Girls’ Generation & T-ara certified double platinum and gold in Japan

 

Girls’ Generation and T-ara have been maintaining their growing popularity in Japan, as they recently achieved several album awards for their Japanese releases.

According to the Japanese Record Association, the ringtone for Girls’ Generation’s “Mr. Taxi“, which was released on April 26th, 2011, was certified double platinum for achieving over 500,000 in downloads.

T-ara’s debut track, “Bo Peep Bo Peep“, was certified gold in the PC download category for exceeding 100,000 in downloads. “Bo Peep Bo Peep” made history by topping the Oricon daily and weekly chart just after its release.

 

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Fans publish a bus advertisement for T-ARA’s 1,000th day anniversary

 

On T-ara‘s 1,000th day anniversary, fans surprised the group with a bus advertisement.

The bus advertisement will appear for one month starting April 23rd and can be seen on bus lines #262 (Yeouido – Jongno - Myeonmok-dong) and #721 (Bukgajwa-dong - Jongno – Konkuk University Station).

T-ara made their debut on July 29th, 2009 with their hit song, “Lies“. They continued to rise to fame with their following hit songs, “Bo Peep Bo Peep“, “Why Are You Being Like This?“, “I Go Crazy Because of You“, “Roly-Poly“, and “Cry Cry“.

The members of T-ara stated, “It’s hard to believe that it is already our 1,000th day anniversary. We want to thank our fans for their love and support and we will continue to do our best.”

T-ara departed on the 23rd for their promotional activities in Japan.

 

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