(Group) The AKB48 Thread

[jafeijai]

From http://www.j-cast.com/2010/12/10083206.html :

CD Rankings of 2010
1. 「Beginner」 947,179 - AKB48 10/10/27
2. 「Heavy Rotation」 709,342 - AKB48 10/08/18
3. 「Troublemaker」 698,542 - Arashi 10/03/03
4. 「Monster」 696,022 - Arashi 10/05/19
5. 「Ponytail to Shushu」 657,868 - AKB48 10/05/26
6. 「Hatenai Sora」 649,339 - Arashi 10/11/10
7. 「Lφve Rainbow」 618,614 - Arashi 10/09/08
8. 「Dear Snow」 590,150 - Arashi 10/10/06
9. 「To be free」 516,142 - Arashi 10/07/07
10. 「Chance no Junban」 471,242 - ABK48 10/12/08

The numbers aren't up-to-date (as can be seen from the Chance no Junban sales), but this confirms that AKB48 and Arashi have dominated the sales of 2010 (since I rather doubt any other artist will be able to pull out such numbers between now and the end of the year).

[Blu-Cherri]

when is end of oricon year?? I know it's not 31st december

[Masa]

Charts: AKB48, Mr.Children, SMAP

Tue, December 14, 2010 (9:11pm EST)

AKB48's 19th single, "Chance no Junban," is #1 on the sales charts this week, moving just under 597,000 copies. Although this is a drop from the 827,000 copies sold in the first week by their previous single "Beginner," the song is still their fourth consecutive single to exceed half a million in first-week sales.

AKB48 now has five #1 singles for the year, a feat that has not been accomplished by a female artist since Pink Lady in 1978. The group also has achieved a streak of six consecutive chart-toppers. Among female groups, this ties for the record with Onyanko Club, who had six number-ones between February 1986 and May 1987.

Two singles by the anime band Girls Dead Monster ranked #2 and #3, followed by Kaela Kimura's latest song at #4. Choshinsung, TUBE, and Sata Andagi entered the charts in the #7 to #9 spots. On the album charts, Mr.Children's "SENSE" held on to the #1 seat for the second straight week, selling an additional 95,000 copies. This brings its current sales total to 597,000. A few new albums made the top ten, coming from Dragon Ash (#7), Yuna Ito (#8), INFINITY16 (#9), and GARNET CROW (#10).

The overall DVD charts were led by SMAP's "We are SMAP! 2010 CONCERT DVD" at a pace of 164,000 copies in its first week. This is SMAP's 2nd consecutive DVD (and 5th in total) to reach #1 in the overall DVD rankings. In just the music DVD category, this is their 6th consecutive #1.

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-7162

YouTube's top videos of 2010: AKB48, Perfume, Erika Sawajiri

Tue, December 14, 2010 (8:30pm EST)

YouTube has announced its 2010 "Rewind" rankings of the most watched videos on the service, worldwide and in several countries. In Japan, the music video rankings were dominated by AKB48 and Perfume, together occupying 6 of the Top 10 spots.

Most watched music videos:

   1. "Ponytail to Chouchou" - AKB48
   2. "Natural ni Koishite" - Perfume
   3. "Heavy Rotation" - AKB48
   4. "Fushizen na Girl" - Perfume
   5. "Namida" - FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
   6. "VOICE" - Perfume
   7. "Telephone" - Lady Gaga
   8. "Toilet no Kamisama" - Kana Uemura
   9. "Oh!" - SNSD
  10. "Namida Surprise!" - AKB48

Besides music videos, the most watched video clip was Erika Sawajiri's photo shoot for the fashion magazine GLAMOROUS. Another video of Sawajiri's photo shoots ranked #7 on the list.

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-7161

[Blu-Cherri]

live tv medley

[ohno]

Live stream of Nagoya Beginner handshake event now:
CBC1053_hi

[nicander]

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-7199

AKB48 will perform medley

[SomethingWild]

AKB48 is now on MySpace:

http://www.myspace.com/akb48official

[SomethingWild]

They have three singles in the top 10!



 

[nicander]

^
hebirote still rotating ?? 

AKB48 is now on MySpace:

http://www.myspace.com/akb48official

wow...it's been ages since the last time i visited myspace 

[Anariel]

[SomethingWild]

Check it out, AKB48 is charting like crazy 

[Masa]

^ DOMINATION!

Charts: Kana Uemura, No Sleeves, and the Kouhaku Effect

Wed, January 5, 2011 (7:40pm EST)

Singer-songwriter Kana Uemura recently made her first appearance on NHK's year-end music show Kouhaku Uta Gassen. Her latest song, "Toilet no Kamisama," has been receiving a lot of attention since then. Due to the so-called "Kouhaku effect," the song not only reached #1 on the download charts, but it sold 11,000 copies this past week to achieve #1 on Oricon's single sales rankings, marking Uemura's first time ever at the top of the charts.

