This rivalry was actually planned out by the producer, Akimoto Yasushi, of both AKB48 and Nogizaka46, which coincidentally (part of the plan I would say) took place on the date of Aki-P's birthday.
Announced at the Saitama Super Arena Concert today, AKB48 will be releasing their 26th single, '真夏のSounds Good!' ('Manatsu no Sounds good!') on 23rd of May. 'Manatsu no Sounds Good!' will feature the largest Senbatsu in AKB48's records, with 36 members, where 15 of them would be their first time in Senbatsu - inclusive of 11 from AKB48's Team 4, and 1 from HKT48 (Kodama Haruka). More details are yet to be announced.
Type A (CD + DVD)
1. [CD] 真夏のSounds good! [Manatsu no Sounds Good!]
2. [CD] 3つの涙 [Mittsu no Namida]
3. [CD] ちょうだい、ダーリン [Choudai, Darling!]
4. [CD] 真夏のSounds good! Off vocal ver.
5. [CD] 3つの涙 Off vocal ver.
6. [CD] ちょうだい、ダーリン Off vocal ver.
7. [DVD] 真夏のSounds good! Music Video [Manatsu no Sounds Good! music video]
8. [DVD] 真夏のSounds good! Music Video-Dance ver.- [Manatsu no Sounds Good! music video -Dance Ver.-]
9. [DVD] 3つの涙 Music Video [Mittsu no Namida music video]
10. [DVD] ちょうだい、ダーリン Music Video [Choudai, Darling! music video]
11. [DVD] AKB 48 27thシングル 選抜総選挙 出馬メンバー プロフィール映像＜Type-A＞
[AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Elections Member’s Profile Clips ＜Type-A＞]
CDJapan [LE/Regular]
HMV Online [LE/Regular]
Type B (CD + DVD)
1. [CD] 真夏のSounds good! [Manatsu no Sounds Good!]
2. [CD] 3つの涙 [Mittsu no Namida]
3. [CD] ぐぐたすの空 [Gugutasu no Sora]
4. [CD] 真夏のSounds good! off vocal ver.
5. [CD] 3つの涙 off vocal ver.
6. [CD] ぐぐたすの空 off vocal ver.
7. [DVD] 真夏のSounds good! Music Video [Manatsu no Sounds Good! music video]
8. [DVD] 真夏のSounds good! Music Video-Dance ver.- [Manatsu no Sounds Good! music video -Dance Ver.-]
9. [DVD] 3つの涙 Music Video [Mittsu no Namida music video]
10. [DVD] ぐぐたすの空 Music Video [Gugutasu no Sora music video]
11. [DVD] AKB48 27thシングル 選抜総選挙 出馬メンバー プロフィール映像＜Type-B＞
[AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Elections Member’s Profile Clips ＜Type-B＞]
CDJapan [LE/Regular]
HMV Online [LE/Regular]
Theater Edition (CD only)
1. [CD] 真夏のSounds good! [Manatsu no Sounds Good!]
2. [CD] 3つの涙 [Mittsu no Namida]
3. [CD] 君のために僕は… [Kimi no Tame ni Boku wa…]
4. [CD] 真夏のSounds good! off vocal ver.
5. [CD] 3つの涙 off vocal ver.
6. [CD] 君のために僕は… off vocal ver.
'真夏のSounds good !' preview
ぐぐたすの空 preview
'Manatsu no Sounds good!' Senbatsu Members
Team A:
Kuramochi Asuka, Kojima Haruna, Sashihara Rino, Shinoda Mariko, Takajo Aki, Takahashi Minami, Maeda Atsuko
As usual, I will be rooting for Akicha (Takajo Aki) and Rena (Matsui Rena), my oshi from AKB48 and SKE48 respectively. Wished I can vote more but again, budget problems... TAT
UPDATE (25th March):
Senbatsu Members revealed
General Election to take place in June
Not only that, the single shipped over 2 million copies on the day of release! Breaking their previous record of 1.6 million with their 23rd single, 'Kaze wa Fuiteiru'.
"Billboard JAPAN established this awards festival back in 2009. They nominate artists who have topped the Billboard Charts throughout the year. The winners are chosen by votes submitted through cell phones or the internet."
