Girl Group Kara ranked 4th place on Oricon's '2011 Annual Artist Total Revenue', top among Korean artists.

According to Japanese media on December 19th, Kara ranked 4th by earning US$73 Million only from revenues on CD and DVD sales. SNSD ranked 5th followed by Kara, earning US$60 Million.

Korean Artists placing 4th and 5th place on the CD and DVD sales clearly indicates high recognition of Korean artists and popularity of K-Pop.

1st place went to AKB48, the top Japanese girl group, with US$240 Mllion, 2nd to male idol Arashi with US$200 Million, and 3rd place went to EXILE with total of US$80 Million. AKB48, the Japanese national idol group, ranked top 5 places by exceeding 1 million album sold on every 5 singles.'

On Oricon's 'New Band Revenue Ranking', 2PM and Shinee ranked 2nd and 3rd. Kara and SNSD ranked 1st and 2nd on the same section on previous year.

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