[2011.02.16] AKB48 - 20th Single "Sakura no Ki ni Narou"

[maliciel]

Finally a single that's actually good gets decent sales!

[z3144228]

weekly
*1　942,479　AKB48
*2　*83,715　テゴマス
*3　*58,928　コブクロ

[Masa]

AKB48′s “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” achieves 6th highest first-week sales in history

Posted on February 21, 2011 by tokyograph

Oricon has announced the official weekly sales total for AKB48’s 20th single, “Sakura no Ki ni Narou.” After starting off with a record-setting first day, the single has sold approximately 942,000 copies to achieve the 6th highest first-week sales in history.

The last single to sell more than 900,000 copies in the first week was Utada Hikaru’s “Addicted to You” in 1999, which sold 1.068 million copies. This means that AKB48 is the only artist to reach that level since the turn of the century. Among female artists, the next closest single is Amuro Namie’s “Can You Celebrate?” (1997), which moved 828,000 copies in its first week, though AKB48′s “Beginner” came close last year at 827,000.

Oricon began tracking weekly sales data for singles in January 1968. The only singles that have performed better than “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” are:

   1. “Namonaki Uta” – Mr.Children – 1,208,000
   2. “Addicted to You” – Utada Hikaru – 1,068,000
   3. “Dango 3 Kyoudai” – Hayami Kentaro, Shigemori Ayumi, Himawari Kids & Dango Gasshoudan – 1,026,000
   4. “Winter, again” – GLAY – 956,000
   5. “LOVE PHANTOM” – B'z – 951,000

With “Sakura no Ki ni Narou,” AKB48 has achieved a streak of seven #1 singles. They are only the second female group to do so, after Pink Lady in 1978.

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/akb48s-sakura-no-ki-ni-narou-achieves-6th-highest-first-week-sales-in-history

DOMINATION!

[Masa]

Yesterday:


Today:


Total: 960,409

[fullshield]

It was an exciting week on the global track chart: two songs set new records! The new smash of pop sensation Lady GaGa, 'Born This Way', gets 688.000 points after its first full week at retail. Never before since the start of the Media Traffic top 40 chart in January 1999 and track reach such a high level. The former record was held by Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg's 'California Gurls', which got 556.000 points in the week 27, 2010. And before 1999 there were only two tracks, with a greater potential: Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' from 1992 and Elton John's 'Candle In The Wind 1997'. In its first 10 days 'Born This Way' sold more than 1,5 million digital copies globally. And we having another million-seller this week: the all female japanese theater / idol group AKB 48 shoots straight to no.2 this week with their 6th global top-10 smash in only 12 months! 'Sakuranoki Ni Narô' moved more than a million singles & downloads in only one week (the biggest weekly figure for a single since more than 11 years in Japan). 'Sakuranoki Ni Narô' gets 575.000 points and that's an alltime high for a no.2 hit! By the way, exactly 10 years ago, another J-pop star,  Hikaru Utada, started at no.1 with 'Can You Keep A Secret' and sold 784.000 singles in its first week at retail. And 20 years and a week ago Kazumasa Oda's 'Oh! Yeah!' was the first J-pop song ever, which reach no.1 on the global chart (741.000 singles).

http://www.mediatraffic.de/

[Tai]

AKB48 LOD (640x360):
[B5]110218 Team B - Sakura no Ki ni Narou.wmv
[K6]110215 Team K - Sakura no Ki ni Narou.wmv
[K6]110221 Team K - Sakura no Ki ni Narou.wmv
[RS]110222 Team Kenkyuuse - Sakura no Ki ni Narou.wmv

[alohellofan]

Great song. Love the long PV.

[WawanBlackStar]

Total today: 1,002,052
just two weeks

[SomethingWild]

^Actually, it's two weeks and one day 

Week 2: 55,484
Total: 997,963

Today's 4K puts them above one million! Congrats AKB!

[carenduna]

Does anyone know where I can find the 'C2' version of the Guuzen no Juujiro PV? I can't download the one that is on YouTube I was SO disappointed that the version on the DVD was the one where the boys seem to get more screentime. What's with that? The C2 is much better, and I actually get to see my two Oshimen, Harugon and Kuumin As an aside... does anyone have any pictures of Harugon and Kuumin together?

[Anariel]

I can't download the one that is on YouTube

1. Browser Firefox
2. Youtube Downloader Plugin
3.

[Anariel]

does anyone have any pictures of Harugon and Kuumin together?

beginning at 11:23

[SomethingWild]

Total sales so far: 1,052,300

Which makes this single their best selling single to date!

[xdionysusx]

wonder what's the figure for the next single which include senbatsu vote ticket