For ‘Billboard JAPAN Music Awards 2011‘, AKB48 not only won the ‘Artist of the Year‘ award, but also the ‘Top Pop Artist‘ award, the ‘Hot 100 of the Year‘ award, and the ‘Hot 100 Single Sales of the Year‘ award! AKB48 is considered the first artist to win 4 awards in a single year! Congratulations AKB48!!
Blogged previously, AKB48's 24th single, '上からマリコ' ('Ue kara Mariko'), sold a total of 1,199,000 copies and topped many charts. It was recently announced on Oricon even more records that AKB48 made and broke!
Oricon revealed that idol group AKB48 monopolized the TOP 5 of yearly single ranking for 2011. AKB48’s total sales for CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays during 2011 reached 8,911,000 copies, and for the first time since they debuted 6 years ago, AKB48 received the “Total sales by artist” honor which is given to the artist who has the most total annual sales during the year which for them was 16,280,000,000 yen. Moreover, they topped 7 out of 16 categories in “The 44th Yearly Ranking 2011” proving that 2011 was the year for AKB48.
AKB48 released 5 singles this year, and all 5 sold over a million copies. Though three groups; Pink Lady in 1978, Hikaru GENJI in 1988, and Arashi in 2009, have monopolized TOP3 of Oricon’s yearly single ranking in the past, this is the first time for any artist to monopolize the TOP5. Selling over a million copies for 5 singles in one year is also a new record broken by AKB48 for the first time in 16 years when B’z and Mr. Children made the record with 4 singles in 1995.
Team A Captain, Takahashi Minami, who was present to receive a trophy for the “Total sales by artist”, commented surprisingly at the records they made, “Thank you for letting us have this wonderful prize. This makes me feel that we are accepted by people for a little bit, and also makes me really happy“.
Oshima Yuko also said, “It was a big surprise. When AKB48 started 6 years ago, it was like ‘the future is a closed book’ for us, and I never expected that AKB48 would be able to become the group to make these records. I’m honored“. Shinoda Mariko also stated that she wants to aim for more next year.
Below are the 7 categories in “The 44th Yearly Ranking 2011″ topped by AKB48:
“Total sales, by artist” – 16,280,000,000 yen (*new record for a female group)
“Number of copies sold for singles, by work” – “Flying Get” 1,587,000 copies (*new record for a female group)
“Sum of sales for singles, by work” – “Everyday, Kachuusha” 2,150,000,000 yen
“Sum of sales for singles, by artist” – 9,590,000,000 yen
“Number of copies sold for music blu-ray discs (BDs), by work” – “AKB ga Ippai” 148,000 copies
“Sum of sales for music BDs, by work” – “AKB ga Ippai” 1,010,000,000 yen
“Sum of sales for music BDs, by artist” – 1,010,000,000 yen
AKB48's 24th Single, '上からマリコ' ('Ue kara Mariko'), sold a total of 1,199,000 copies in the first week, thus became the highest selling single for the week of 19th December and the 5th highest selling single in its first week till date. Furthermore, AKB48 became the first artists ever to sell four consecutive “First Week Million” singles. What's more, all five of their singles this year have sold one million copies.
AKB48 has surpassed Pink Lady, Amuro Namie, Hamasaki Ayumi, and Utada Hikaru to become the top female artists with the most million selling singles.
The group is currently tied with Morning Musume for having the most number one singles for a female group; which is 11.
AKB48 is currently tied with GLAY with 5 consecutive million selling singles. GLAY has held the record since February 22, 1999, with their single “Winter, again”; that’s 12 years and 10 months.
'純情U-19' performed in HEY!x3 Christmas Special on 19th December
NMB48 would be releasing their 3rd single on the 8th of February 2012, titled '純情U-19' ('Junjou U-19'). Senbatsu members and Shirogumi & Akagumi members are released while more details are yet to be released.
Type A (CD + DVD)
1. [CD] 純情U-19 [Junjou U-19]
2. [CD] 場当たりGO!/ アンダーガールズ [Baatari Go!/Undergirls]
3. [CD] 努力の雫/ 白組 [Doryoku no Shizuku/ Shirogumi]
4. [CD] 純情U-19 off vocal ver.
5. [CD] 場当たりGO! Off vocal ver.
