Wonder Girls debuts on Billboard Hot 100 at the #76 spot
10/23/2009 11:20:00 AM
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Korean pop group Wonder Girls have become the first Korean artists to enter the Billboard singles chart, according to their agency JYP Entertainment on Thursday.The group's single "Nobody" entered the Billboard Hot100 at No. 76, the first time for a Korean artist to be placed on the chart in its 115-year history. Only three other artists from Asia as a whole have ever made it onto the chart.
The Billboard chart combines the number of airplays, album sales and digital downloads.
Earlier in the week, JYP had announced that according to an airplay analysis chart by music website Mediabase, "Nobody" was played over 65 times by radio stations between October 12 to 18, increasing the group's airplay ranking by 16 spots from the previous week to No. 107.
"Nobody" was also the top-selling single for the same week with 30,418 copies, outselling pop stars Madonna and Shakira.
The girl group, who announced their U.S. debut in June, signed with management company Jonas Group and had been opening for popular boy band The Jonas Brothers U.S. tour over the summer. They performed in front of over 1.5 million fans in 42 cities over 53 performances.
"It was good targeting U.S. teenagers because they don't discriminate," an official at JYP Entertainment was quoted as saying. "And it was absolutely effective to target the U.S. market with a Korean concept and song without the help of American producers and songwriters."
The five-member girl band, who debuted in Korea in 2007, is one of the most successful pop groups in the country with three consecutive No. 1 singles, "Tell Me", "So Hot", and "Nobody".
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Having being so sucessful in the states, Wonder Girls’ “Nobody” will take step into China’s market this time.
Wonder Girls will be attending China Mobile Festival held on the 28th this month in Beijing, and will be performing hit song “Nobody”.
The festival is one of the biggest event that the mobile company & the department of culture & arts jointly organised. International top star including Jackie Chan & Zhang Ziyi will also be attending the event.
Wonder Girls will be representing korea’s artiste for this event & will be performing “Nobody”. Also, the Wonder Girls will also be attending the closing red carpet ceremony.
Since June 2009, Wonder Girls had digitally released their hit single “Nobody” in the United States, taking up the challenge by entering the US market. However, this time round the girls will also be releasing it in mandarin version, to venture out for the chinese market, as reported earlier by Wonder Girls & producer JYP himself when they were at the press conference during their visit in China in June.
The soaring popularity of Wonder Girls is tremendously increasing, the request for the girls to perform on big events are extremely high.
Previously, Wonder Girls did not participate actively with promotions in China. However, their company JYP Entertainment expressed that they are ready & prepared to take on the china market. Also expressed that, the first solo concert in China will take place in Shanghai, on December 2 2009. This would be the time for the Wonder Girls to showcase their title deemed as “Asia Sisters” in china once again, hopefully they would receive much attention.
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