Tuesday, November 1, 2011

AKB48's Single 'Kaze wa Fuiteiru' Ranks 1st in Oricon Weekly Chart


It was revealed on Oricon that AKB48 claimed the first spot in weekly sales again with 1.3 million copies!
Furthermore it's their tenth consecutive time topping the weekly chart, breaking the record of Pink Lady of nine consecutive of first place in weekly sales almost 33 years ago.

AKB48 now takes over the top three position for best first week sales with “Flying Get” at first place with 1,354,000 copies and “Everyday, Kachuusha” at second with 1,334,000 copies. This makes AKB48 the first artist to ever to achieve three million-selling-single in a row.

What's more is, all the singles AKB48 sold since their debut adds up 10,034,000 copies, making them the fourth girl group after Pink Lady, SPEED, and Morning Musume to break through the 10 million mark in the history of Oricon.

Congratulations AKB48!! I will always support you all! ^^

Source: tokyohive|Oricon

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