6. [CD] 努力の雫 Off vocal ver.
7. [DVD] 純情U-19（ミュージックビデオ） [Junjou U-19 music video]
8. [DVD] 努力の雫/白組（ミュージックビデオ） [Doryoku no Shizuku/ Shirogumi music video]
9. [DVD] 純情U-19（ミュージックビデオ ダンシングバージョン）[Junjou U-19 music video Dance Ver.]
10. [DVD] 第1回NMB48紅白対抗料理対決（予選）[NMB48’s First White vs Red Cook-Off (Preliminaries)] CDJapan HMV Online
Type B (CD + DVD)
1. [CD] 純情U-19 [Junjou U-19]
2. [CD] 場当たりGO!/ アンダーガールズ [Baatari Go!/Undergirls]
3. [CD] 右へ曲がれ/ 紅組 [Migi e Magare/Akagumi]
4. [CD] 純情U-19 off vocal ver.
5. [CD] 場当たりGO! off vocal ver.
6. [CD] 右へ曲がれ off vocal ver.
7. [DVD] 純情U-19（ミュージックビデオ） [Junjou U-19 music video]
8. [DVD] 右へ曲がれ/紅組（ミュージックビデオ） [Migi e Magare/Akagumi music video]
9. [DVD] 純情U-19 （ミュージックビデオ ダンシングバージョン） [Junjou U-19 music video Dance ver.]
10. [DVD] 第1回NMB48紅白対抗料理対決（決勝） [NMB48’s First White vs Red Cook-Off (Finals)] CDJapan HMV Online
Type C (CD + DVD)
1. [CD] 純情U-19 [Junjou U-19]
2. [CD] 場当たりGO!/ アンダーガールズ [Baatari Go!/Undergirls]
3. [CD] 恋愛のスピード/ NMBセブン [Renai no Speed/NMB Seven]
4. [CD] 純情U-19 off vocal ver.
5. [CD] 場当たりGO! Off vocal ver.
6. [CD] 恋愛のスピード off vocal ver.
7. [DVD] 純情U-19（ミュージックビデオ） [Junjou U-19 music video]
8. [DVD] 純情U-19 （ミュージックビデオ ダンシングバージョン） [Junjou U-19 music video Dance ver.]
9. [DVD] NMB48 feat.吉本新喜劇 Vol.2 [NMB feat. Yoshimoto New Comedy Troupe Ver.2]
10. [DVD] 純情U-19メイキング [Junjou U-19 making] CDJapan HMV Online
Theater Version (CD only)
1. [CD] 純情U-19 [Junjou U-19]
2. [CD] 努力の雫/ 白組 [Doryoku no Shizuku/ Shirogumi]
3. [CD] 右へ曲がれ/ 紅組 [Migi e Magare/Akagumi]
4. [CD] ジャングルジム/山本彩 [Jungle Gym/Yamamoto Sayaka]
5. [CD] 純情U-19 off vocal ver.
6. [CD] 努力の雫/ 白組 off vocal ver.
7. [CD] 右へ曲がれ/ 紅組 off vocal ver.
8. [CD] ジャングルジム/山本彩 off vocal ver.
Senbatsu Members:
Team N - Ogasawara Mayu, Kadowaki Kanako, Kishino Rika, Kinoshita Haruna, Kotani Riho, Kondo Rina, Jonishi Kei, Shiroma Miru, Fukumoto Aina, Yamada Nana, Yamamoto Sayaka, and Watanabe Miyuki
1st Generation Research Student - Kinoshita Momoka
2nd Generation Research Student - Jo Eriko, Yagura Fuko, and Yogi Keira
UPDATE (3rd January):
Part of tracklists and covers revealed
UPDATE (15th January):
Yamamoto Sayaka to make her first 'solo' debut' with a solo song 'Jungle Gym' in the Theater version of the single.
UPDATE (14th February):
'Junjou U-19' sold 329,000 copies in its first week and also topped the Oricon Single Ranking for the week of February 20th.
This would be their third single topping the Oricon chart in the first week.
This made them the first female artists to top the Oricon's chart with three consecutive singles, since debut.
They are also the first to sell more than 200,000 copies in the first week for three consecutive singles, since debut.
