[News] Kara - 1st Girl Group To Reach "Platinum" Status - Explosive Popularity
2010.12.22
Kara is the first Korean girl group to reach "Platinum" status for an album in Japan.
Recently Japan's record hubs disclosed that Kara's debut song has reached platinum status in downloads. This year's K-pop boom in Korea has led to Kara being the first Korean girl group to reach this status.
Platinum status is reached after hitting 250,000 in sales. This reflects how big of a hit was in the mobile market. The song sells for about 4,000 Korean Won, which is truly impressive.
In the album department, Kara's first full-length album "Girls' Talk" also has a potential of reaching platinum status. Oricon chart has its sales at about 180,000 within the first month, and they project that within the first half of 2011, the album should be able to reach platinum status.
Aside from , Kara's 2nd single has had over 100,000 downloads and has achieved gold status.
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