SNSD ranked among top 10 artists who shine in Japan in 2010

From December 3rd to December 24th, an online survey was conducted on Japan’s Asahi TV’s ‘Music Station’ to determine the ‘Artists who shine in the year 2010‘.

From the poll result, Kara and SNSD were placed within the top 10, alongside popular Japanese artists such as Fukuyama Masaharu, Arashi, AKB48, Nishino Kana, Perfume, etc. Kara was ranked 6th while SNSD took the 9th spot.

This year, SNSD’s Japanese singles ‘Genie‘ and ‘Gee‘ have both surpassed sales of 100,000 copies respectively and recorded a total revenue of 880 million yen from all the singles and album sales in Japan this year. Besides that, SNSD’s 2nd Japanese Single ‘Gee‘ was also awarded the Best Single Award at the ‘2010 BIGLOBE Music Award‘ and ranked no.2 on ‘The 43rd Oricon Annual Ranking 2010‘ newcomers’ sales category. Such is the huge popularity and impressive achievement of SNSD in Japan this year.