Music Station just presented on Jan 13 with a special report 最強グループBEST20 or Most Powerful Group BEST 20 which the the Top 20 most powerful groups of all-time in term of physical single and album sales.
KAT-TUN joined the Top 20 at No.16. With five year debut, 17 singles and 5 albums, together have made them over 8,450,000 copies sold. Music Station hints to this ranking included the debut single Real Face which become 2006's No.1 selling single and how they managed to hold 8 consecutive concert at Tokyo Dome.
Among the groups in Top 20, KAT-TUN is apparently the newest group!
MUSIC STATION 最強グループBEST20
01. SMAP - 32,730,00002. KinKi Kids - 25,210,000
03. TRF - 21,690,000
04. Arashi - 21,590,000
05. EXILE - 19,760,000
06. SPEED - 19,540,000
07. Morning Musume - 16,860,000
08. Pink Lady - 13,330,000
09. AKB48 - 13,280,000
10. Hikaru GENJI - 12,220,000
11. V6 - 12,210,000
12. My Little Lover - 11,990,000
13. CHEMISTRY - 11,640,000
14. PUFFY - 9,190,000
15. KETSUMEISHI - 9,080,000
16. KAT-TUN - 8,450,000
17. MAX - 8,270,000
18. Wink - 7,490,000
19. Tonneruzu - 7,290,000
20. GOSPELLERS - 6,450,000
Pictures credited to KFC_223 & kzy223. Thanks.
Ranking & sale info provided by marchlavender. Thanks.
It doesn't stated "all-time" in the show, however, the ranking includes artists from the past until now, so that's all time, right ? (I'm not sure either.)
Originally posted at https://www.kat-tunthailand.com/index.php?m
marchlavender
2012-01-14 08:17 am UTC
Here are the best selling groups of all time...
01. SMAP - 32,730,000
02. KinKi Kids - 25,210,000
03. TRF - 21,690,000
04. Arashi - 21,590,000
05. EXILE - 19,760,000
06. SPEED - 19,540,000
07. Morning Musume - 16,860,000
08. Pink Lady - 13,330,000
09. AKB48 - 13,280,000
10. Hikaru GENJI - 12,220,000
11. V6 - 12,210,000
12. My Little Lover - 11,990,000
13. CHEMISTRY - 11,640,000
14. PUFFY - 9,190,000
15. KETSUMEISHI - 9,080,000
16. KAT-TUN - 8,450,000
17. MAX - 8,270,000
18. Wink - 7,490,000
19. Tonneruzu - 7,290,000
20. GOSPELLERS - 6,450,000
yuijbj
2012-01-14 08:22 am UTC
marchlavender
2012-01-14 08:26 am UTC
shunluv
2012-01-14 12:54 pm UTC
so proud of KAT-TUN being here along with their senpai^^
6 of them is JE group^^
fallblau_129
2012-01-14 12:40 pm UTC
cnidaria_jin
2012-01-14 12:54 pm UTC
eevaleena
2012-01-14 01:01 pm UTC
And AKB48, actually. AKB48 debut single was released on the same year, only their's on February.
But still, congratulations KAT-TUN!!! And all the group listed on Top 20!
Oh btw... glad to see lot's of Johnny's group on the list ^^
rohrfuchs
2012-01-14 01:47 pm UTC
laniechan_desu
2012-01-14 01:51 pm UTC
ngoinhanho
2012-01-14 02:06 pm UTC
linhkk23
2012-01-14 02:11 pm UTC
snow_meow
2012-01-14 02:25 pm UTC
The boys deserve it as they worked really hard for it especially since Jin left.
aishayue
2012-01-14 02:30 pm UTC
kwiii
2012-01-14 02:36 pm UTC
gensou_alice
2012-01-14 03:35 pm UTC
And yay for HikaGen still reigning at #10! :D <3 :D
And yay for KinKi at #2~! :D
Okay, I'm done now ._.
crystalluvshun
2012-01-14 05:30 pm UTC
Although, AKB48 did debut the same year as KT...but they released their debut single a little earlier than KT I think.