 subtracting the wholesale quantities (the number of albums sold) from the total amount in the corresponding warehouses of each record label, then the final value is calculated 의해 aggregating the figures.

The 상단, 맨 위로 two artists with the highest records in album sales this 년 are: Super Junior, selling 329,035 albums with their 5th full album “Mr. Simple”, and DBSK selling 244,128 albums with “Why (Keep Your Head Down)”.