Weekly Oricon charts - Albums/Singles/Music-DVDs
After selling over 1 million copies on the first day, AKB48’s latest single “Flying Get” has officially topped the weekly sales charts. According to Oricon, the single sold approximately 1,354,000 copies in its first week, breaking the all-time record that they previously set with “Everyday, Kachusha” in May (1,334,000).
They are now the first artist in the 44-year history of Oricon’s single charts to release two consecutive singles that sold 1 million copies in the first week.
Since their 14th single “RIVER” in 2009, AKB48 has a streak of 9 consecutive number-ones. Among female groups, this ties them with Pink Lady for the record. It also ties them with Pink Lady for the record of consecutive million-selling singles (three).
In the albums chart, singer YUKI topped the chart with her 6th studio album, "megaphonic." This has made it her 4th consecutive no.1 original album since "joy" in February 2005. Including her best album, "five-star" released in October 2007, this is her 5th no.1 album in total. The album includes her singles "Futari no Story," "Himitsu," and "Hello!" with a total of 13 tracks.
Posting the top 30 albums/singles and the top 10 music-DVDs. The second column in the top 10 refers to sales in 2011.
Oricon Weekly - Albums (23/8~29/8/2011)
*1 76,386 *76,386 YUKI - megaphonic NEW
*2 59,033 341,938 SMAP - SMAP AID
*3 21,089 161,697 Yamashita Tatsuro - Ray Of Hope
*4 16,503 269,926 Kato Miliyah - M BEST
*5 16,071 *16,071 SUPER JUNIOR-M - Perfection NEW
*6 15,375 *15,375 ZE:A - Watch Out ~Netsuai Chuihou~ NEW
*7 13,012 *13,012 U-KISS - Bran New KISS NEW
*8 12,625 *77,502 Che’Nelle - Luv Songs
*9 10,689 573,390 Shoujo Jidai - GIRLS' GENERATION
10 *9,840 **9,840 MINMI - THE HEART SONG COLLECTION NEW
11~30:
11 *9,635 Okamura Yasuyuki - Etiquette (Purple Jacket) NEW
12 *9,597 Lady Gaga - Born This Way
13 *9,333 Okamura Yasuyuki - Etiquette (Pink Jacket) NEW
14 *9,120 WEAVER - Jubilation NEW
15 *8,875 Various Artists - ZONE Tribute ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~
16 *8,008 Cocco - The Best Ban
17 *7,510 B'z - C’mon
18 *7,478 JUJU - YOU
19 *6,730 Hakase Taro - THE BEST OF TARO HAKASE
20 *6,039 Lenny Kravitz - Black And White America NEW
21 *5,292 SM☆SH - AIR SM☆SH 1 NEW
22 *5,261 Various Artists - Dancemania Sparkle-Best Of 90’s Dance Pop NEW
23 *5,175 Kubota Toshinobu - Gold Skool
24 *5,118 AKB48 - Koko ni Ita Koto
25 *5,062 HOTEI with FELLOWS - ALL TIME SUPER GUEST
26 *4,915 Arashi - Beautiful World
27 *4,855 Tsujii Nobuyuki - Kamisama no Karute ~Nobuyuki Tsujii Jisaku Shuu
28 *4,686 Kariyushi58 - Kariyushi58 Best
29 *4,361 Suga Shikao - SugarlessII
30 *3,950 SUPER JUNIOR - MR. SIMPLE
Oricon Weekly - Singles (23/8~29/8/2011)
*1 1,354,492 1,354,492 AKB48 - Flying Get NEW
*2 *,*63,594 *,*63,594 V6 - Sexy.Honey.Bunny! / Takaranoishi NEW
*3 *,*40,283 *,*40,283 PASSPO☆ - ViVi Natsu NEW
*4 *,*38,202 *,*38,202 Golden Bomber - Memeshikute / Nemutakute NEW
*5 *,*20,209 *,392,228 Kis-My-Ft2 - Everybody Go
*6 *,*19,707 *,111,397 Kuwata Keisuke - Ashita e no March / Let's try again -kuwata keisuke ver.~ / Hadaka DE Ondo ~Matsurida!! Naked~
*7 *,*17,923 *,*17,923 Tiger (Hirata Hiroaki), Barnaby (Morita Masakazu) - Seigi no Koe ga Kikoeru kai NEW
*8 *,*17,058 *,169,917 Kanjani8 - Tsubusa ni Koi
*9 *,*14,445 *,410,906 Kaoru to Tomoki, tama ni Mukku. - Maru Maru Mori Mori!
