Girl group KARA continue to enjoy sweeping popularity in Japan as set another record with their second Japanese album "Super Girl". The prestigious Oricon Chart revealed that their latest release snagged the top spot of the Weekly Album Chart with 275,000 copies sold.

The girls has set a new record for their first week sales, and has become the top selling foreign female group. The record was previously held by Girls' Generation with their first Japanese release "GIRLS GENERATION" which sold 232,000 copies.

Additionally, "Super Girl" debuted on top of Oricon's Daily Music Chart, selling a total of 73,094 copies on its first day. Kara also pre-released the album on digital form and dominated Japan's iTunes store in terms of downloads.

Meanwhile, KARA has been nominated for the most coveted Excellence Award at the 53rd Japan Record Awards which will take place on December 30th.

Source: 10asia
Written by: jhezwafu @dkpopnews.net