Big Bang and 2NE1 Enter Top 5 of Oricon

Published on 2012/04/10 | Source

Star singing groups Big Bang and 2NE1, which represent the YG Family, released new albums in Japan on March 28, and their albums have been included in the top 5 on the Oricon weekly chart.

Big Bang's album entitled "Alive" sold 52,987 copies during the first week after the album's release, which placed them in third place, and 2NE1's album entitled "Collection", which was released on the same day, ranked in 5th place by selling 22,224 copies. 2NE1's single "SCREAM" was also placed at the 14th spot on the Oricon weekly chart in the category of single album.

In addition, the first official album of girl group Rainbow entitled "Over the Rainbow" entered the top 10 with total sale of 13,009 copies during the first week after the album's release.[Yonhap]