Korean Media News

K-Pop groups Girls’ Generation and T-ara continue to solidify their growing status in Japan, as they achieved several album awards for their Japanese releases.

According to the Recording Industry Association of Japan’s report, Girls’ Generation’s title song from third Japanese single “Mr. Taxi” has been certified the double platinum status in Japan after they notched half a million digital ringtone downloads.

On the other hand, T-ara’s “Bo Peep Bo Peep” has achieved gold status after receiving over 100,000 paid download since being released on October of last year.

Under the Recording Industry Association of Japan’s (RIAJ) standard, music content selling over 100,000 copies are certified Gold, 250,000 as Platinum and one million as Million.