Taste 
Is it too late to get into the pop retro trend?
Yeah but Kara was also really active in Japan that year + they had Korean comeback so their Japan + Korean total sales were little bit higher than SNSD in 2012.
If SNSD just had 1 Korean comeback or if the sub unit SNSD-TTS sales were counted as SNSD sales they would have been number 1 in 2012 as well.
According to the linked chart SNSD had tons of sales in Japan that year too, but I didn't add up any numbers
But they had a Japanese album which sold 200k...
Happy birthday kid leader!
flying petals compilation of Taeyeon (2010-2020)
Baby really grew up well 
Full episode with subs:
For title tracks I agree, and it was ahead of it's time when we see the recent retro trend
I don't think it's going to be a comeback (music, performances), but I think there's a real possibility we will see a full group appearance on a variety show, the first time since Tiffany-Sooyoung-Seohyun left SM Entertainment.
If they can work out a deal for the appearance fees, it could mean that they can start talking about contracts for performance fees, new music distribution, etc. In other words, it may be the first step in a full comeback!!! 
This could be the surprise Seohyun was talking about in her recent Noblesse magazine interview
So maybe the media was onto something... 
So back to the point I was arguing in the previous thread.
Second gen is equal in competitiveness to third gen.
So even though there are more groups than in second gen, this doesn't affect the dominance by top groups, which have actually managed to take about the same portion of yearly wins. And obviously that's a disadvantage to second gen groups as the number of trophies awarded nearly doubled (from ~140 to ~260)
