[2010.04.07] AKB48 - Greatest Hits Album "Kamikyokutachi"

[Masa]

Charts: AKB48, NYC

AKB48 achieved their first #1 album this week, with "Kamikyokutachi" selling nearly 295,000 copies. That sets this year's record for first-week album sales by a female artist. It is also the first album by a female group to break the 250,000 mark since Morning Musume's "4th Ikimasshoi!" in 2002. Rock band Soutaiseiriron was #3 with their newest album. Ryu Si-won entered at #5 while BREAKERZ were at #9. In the single rankings, NYC's version of "Yuuki 100%" topped the charts with 92,000 in sales. Enka singer Kaori Mizumori opened at the #2 spot. Also in the top ten were Ai Otsuka (#6) and Ai Kawashima (#10).

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-6014

[Tai]

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from Tokyohive:

AKB48’s best album, “Kamikyokutachi”, has given the girls their first album that has sold over half a million units!

As of this week, “Kamikyokutachi” has sold approximately 501,000 copies since its release on April 7th of 2010. Although the idol group has already sold over a million copies of their singles “Beginner” and “Sakura no Ki ni Narou”, this marks the first time that any of their albums have sold over 500,000 since their debut six years ago.
“Kamikyokutachi” is also the first album by a female group to surpass half a million since Destiny’s Child sold 592,000 copies of their best album, “Number Ones”, over five years ago, and the first time a Japanese girl group has done so since Morning Musume’s album, “4th Ikimasshoi!” (515,000), went on sale almost nine years ago.



a wonderful achievement!! congrats AKB48!!