2NE1, First Korean Girl Group to Rank #29 on Billboard Boxscore

2NE1 has become the first girl group to rank on Billboard‘s Current Box Score.

The ladies of 2NE1 recently held an independent concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on August 24th. 6,680 of the 6,714 tickets put on sale were sold, bringing in a gross sales of $653,716, and ranking at #29 on Billboard’s Current Box Score.

Box Score receives information from promoters all over the world and assesses ticket sales and audience members for all performances put on over the past three months. The only Korean artists to have their names listed so far on this chart were SMTOWN and Lim Jae Bum, but now 2NE1 has become the first girl group to be listed on Billboard’s Current Box Score.

The ladies of 2NE1 are currently touring in Japan. The girls kicked off their Japanese concerts with a three day concert in Osaka (August 31st to September 2nd) at Osaka Castle Hall, where 36,000 fans gathered to see them perform. The girls will also be performing at Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall on September 7th and 8th, at the Yokohama Arena on the 11th and 12th, and at the Saitama Super Arena on September 29th and 30th.

Source: AllKpop