GIRL GROUP WAR between SNSD and 2NE1 This Spring

Girl’s Generation & 2NE1 have made their comeback at almost same time and their fierce competition is about to heat up in February.

Girls' Generation new 4th mini-album 'Mr.Mr' was releaed on 24th and topped Korean online music charts right after release.
It’s a 6-track collection of songs of very different styles.

Mr. Mr. gained lots of instant popularity overseas and was ranked #2 in Thailand, #5 in Malaysia, #14 in Hong Kong, #21 in Taiwan, #52 in the Philippines and #63 in Indonesia, #97 in Sweden and #99 in Macao.
Mr. Mr. entered the Top 100 chart in six different countries within an hour after release.
Unlike with their previous albums with sexy or cute concept, snsd presented this mini album with 'classy, mysterious' kind of concept and fans find it unique and seem to like it so far.
Mr. Mr. will be released offline on February 27, and the girl’s first comeback stage will take place on M! Countdown on March 6.

2NE1 released its long-anticipated second full-length album Thursday, nabbing the top spot on numerous music charts in a matter of hours pushed snsd's Mr.Mr into second.
Soon after its release on online music services at midnight, "Comeback Home," the main track on the album "Crush," topped real-time charts of 10 Korean online music sites, including Melon, Mnet, Olleh Music, Naver Music, Daum Music and Bugs.
Another major piece, "Gotta Be You," came next on those charts while most of the remaining tracks also placed high.
"Crush" has 10 songs, all of which are new except for one that is the Korean language version of a song previously released in Japan. Among them, three were written and composed by the band leader CL.

The four-member band is set to present the new songs for the first time at concerts in Seoul on March 1-2. The first concert will be broadcast live through the domestic portal service Naver, according to the group's management agency, YG Entertainment.

2NE1 is expected to compete fiercely with Girls' Generation over music charts and TV music ranking programs for the time being as the two most popular girl groups with many fans in korea and abroad released new albums in the same week.