Girls' Generation Breaks Own 1st-Week Album Sales Record With 'Forever 1'
The original "Nation's Girl Group," Girls' Generation, has broken their last 1st-week sales with their latest and most-awaited comeback "Forever 1."
Their "Holiday Night" album had the record with 90,217 album copies sold. However, that is now the old news.
"Forever 1" sold more than 150,000 copies of their physical album worldwide. According to Hanteo's website, Girls' Generation's "Forever 1" deluxe version sold about 102,879 copies on its first release day. It sold almost 15,000 copies of the same version on the second day. The following day, it sold over 20,000 copies.
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Meanwhile, on its 4th day, it sold only over 6,600 copies. The sales went back up to 30,000 again on its 5th day, marking about 170,000 total amount of albums sold.
On its 6th day, it recorded its lowest day sales with only almost 1,500 copies sold. Then, it went up again with almost 10,000 copies sold on the last day, which was on August 14.
Girls' Generation: 15 Years Together And Still Relevant As Ever
Celebrating their 15th-year anniversary debut, the ladies of Girls' Generation sat down with Billboard to talk about their achievements as a group and how they stick together through everything.
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During the interview, Jeff Benjamin asked them what is the factor that made the Girls' Generation together after all these years. He also asked if the members can give advice to newer groups regarding longevity.
Taeyeon, their original leader, and main vocal said:
"With the younger artists who wish to stay together as a group for a long time but also be successful in their careers, it's really important for the group to have consistent communication and discussions about their direction, and their goals and purpose. That kind of cooperation and discussion amongst a group is very important in members staying strong together on and off stage, and in other future various comebacks and promotions. I think teamwork is the most important thing in terms of the strength of the group."
The interviewer also asked what set the Girls' Generation apart. The members answered that it is their cohesiveness as a team.
"From the harmony and melody of a track to the fashion and choreography so as to create a performance that's one cohesive story. That's what we're best at and most confident in, and I also believe the reason why we have such strong synergy when we're together is that each individual member has such great capacity and skill."
Sunny agreed with her saying that each member is distinct and is bringing something to the group but, it still creates a perfect harmony, no matter how different that trait is.
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Sunny and Hyoyeon both answered that they will still be promoting, but in their own fields like acting and music. Sunny added that it would be awesome if they can meet their fans all over the world with a tour during that time.
Moreover, their loudness would still be the same if they are together, Hyoyeon added with a laugh.
On the other hand, the ladies are very thankful to their fans, including international SONEs. They would really love to meet everyone in person, but it is difficult due to their schedules.
Until then, they said that SONEs should wait for them and continue cherishing the members and the group as a whole.