"Toilet no Kamisama" was first released as part of Uemura's mini-album "Watashi no Kakeratachi" in March 2010. The song became popular as a digital download later that year, and she released it as her 10th CD single on November 24. However, the song debuted at #12 and never broke the Top 10 before this past week.

The last time that a single rose to #1 from a spot outside the Top 10 in the preceding week was in 2004, when Kanjani8's "Naniwa Iroha Bushi" started out as a Kansai-only release and then began selling nationwide.

Also thanks to the Kouhaku effect, idol group AKB48 saw their singles climb the rankings to place four of them in the Top 10. "Chance no Junban" and "Heavy Rotation" were already in the Top 10 in the previous week but rose to #2 and #3 (from #3 and #8), while "Beginner" and "Ponytail to Chou-chou" jumped to #5 and #9 (from #11 and #25). This is the first time that a female group has had four singles rank in the weekly Top 10. Including female solo artists, they are only the second to achieve that, tying with Hikaru Utada's record from 1999.

Many other artists' singles benefited from appearances on Kouhaku or other music shows at the end of the year. These included SNSD's "Gee" (#13 to #6), EXILE's "I Wish For You" (#20 to #7), Ikimono Gakari's "Arigatou" (#40 to #15), KARA's "Mister" (#33 to #18), and Fuyumi Sakamoto's "Mata Kimi ni Koishiteru" (#48 to #29).

On the album charts, AKB48 sub-unit No Sleeves (no3b) achieved their first #1 album. The self-titled "no3b," released on January 1, sold 59,000 copies to top the rankings. Like Uemura, this is their first number-one release.

The last sub-unit of a female music group to have a #1 album was Morning Musume's Petitmoni in 2002.

Meanwhile, Ikimono Gakari's best album "Ikimono Bakari ~Members BEST Selection~" officially reached 1 million in actual sales, after nine weeks on store shelves. The album has now sold a total of 1.04 million copies. This is the first million-selling album by a group with female vocals since Russian duo t.A.T.u. in 2003.

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-7277

[Masa]

Domination continues!

[Trickfew]

Check it out, AKB48 is charting like crazy 

Oh my god, what a beautiful girls

[Masa]

Weekly:

[SomethingWild]

Like Jaf said, it must be the power of Kouhaku! Still, very impressive. I never seen a group or band chart with 5 singles in the top 10 before.

[Masa]

AKB48 continues to thrive thanks to the “Kouhaku Effect”

Last week, we reported that idol group AKB48 made Oricon history by having four of their singles chart in the top ten simultaneously, but wait… there’s more!

This week, “Heavy Rotation” is in second, “Chance no Junban” is in third, “Beginner” is in fourth, and “Ponytail to Shushu” is in sixth, retaining their current record of four simultaneous top ten singles.

However, other AKB48 singles have also recharted in the Oricon Top 100 due to the famous “Kouhaku effect”. “Namida Surprise!” jumped from 117 to 71, “Oogoe Diamond” leapt up to 74 more than two years after its release, and “Juunen Zakura” made it all the way up to 88.

Altogether, this gives AKB48 a total of 11 singles in the Oricon Top 100. AKB48 is now fourth place in terms of number of singles placing in the top 100, behind such greats as Southern All Stars, Matsutouya Yumi, and L’arc~en~ciel. Oricon predicts that this trend is likely to continue, placing more AKB48 singles back on the charts and retaining recent releases.

Congratulations to AKB48 on their accomplishment!

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/01/akb48-continues-to-thrive-thanks-to-the-kouhaku-effect/

[Trickfew]

AKB48 continues to thrive thanks to the “Kouhaku Effect”

Last week, we reported that idol group AKB48 made Oricon history by having four of their singles chart in the top ten simultaneously, but wait… there’s more!

This week, “Heavy Rotation” is in second, “Chance no Junban” is in third, “Beginner” is in fourth, and “Ponytail to Shushu” is in sixth, retaining their current record of four simultaneous top ten singles.

However, other AKB48 singles have also recharted in the Oricon Top 100 due to the famous “Kouhaku effect”. “Namida Surprise!” jumped from 117 to 71, “Oogoe Diamond” leapt up to 74 more than two years after its release, and “Juunen Zakura” made it all the way up to 88.

Altogether, this gives AKB48 a total of 11 singles in the Oricon Top 100. AKB48 is now fourth place in terms of number of singles placing in the top 100, behind such greats as Southern All Stars, Matsutouya Yumi, and L’arc~en~ciel. Oricon predicts that this trend is likely to continue, placing more AKB48 singles back on the charts and retaining recent releases.

Congratulations to AKB48 on their accomplishment!

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/01/akb48-continues-to-thrive-thanks-to-the-kouhaku-effect/

Amazing¡, the AKB power continues¡

[Masa]

[Masa]

2010 Idol DVD ranking:


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