SDN48's Stage '誘惑のガーター' ('Yuuwaku no Garter') to be released in CD & DVD

My wish is finally answered!!
SDN48 revealed that they will be releasing their stage performance '誘惑のガーター' ('Yuuwaku no Garter') in both CD and DVD on 14th of March. Both the CD and DVD will have two discs, where the first disc features the 1st Generation members while the second disc features the 2nd and 3rd Generation members.

1. overture (SDN48 ver.)
2. Saturday night party
3. Never!
4. Black boy
5. 誘惑のガーター [Yuuwaku no Garter]
6. I'm sure.
7. オールイン [All In]
8. じゃじゃ馬レディー [Jajauma Lady]
9. ガンバリーナ [Ganbarina]
10. 普通のあなた [Futsuu no Anata]
11. Best by・・・
12. 愛されるために [Aisareru Tameni]
13. 孤独なランナー [Kodoku na Runner]
14. 逃避行 [Touhikou]
15. ヴァンパイア計画 [Vampire Keikaku]
CDJapan (CD/DVD)
HMV Online (CD/DVD)

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AKB48 monopolized Oricon's top 5 ranking of Yearly Singles for 2011

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!

From Oricon/tokyohive,

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

<2011 Oricon Yearly ranking TOP 50 : Singles>
01 – “Flying Get” – AKB48 : (1,587,229)
02 – “Everyday, Kachuusha” – AKB48 : (1,586,840)
03 – “Kaze wa Fuiteiru” – AKB48 : (1,418,888)
04 – “Ue Kara Mariko” – AKB48 : (1,198,864)
05 – “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” – AKB48 : (1,079,460)
06 – “Lotus” – Arashi : (625,935)
07 – “Meikyu Love Song” – Arashi : (614,131)
08 – “Maru-Maru-Mori -Mori” – Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook. : (498,920)
09 – “Pareo wa Emerald” – SKE48 : (466,037)
10 – “Everybody Go” – Kis-My-Ft2 : (441,680)
11 – “Okie Dokie” – SKE48 : (434,307)
12 – “Let’s try again” – Team Amuse!! : (312,666)
13 – “Oh My God!” – NMB48 : (309,846)
14 – “Rising Sun/Itsuka Kitto…” – EXILE/EXILE ATSUSHI : (305,001)
15 – “OVER” – Hey! Say! JUMP : (297,781)
16 – “Why?(Keep Your Head Down)” – Tohoshinki : (285,051)
17 – “Banzai Venus” – SKE48 : (274,973)
18 – “Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo” – NMB48 : (263,187)
19 – “T.W.L/Yellow Pansy Street” – Kanjani8 : (257,932)
20 – “Kazoku ni Narou Yo/fighting pose” – Fukuyama Masaharu : (255,572)
21 – “Magic Power” – Hey! Say! JUMP : (254,171)
22 – “Shuumatsu Not yet” – Not yet : (246,129)
23 – “Eternal” – Akanishi Jin : (241,630)
24 – “Zero” – BUMP OF CHICKEN : (238,656)
25 – “GO GO Summer!” – KARA : (230,082)
26 – “Jet Coaster Lover” – KARA : (225,175)
27 – “Dear J” – Itano Tomomi : (216,781)
28 – “Don’t Wanna Lie” – B’z : (216,239)
29 – “Let me cry” – Jang Geun Suk : (215,714)
30 – “Sexy Zone” – Sexy Zone : (211,908)
31 – “ULTIMATE WHEELS” – KAT-TUN : (210,749)
32 – “BIRTH” – KAT-TUN : (209,871)
33 – “Flower” – Maeda Atsuko : (209,781)
34 – “Naminori Kakigoori” – Not yet : (205,645)
35 – “Pera Pera Perao” – Not yet : (196,660)
36 – “My Home” – Kanjani8 : (190,942)
37 – “Greatest The Hits 2011~2011″ – Maximum the Hormone : (189,659)
38 – “‘Arigatou’~Sekai no Doko ni Itemo~” – Hey! Say! JUMP : (188,555)
39 – “Tsubasa Ni Koi” – Kanjani8 : (186,571)
40 – “365 Nichi Kazoku” – Kanjani8 : (185,395)
41 – “Superstar” – Tohoshinki : (184,317)
42 – “Ano Ko to Nogiku to Watashibune” – Hikawa Kiyoshi : (183,300)
43 – “RUN FOR YOU” – KAT-TUN : (179,296)
44 – “Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo” – B’z : (177,180)
45 – “WHITE” – KAT-TUN : (174,332)
46 – “MR.TAXI/Run Devil Run” – Shoujo Jidai : (172,205)
47 – “Time” – KinKi Kids : (171,068)
48 – “Yume Tamago” – NYC : (151,056)
49 – “Saisho no Mail” – French Kiss : (145,163)
50 – “Anata e/Ooo Baby” – EXILE/EXILE ATSUSHI : (142,927)

(Oricon/tokyohive)

Congratulations to AKB48 again!! 2011 is indeed the year for AKB48!

Astonishing sales by AKB48 again!

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!

Source:
23rd Aug Oricon Daily Singles Sales

Oricon - Majisuka Gakuen 2 sales news