Congratulations NMB48!!
Koe ga Kasureru Kurai
Red Team: Katou Rumi, Kinoshita Yukiko, Takada Shiori, Deguchi Aki, Matsui Rena, Sato Seira, Yakata Miki, Ueno Kasumi, Umemoto Madoka, Hara Minami, Mano Haruka, Yamashita Yukari
Comments by SKE48 members in interview by reporters after the 'Okie Dokie' handshake event on 18th December at the Nagoya Port Messe in Aichi,
“Homosexual love is one of the themes… I filmed [the music video] feeling like I’d become a boy,” said member Matsui Jurina. “There’s some skinship in there that’s absolutely unordinary for me (laughs), so please pay attention to it.”
Matsui Rena also commented, “This time, ‘Kataomoi Finally’ is a song that feels a little different to what we’ve been doing up until now, so we’re really looking forward to the fan response. It was really scary filming the dance scene in a high place (on the roof of a building), but I’m really pleased with how amazingly it turned out.”
One reporter asked the girls, “Are all of you in one-sided loves?”, prompting Matsui Rena to reply, “I’m in love with Churi (Takayanagi Akane)!” Upon hearing this, Takayangi replied, “I’m happy [to hear that], but I guess it is a one-sided love (laughs). But when ‘Kataomoi Finally’ comes out next year, maybe it’ll be a mutual love, or maybe it really will be the end of the ‘kataomoi’ (unrequited love) finally,” earning a laugh from the members.
This single is totally a fresh new feel for SKE48 and not only the song, the PV of both the cover song and b-sides are very nice! Loved 'Kataomoi Finally' the most followed by Akagumi's b-side, 'Koe ga Kasureru Kurai'. This so tempting to get.. especially when the covers are so awesome!! I think I am going to get all three types if possible!
UPDATE (19th December):
Covers, track lists and PVs released
UPDATE (26th January):
The PV of 'Kataomoi Finally was ranked first in 'Recochoku Video Clip Daily Ranking Chart'! Congratulations SKE48!
Recochoku’s Video Ranking for January 26th
1st place：Kataomoi Finally (SKE48)
2nd place：Pedicure day (No sleeves)
3rd place：Rambling girls (AFTERSCHOOL)
4th place：Heavy Rotation (AKB48)
5th place：Rising Sun (EXILE)
UPDATE (31st January):
'Kataomoi Finally' sold 496,000 copies in its first week, topping the Oricon Weekly Single Ranking for the week of February 6th. Congratulations!!
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! ^^
NMB48's second single 'Oh My God!' sold over 265,000 copies in its first week, thus ranking first in the Oricon Weekly Single Ranking Chart. This makes NMB48 to be the first group to top the charts twice in a row since their debut and also the first female group to sell over 200,000 copies in its first week, two singles in a row.
Reported on Oricon News, AKB48 created yet another mark on the Oricon chart with their 22nd Single 'フライングゲット' (Flying Get) selling more than 1.354millions copies in the first week. This made the single the best first-week-sales in the history of Oricon! The second placing now is AKB48's 21st Single 'Everyday、カチューシャ' (Everyday, Kachuusha), which sold about 1.334million copies in the first week.
AKB48 started to top the Oricon weekly-sales chart since their 14th Single 'RIVER' in 2009, which makes them on tie with the legendary idol duo Pink Lady, who released “Chameleon Army” nearly thirty-three years ago, on having nine chart-topping singles consecutively and also the status of a female group with the highest number of million-seller singles in a row.
That's totally awesome! Way to go AKB48! Congratulations!! ^o^
My recent post on the AKB48's 22nd Single first day sales here.
The sales of the AKB48 22nd single reached 1.5 million, 4 weeks after it was released, with it's latest weekly sales at 23,000 copies. This makes it the 2nd consecutive single to reach 1.5 million sales, where 'Everyday Kachuusha' sold 1,573,000 copies in total.
The record of selling 1.5 million copies for 2 consecutive singles has been accomplished by B’z in 1993, Mr.Children in 1994, and in 1996, KinKi Kids in 1998, and Utada Hikaru in 2000. AKB48 is thus the first female group in history to achieve this.
