On February 16, Oricon released a revenue trends report regarding K-Pop artists' music softwares and their sales. According to the report, the total revenue of Japanese music market has been steadily decreasing in the past five years, but K-Pop artists' Japanese music software sales skyrocketed, reaching 24.4 Billion Yen in revenue.
Girls' Generation and Kara contributed greatly to such exponential growth in K-Pop artists' revenue in Japan. Girls' Generation's "Girls Generation" and Kara's "Super Girl" each made about 2.9 Billion Yen and 2 Billion Yen in revenue. K-Pop artists' revenue in Japanese music market increased for three consecutive years since 2008. Compared to February 2010, K-Pop revenue in Japanese market grew 22.3% (soompi.com)
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