Girls' Generation enters Oricon weekly chart at No.4

Girls' Generation member (from left to right): Sohyun, Taeyeon, Hyohyun, Yoona, Yuri, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany and Sooyoung [SM Entertainment]

Female K-pop group Girls' Generation's Japanese debut single "GENIE" has placed at No. 4 on the prestigious Oricon weekly singles chart.

A press release from SM Entertainment on Tuesday announced that the girls have ranked fourth on Oricon's weekly singles chart for the week of September 20 after selling 45,000 copies of their debut record in its first week of going on sale, the highest number of albums to ever be sold by a foreign female artist, including solo performers.

They had recently placed atop several Japan music charts including iTunes' music video charts, music .jp and mobile music site recochoku, while their DVD "‘少女時代到 ～日記念盤～New Beginning of Girls' Generation" had taken the No. 5 spot on Oricon's weekly DVD chart as well.

The nine-member girl group made their debut into the Japanese pop scene late last month, holding a live showcase with over 22,000 fans in attendance and promoted “GENIE” in the country starting last week.

Known as one of the most popular girl groups since their debut in 2007, Girls' Generation have produced several No. 1 hit songs including "Girls' Generation," "Gee," "Oh!" and "Run Devil Run." The group also performed in various Asian countries for the "1st ASIA TOUR - Into the New World" last year.

Girls' Generation and the rest of SM's artists over the weekend performed in Shanghai, the third stop of the "SMTOWN LIVE '10 WORLD TOUR." They will be headed to Japan next.

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