(adapted from tokyohive)
AKB48’s 17th single “Heavy Rotation”, which was released back in August of 2010, has come in at number one on Oricon’s Karaoke Ranking this week, making this their 43rd consecutive week at number one! Up until now, ORANGE RANGE’s “Hana” has held this record for six years with 42 consecutive first place wins.
“Heavy Rotation” was the result of AKB48’s “2nd Senbatsu General Election”, where Oshima Yuko took first place and was in the center position for the first time. This track was second to AKB48’s first million-seller “Beginner” in Oricon’s 2010 Yearly Ranking, selling 713,000 copies.
“Heavy Rotation” officially entered the karaoke ranking on September 13, 2010 at #12. It gradually moved up in rank until November 1, 2010, where it finally took the first place position and has continued to keep it for 10 months. More than a year after its initial release, “Heavy Rotation” is still in the TOP100 single ranking and is a song people love to sing at karaoke.
Heavy Rotation is indeed an all time favourite amongst fans, or even amongst casual listeners. I love the song a lot as it's really catchy and cheerful. ^^ Way to go AKB48! Congratulations! =D
Oricon released the Daily Singles sales for 23rd August and topping the the chart is AKB48's 22nd Single, 'フライングゲット' (Flying Get), at a shocking 1,025,952 copies for it's first day sales!
it was followed by 'Ｓｅｘｙ．Ｈｏｎｅｙ．Ｂｕｎｎｙ！／タカラノイシ' by V6 (28,943 copies), and 'ＶｉＶｉ夏' by ぱすぽ☆ (14,412 copies).
The previous single 'Everyday. Kachuusha' sold a total of 942,475 copies for the first day, which is really amazing already but understandable as many fans bought multiple copies just for the voting tickets for the 22nd Single Senbatsu Elections (some even in thousands. No kidding!). A voting ticket was included in each of the first press editions of AKB48's 21st single and each person is able to vote more than once. Thus the more voting tickets one have, the more votes he/she can cast.
The AKB48's 22nd single however isn't for Senbatsu elections or anything similar, thus I actually thought that the first day sales would be lower than that of the 21st single. The most probable reason for this amount of sales for just the first day might just be that the amount of fans and people listening to AKB48 have really increased by a lot! Now that's some great news =D
Not only did their 22nd did a really amazing feat, the DVD box set for their midnight drama, マジスカ学園2 (Majisuka Gakuen 2), sold an impressive amount of 10,000 copies in the first week of sales, securing the 2nd position in the Oricon's weekly DVD ranking. The first season, マジスカ学園 (Majisuka Gakuen), sold only 3,000 copies in the first week, ranking at 32nd in overall.
I have watched the first season some time ago and followed the second season while it was airing on TV Tokyo. Found both of the seasons really awesome, not because the cast is AKB48 (along with members from SKE48 and SDN48), but because in general the storyline, action scenes, etc are really good. Wanted to get the 2nd seasons DVD box set but didn't have the money yet >_< It would be costing me near SGD400 with all the shipping and handing included. Would try to get it one day!
Previously I posted on AKB48 reaching #1 on the United World Chart and that the 21st single, Everyday、カチューシャ (Everyday, Kachuusha) was ranked 1st for the whole of the first week of Oricon sales. Yesterday night I went to check on two of rating apps in my iPod Touch, 'Top 100 Music - FREE' and 'Music top 100's hits', the single, Everyday、カチューシャ (Everyday, Kachuusha) was also rated #1 in both of the apps in the 'Japan' category! Congratulations AKB48!! ^^
Selling a massive 1,333,969 copies of their 21st single, Everyday、カチューシャ (Everyday, Kachuusha'), in just the first week, I would say that I am not surprised and they totally deserves that position. Congratulations AKB48!! ＼(^o^)／
The United World Chart ranks the most popular tracks according to 'global paid downloads, single-sales and airplay'. In week 23 of 2011, AKB48 has come in at #1, above popular artists such as Pitbull, Adele, Jennifer Lopez and Bruno Mars.
But it doesn’t stop there! “Everyday, Kachuusha” is also on one of the “top achievement charts” for “tracks with most points in a week (since 1999)”. This isn’t their first time on this chart though, as AKB48’s previous single – “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” – ranked at #3,right below Lady GaGa’s “Born This Way”.
