Japan: AKB48 with another million selling single
Feb 22, 2012 6:35:52 GMT -5
Post by Fresh on Feb 22, 2012 6:35:52 GMT -5
Japan: AKB48 with another million selling single
With first week sales of 1,287,217 copies, AKB48's newly released "Give Me Five!" has set the fourth result for highest first week sales of a physical single. The record was established back in August last year, when group's single "Flying Get" went on to sell 1,354,492 copies in its first week.
This release marks their 12th consecutive #1 single on the Oricon chart. They now have a total of 7 singles selling over a million copies.
The top 10 Japanese highest selling first week singles:
1. "Flying Get" (2011) – AKB48 – 1,354,492
2. "Everyday, Kachusha" (2011) - AKB48 – 1,333,969
3. "Kaze Wa Fuiteiru" (2011) - AKB48 – 1,300,482
4. "Give Me Five!" (2012) - AKB48 - 1,287,217
5. "Namonaki Uta" (1996) – Mr. Children – 1,208,230
6. "Uekara Mariko" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,198,864
7. "Addicted To You" (1999) – Hikaru Utada – 1,067,510
8. "Dango 3 Kyoudai" (1999) – Kentaro Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Himawari Kids & Dango Gasshoudan – 1,025,740
9. "Winter, Again" (1999) – Glay – 955,780
10. "Love Phantom" (1995) – B'z – 951,140
