Girl's Talk

Girl's Talk

Version C cover
Studio album by Kara
Released November 24, 2010 (JPN)
February 6, 2011 (PHL)[1]
Recorded 2010
Genre Pop, dance-pop
Length 35:26 (Standard)
45:46 (Limited Editions C)
Language Japanese
Label Universal Sigma
Kara chronology
Jumping
(2010)		 Girl's Talk
(2010)		 Step
(2011)
Singles from Girl's Talk
  1. "Mister"
    Released: August 11, 2010
  2. "Jumping"
    Released: November 10, 2010

Girl's Talk (ガールズトーク Gāruzu Tōku) is the first Japanese studio album by South Korean girl group Kara. It was released on November 24, 2010 in four editions: CD+DVD,[2] CD+Photobook (28-pages),[3] CD-Only FIrst Press coming with Korean versions of the songs "Sweet Days", "Love Is", and "Binks"[4] and a CD-Only Normal Press coming with no bonus tracks.[5] The album has topped the Oricon Weekly Album Charts several times and was eventually certified as Platinum by the RIAJ.

Composition

The album contains two original Japanese songs. There are five songs that were included on the group's fourth Korean mini-album Jumping (2010) including "Sweet Days" which was titled "With" on the mini-album[4] and the second single Jumping. There are two songs which was previously released in Korean on their third mini-album Lupin (2010) and these are "Lupin" and "Umbrella". The debut single, Mister was previously released in Korean on their second studio album Revolution (2009).

Chart performance

Girl's Talk had sold over 107,000 copies which placed on number 2 at the Oricon Weekly Album charts, behind Hikaru Utada's Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2, which sold over 231,000 copies in the same week. This marks the first time in 6 years and 9 months for a foreign Asian girl group to sell over 100,000 copies on its first week in Japan since Twelve Girls Band did back in March 2004 with the release of their album Kikō: Shining Energy. The album's first week sales doubles that of Kara Best 2007–2010 first week sales (51,000 copies) which was released back in September.[6]

The album spent 14 weeks in the Top 10 spot of the Oricon Weekly Album charts. It was eventually certified Platinum by the RIAJ. On February 12, 2011, the album eventually peaked at number one after spending over 12 weeks in the charts,[7] making it their first number-one album. The album managed to sell over 300,000 copies making them the first foreign female group to sell over 300,000 copies since Destiny's Child's #1's (2005). On November 18, 2011, it was announced that the album had already sold over 500,000 copies.[8][9]

Track listings

No. Title Length
1. "Jumping (ジャンピン)"   2:58
2. "Mister (ミスター)"   3:12
3. "Baby I Need You (ベイビー・アイ・ニード・ユー)"   3:44
4. "Sweet Days (スウィートデイズ)"   3:28
5. "SOS"   4:42
6. "Love Is (ラブ・イズ)"   3:25
7. "Binks (ビンクス)"   3:13
8. "Umbrella (アンブレラ)"   3:45
9. "Burn (バーン)"   3:30
10. "Lupin (ルパン)"   3:12
Total length:
 35:26
Version C First Press bonus tracks
No. Title Length
11. "Sweet Days" (Korean) 3:29
12. "Love Is" (Korean) 3:27
13. "Binks" (Korean) 3:14
Total length:
 45:43

Charts

Oricon

Oricon Chart Peak Debut sales Sales total
Daily Albums Chart 1 13,265 484,635+
Weekly Albums Chart 2 107,403
Monthly Albums Chart 5
Yearly Albums Chart (2010) 45 166,185
Yearly Albums Chart (2011) 22 277,306

Singles and other songs charted

Song Peak
position
Oricon RIAJ
"Mister" 5 2
"Jumping" 5 3
"SOS" - 17
"Lupin" - 55

Sales and certifications

Chart Amount
RIAJ physical shipping certification[10] 2× Platinum (500,000+)

Sources

  1. ↑ "KARA Girl's Talk Album Launch". MCA Music Inc. (Universal Music Philippines) (in English and Filipino). Facebook, Inc. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  2. ↑ "Girl's Talk - Type A". Universal Music Group (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  3. ↑ "Girl's Talk - Type B". Universal Music Group (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  4. 1 2 "Girl's Talk - Regular Edition (First Press)". Universal Music Group (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  5. ↑ "ガールズトーク ＫＡＲＡのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  6. ↑ "Oricon Weekly Charts". Oricon Charts (in Japanese). Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Oricon Weekly Charts". Oricon Charts (in Japanese). Retrieved February 13, 2011.
  8. ↑ . "Newsen" February 12, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2011年11月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (November 2011)]. RIAJ (in Japanese). December 11, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
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