10 *,*13,722 *,*13,722 Shinomiya Natsuki (Taniyama Kishou) - Uta no☆Prince Sama♪ Maji LOVE 1000% Idol Song Shinomiya Natsuki (Orion de SHOUT OUT) NEW
11~30:
11 *,*12,615 TOKYO GIRLS’STYLE - Limited addiction / We Will Win! -Kokoro no Baton de Po Pon no Pon☆- NEW
12 *,**9,537 Koda Kumi - 4 TIMES
13 *,**9,416 ROOKiEZ is PUNK’D - IN MY WORLD NEW
14 *,**9,363 TUBE - Touch Happy! NEW
15 *,**8,489 Matsushita Yuya - SUPER DRIVE NEW
16 *,**8,114 Miura Daichi - Turn Off The Light NEW
17 *,**8,025 Every Little Thing - Ai ga Aru NEW
18 *,**6,864 NMB48 - Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo
19 *,**6,536 fripSide - Heaven is a Place on Earth NEW
20 *,**6,353 AFTERSCHOOL - Bang!
21 *,**6,250 SKE48 - Pareo wa Emerald
22 *,**6,019 Suzumura Kenichi - Asunaro NEW
23 *,**5,705 Saitou Takumi - Sansan NEW
24 *,**5,627 SDN48 - MIN MIN MIN
25 *,**5,194 cali≠gari - ♯ (Shaba Randa Hen / Tokyo, 43 Ji 0 Fun 59 Byo) NEW
26 *,**4,877 SEKAI NO OWARI - INORI
27 *,**4,459 RO-KYU-BU! - SHOOT!
28 *,**4,288 2PM - I'm your man
29 *,**4,086 NICO Touches the Walls - Te wo Tatake
30 *,**4,037 KARA - GO GO SUMMER!
Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (23/8~29/8/2011)
*1 *22,165 *22,165 Hamasaki Ayumi - ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2010-2011 A~do it again~ NEW
*2 **7,426 **7,426 Momoiro Clover - 4.10 Nakano SunPlaza Taikai Momokuro Haru no Ichidaiji ~Mabushisa no Naka ni Kimi ga Ita~ LIVE DVD NEW
*3 **4,996 352,698 AKB48 - AKB ga Ippai ~The Best Music Video~
*4 **4,946 **4,946 Quruli - Budokan Live NEW
*5 **2,645 **2,645 Tamura Yukari - Tamura Yukari LOVE■LIVE *Mary Rose*&*STARRY☆CANDY☆STRIPE* NEW
*6 **2,550 650,396 Arashi - ARASHI 10-11 TOUR"Scene" ~Kimi to Boku no Miteiru Fukei~ DOME+
*7 **2,343 **2,343 Kegawa no Maries - CONCERT FOR "TIN PAN ALLEY” NEW
*8 **2,311 **2,311 Various Artists - Tokimeki☆Naru Hitoshikan Scandal Visual Original Soundtrack DVD NEW
*9 **2,100 **2,100 S/mileage - S/mileage 2011 Limited Live 'S/mile Factory' NEW
10 **1,946 **1,946 Tortoise Matsumoto - Happy "Tortoise Matsumoto" Hour NEW
Congrats to YUKI & V6! Pretty sad-looking albums chart though...
Source 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7