[Fresh]

Japan: AKB48 with two all-time records in one week

With first week sales of 1,616,795 copies, AKB48's newly released "Manatsu No Sounds Good!" has set the record for the highest first week sales of a physical single.

The first day sales of "Manatsu No Sounds Good!" (1,170,554 copies) set a new record for most copies of a single sold in one day.

This release marks their 13th consecutive #1 single on the Oricon chart. They now have a total of 8 singles selling over a million copies.

The top 10 Japanese highest selling first week singles:

1. "Manatsu No Sounds Good!" (2012) - AKB48 - 1,616,795
2. "Flying Get" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,354,492
3. "Everyday, Kachusha" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,333,969
4. "Kaze Wa Fuiteiru" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,300,482
5. "Give Me Five!" (2012) - AKB48 - 1,287,217
6. "Namonaki Uta" (1996) - Mr. Children - 1,208,230
7. "Uekara Mariko" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,198,864
8. "Addicted To You" (1999) - Hikaru Utada - 1,067,510
9. "Dango 3 Kyoudai" (1999) - Kentaro Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Himawari Kids & Dango Gasshoudan - 1,025,740
10. "Winter, Again" (1999) - Glay - 955,780

[M-D-N-A]

[Gossip_Boy]

And the slayage continues.....

[!ola]

1. "Manatsu No Sounds Good!" (2012) - AKB48 - 1,616,795
2. "Flying Get" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,354,492
3. "Everyday, Kachusha" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,333,969
4. "Kaze Wa Fuiteiru" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,300,482
5. "Give Me Five!" (2012) - AKB48 - 1,287,217
7. "Uekara Mariko" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,198,864

[Anderson]

SLAYAGE


8. "Addicted To You" (1999) - Hikaru Utada - 1,067,510
This is going to come out of Top 10 after all
Hope Utada can come back soon, I've been missing her!!

[Quiqui4eva]

6 singles selling over 1,000,000? Who else?

[primadonna]

They're soo overrated. Their music are crap compared to the other singers in Japan. DGMW, I am a Jpop fan, I just can't stand their chimpmunk voices.

[Sporefan]

Originally posted by Fresh

Japan: AKB48 with two all-time records in one week

With first week sales of 1,616,795 copies, AKB48's newly released "Manatsu No Sounds Good!" has set the record for the highest first week sales of a physical single.

The first day sales of "Manatsu No Sounds Good!" (1,170,554 copies) set a new record for most copies of a single sold in one day.

This release marks their 13th consecutive #1 single on the Oricon chart. They now have a total of 8 singles selling over a million copies.

The top 10 Japanese highest selling first week singles:

1. "Manatsu No Sounds Good!" (2012) - AKB48 - 1,616,795
2. "Flying Get" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,354,492
3. "Everyday, Kachusha" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,333,969
4. "Kaze Wa Fuiteiru" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,300,482
5. "Give Me Five!" (2012) - AKB48 - 1,287,217
6. "Namonaki Uta" (1996) - Mr. Children - 1,208,230
7. "Uekara Mariko" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,198,864
8. "Addicted To You" (1999) - Hikaru Utada - 1,067,510
9. "Dango 3 Kyoudai" (1999) - Kentaro Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Himawari Kids & Dango Gasshoudan - 1,025,740
10. "Winter, Again" (1999) - Glay - 955,780

Damn,they will occupy the whole list very soon


I can never get their appeal

[Shaliydah88]

Them taking up over half the damn list.

I mean how do they sell so much?

[Kworb]

So sad that their best song didn't make it to a million.

[goldpl]

Originally posted by Shaliydah88

Them taking up over half the damn list.

I mean how do they sell so much?

Their sales are so high mostly cuz of handshake tickets in singles. People buy massive amounts of single just to go to handshake event -__-

[SO.UNCOOL™]

Originally posted by primadonna

They're soo overrated. Their music are crap compared to the other singers in Japan. DGMW, I am a Jpop fan, I just can't stand their chimpmunk voices.

My sentiments exactly.

[Anderson]

Off topic, may I ask a question: How much is a copy of physical single in Japan?

[Mean Trees]

Originally posted by Anderson

Off topic, may I ask a question: How much is a copy of physical single in Japan?

I just went to a Japanese music retailer and they are 1,600 yen which is 20 dollars

[nintendude666]

Originally posted by Fresh

Partly because.

[Lukitoo]

Originally posted by Anderson

Off topic, may I ask a question: How much is a copy of physical single in Japan?

The cheapest I could find was 15 dollars, and it only had 1 song

[Keira]

Originally posted by !ola

1. "Manatsu No Sounds Good!" (2012) - AKB48 - 1,616,795
2. "Flying Get" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,354,492
3. "Everyday, Kachusha" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,333,969
4. "Kaze Wa Fuiteiru" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,300,482
5. "Give Me Five!" (2012) - AKB48 - 1,287,217
7. "Uekara Mariko" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,198,864

[Lukitoo]

I just noticed they made 30 million in 1 week. FML

[blackout77]

Utada sis hold on. I know these AKB48 girls is tugging your wig HARD

[SummerTime]

Slaying