The group's second full-length album, Oh!, was released on January 28.The title track with the same name, "Oh!", was released earlier on January 25, and reached number one on the Monkey3 music chart within 10 minutes of its release.Girls' Generation topped five consecutive K-charts on KBS Music Bank, and achieved a triple crown on SBS's Inkigayo.The album was re-released as Run Devil Run in March, with "Run Devil Run" as the title track. The song "Oh!" was number 1 on Music Bank's half-year and end-of-year K-charts,[citation needed]and the album was number 2 on Hanteo's half-year album sales chart.The music video was the most-viewed YouTube video in South Korea by the end of the year.It was also number one in Hong Kong, and made the top ten in both Taiwan and Japan.Girls' Generation at an LG event in 2010.After signing a contract with Universal Music Japan's record label Nayutawave Records, the group began promotion in Japan in August. They released Girls' Generation's Arrival - First Time in Japan, a DVD featuring seven of the group's music videos and special bonus footage, on August 11. The DVD sold 23,000 copies in the first week, and ranked fourth on Oricon's weekly DVD chart and third on its weekly music chart. As a result, Girls' Generation became the first female K-pop group to place in the top 5 of Oricon's DVD chart. On August 25, the group held their first showcase at the Tokyo Ariake Colliseum.Although only one show was initially planned, three were held in the same day due to the high number of expected attendees. The group sang five of their Korean tracks at each of these shows, and the total number of attendees were estimated to be at least 22,000.Their Japanese debut single, "Genie", peaked at number two on Japan's Oricon daily chart and number four on the weekly chart.It also hit the number-one spot on iTunes Japan's music video chart, and was number 1 on the Rekochokudaily video clip and incoming movie daily ranking charts the next day.With pre-orders amounting to 80,000, the single sold an estimated 45,000 copies after the first week of release. On October 20, Girls' Generation released their second Japanese single, "Gee". The song ranked number two on Oricon's weekly chart.Amidst their Japanese activities, they also participated in the SMTown Live '10 World Tour alongside their label-mates; the tour started on August 21 at Seoul Jamsil Olympic Stadium.Girls' Generation's third Korean mini-album, Hoot, was released on October 27,The title track, "Hoot", originally written in English as "Bulletproof", quickly rose to the top of the charts and won first place numerous times on music shows. The group simultaneously promoted "Hoot" and "Gee" in Korea and Japan respectively, and participated in Japanese music broadcasts such as the FNS Music Festival, where they performed their two Japanese singles on December 4. On December 22, "Hoot" was repackaged with additional tracks from previous albums and released in Japan. Although all the tracks were in Korean, the album ranked second place on the Oricon charts and sold 21,000 copies on the first day.On December 9, the group won three awards at the Golden Disk Awards, including the Disk Daesang (Album of the Year), becoming the first girl group to win both a Disk Daesang (2010) and Digital Daesang (2009) in two consecutive years. On December 15, they attended theMelOn Music Awards, winning the Artist of the Year, Best Dressed Singer and Hot Trend Song awards. This was the second consecutive year they won Artist of the Year at the event.Girls' Generation topped the Hanteo annual Singer Award chart for 2010,and ranked number 44 on Asia Today's list of "50 Korean power leaders for 2011", the only idol group on the list.They were also designated "Artist of the Year" by Dosirak, Soribada, Korea Gallup, Hanteo and Sport Korea, and "Oh!" was "Best Song of The Year" on Monkey 3's 2010 Best Song list.
