The December 2011 of the Recording Industry Association of Japan’s hard copy sales certification has been released.  The albums not surprisingly included some of most popular K-Pop stars that obtained certifications from Girls Generation, KARA, Super Junior, 2PM and SHINee.

The certification is based on the total numbers of CDs and DVD sold to retailers.

The standard RIAJ awards the album is as follows.

Gold – 100,000 units sold
Platinum – 250,000 units sold; Double Platinum – 500,000 units sold; Triple Platinum – 750,000 units sold
Million – 1,000,000 units sold; 2 Million – 2,000,000 units sold; 3 Million – 3,000,000 units sold
4 Million – 4,000,000 units sold; 5 Million – 5,000,000 units sold

December Certifications

< Japanese Albums >

# Triple Platinum

“GIRLS’ GENERATION” – Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) : 2011/06/01

# Gold

“THE FIRST” – SHINee : 2011/12/07


< Japanese Singles >

# Gold

“Mr.Simple” – SUPER JUNIOR : 2011/12/07

“Ultra Lover” – 2PM : 2011/11/02


< Japanese Music DVDs >

# Gold

“JAPAN FIRST TOUR GIRLS’ GENERATION” – Shoujo Jidai (SNSD) : 2011/12/14


< Non-Japanese Albums >

# Double Platinum

“Super Girl” – KARA : 2011/11/23 *

* The RIAJ categorizes KARA as non-Japanese.