Main Music Video of Girls' Generation's Japanese Single "PAPARAZZI" which was released a month (almost 2 months) ago has exceeded 10,000,000 views on YouTube. The Dance Edit has exceeded 5 million views on YouTube.
For now, Girls' Generation's "GEE" is still sitting on the glorious throne of the most viewed GG's MV and most viewed KPOP MV.
SNSD PAPARAZZI Fanchant For SMTOWN Tokyo. J-SONE will use it for SMT Tokyo on 4 & 5 Aug.
SNSD PAPARAZZI Fanchant at the begining: So Nyeo Shi Dae~ / Jigumeun, So Nyeo Shi Dae, Apeurodo So Nyeo Shie Dae, Yeongwoni, So Nyeo Shi Dae, So Nyeo Shi Dae Paparazzi~ o(^o^)/
Girls' Generation continues their path to global domination with a new Japanese single and a new chart accomplishment. The group, whom appears as Shojo Jidal on Japanese charts, rocketed to the No. 1 spot last week on the Japan Hot 100 with their high-energy Japanese track "Paparazzi" with sales now at 103,000, according to SoundScan Japan.
The dance song peppered with fun English phrases ("Life is a party!" "Punkadelic crazy night!" "Boom boom boom!") premiered back in mid-June. The debut came via an almost seven minute music video (currently with over 7.6 million views) and a dance-only video (at 4.1 million). Appropriately, the visual jumps between shots of rabid photographers and the girls dancing in perfect nine-piece synchronization. The video plays as a stage performance for Girls' Generation. The show begins with the members whimsically prancing to Gene Kelly's classic version of "Singin' In The Rain" before the real performance starts. In two different outfits, the girls perform their routine in movie-inspired getups incorporating eccentric costumes and even Marilyn Monroe's famous pink gloves.
The girls brought the film motif to their live performances which were spare most likely due to the group's many commitments outside of their music. Never the less, the girls still notched the top spot.
Girls' Generation latest chart accomplishment truly solidifies their leading of the K-pop girl group pack in Japan. Other popular groups like Kara, 2NE1, and After School have made attempts to break the lucrative industry to varying degrees of success.
With the additional 103,000 for "Paparazzi" Girls' Generation's total singles/download sales now stand at 645,000 (with their best selling track being "Gee" at 207,000) according to SoundScan Japan. The group's total album sales in Japan recently broke the million mark currently at 1,081,000 with the "Girl's Generation" record accounting for 715,000 of those sales.
The super-popular Wonder Girls have announced plans to infiltrate Japan this year. While they just released their latest English single with Akon, the quintet group could pose stiff competition. For now, though, Girls' Generation can enjoy life at the top.
In a recent report from Tower Records, it was revealed that in the first week of release, Girls’ Generation’s “PAPARAZZI” demonstrated a strong presence and was ranked first on the Tower Records “Daily Singles” chart for the entire duration of June 25th to July 1st.
On June 30th and July 2nd, “PAPARAZZI” successfully managed to rank first on Oricon’s “Daily Singles” chart, showing an improvement after it originally settled at the second spot on June 27th.
Additionally, “PAPARAZZI” was ranked second on Oricon’s “Weekly Singles” chart for its first week of June 25th to July 1st. “PAPARAZZI”‘s approximate sales of 92,000 units exceeded the sales of “Genie” and “Gee” on their first week, which were 45,000 units and 66,000 units respectively, displaying Girls’ Generation’s ever-increasing popularity in Japan.