Weekly Oricon Chart: Albums/Singles/Music-DVDs
Popular idol group, AKB48, have achieved their 2nd consecutive week at the top of the albums chart with "1830m." This is the first time for the group to achieve 2 consecutive weeks either with a single or album since their debut 7 years ago. This is also Maeda Atsuko's last album as an AKB48 member before her graduation. The last time a female group achieved 2 weeks in a row at the top was Twelve Girls Band with "Twelve Girls Band ~Beautiful Energy~" (July 2003), 9 years ago. As for the first time it happened, it was SPEED with "RISE" (April 1998), 14 years and 4 months ago. The album's total for 2 weeks now is 935k. The last time a female act achieved the 900k mark in 2 weeks with an original studio album was Hamasaki Ayumi with "RAINBOW" (December 2002), 9 years and 8 months ago.
In the singles chart, idol group Nogizaka46, have reached the no.1 spot for the 2nd time in a row with their 3rd single, "Hashire! Bicycle." This follows their 2nd single released in May, "Oide Shampoo." Although they're considered AKB48's 'official rival', since they are also 48-related, this means this is the first time for 48-family to achieve simultaneous domination in both singles and albums chart, with AKB48 achieving their 2nd week in a row at the top of the albums chart.
Posting the top 30 albums/singles and the top 10 music-DVDs. The second column in the top 10 refers to sales in 2012. New release in bold.
Oricon Weekly - Albums (20/8/2012~26/8/2012)
*1 *64,111 934,732 AKB48 - 1830m
*2 *54,040 *54,040 AAA - 777 ~TRIPLE SEVEN~
*3 *30,164 *30,164 Dragon Ash - LOUD & PEACE
*4 *29,223 *29,223 Sukima Switch - DOUBLES BEST
*5 *22,106 *22,106 TOKIO - 17
*6 *16,305 700,762 Kuwata Keisuke - I LOVE YOU -now & forever-
*7 *15,593 *15,593 MINMI - MINMI BEST Ame Nochi Niji 2002-2012
*8 *14,263 251,216 SMAP - GIFT of SMAP
*9 *13,436 119,508 Hamasaki Ayumi - A SUMMER BEST
10 *13,230 155,713 Che’Nelle - Believe
11~30:
11 **9,437 Secret - WELCOME to SECRET TIME
12 **9,383 access - Secret Cluster
13 **6,869 ZE:A - PHOENIX
14 **6,472 Buono! - SHERBET
15 **6,318 ONE DIRECTION - Up All Night
16 **6,069 Persona 4 - 「Persona 4 The Ultimated In Mayonaka Arena」 Original Soundtrack
17 **5,351 Moritaka Chisato - The Singles
18 **5,066 GILLE - I AM GILLE.
19 **5,045 Owl City - Midsummer Station
20 **4,714 Suzumura Kenichi - Go
21 **4,648 SUPER JUNIOR - SPY
22 **4,583 Fear,and Loathing in Las Vegas - All That We Have Now
23 **4,456 Tortoise Matsumoto - NEW FACE
24 **4,037 Amuro Namie - Uncontrolled
25 **3,796 Jennifer Lopez - Dance Again… The Hits
26 **3,428 Yazawa Eikichi - Last Song
27 **3,369 Anzenchitai - The Ballad House ~Just Old Fashioned Love Songs~
28 **3,303 BENI - COVERS
29 **3,227 Namikawa Daisuke, Morikubo Shoutaro, etc - Drama CD 「PERSONA4 the Animation」 #2 You’ll understand when you get older
30 **3,076 Flo Rida - Wild Ones
Oricon Weekly - Singles (20/8/2012~26/8/2012)
*1 186,613 186,613 Nogizaka46 - Hashire! Bicycle
*2 109,821 109,821 SUPER JUNIOR - Sexy, Free & Single
*3 *63,190 *63,190 ACE OF SPADES - WILD TRIBE
*4 *54,269 *54,269 BOYFRIEND - Be my shine ~Kimi wo Hanasanai~
*5 *43,752 *43,752 ONE OK ROCK - The Beginning
*6 *30,511 315,242 Kis-My-Ft2 - WANNA BEEEE!!! / Shake It Up
*7 *22,866 *22,866 S/mileage - Suki yo, Junjou Hankouki。
*8 *20,454 *20,454 Linked Horizon - Luxendarc Shokiko (Ka no Mono no Na wa...[Vocalized Version])
*9 *14,400 *14,400 Kotobuki Reiji (Morikubo Shoutaro) / Mikaze Ai (Aoi Shota) - Uta no☆Prince Sama♪ Idol Song Reiji & Ai (Dekiai Temptation / Winter Blossom)
10 *10,303 *10,303 StylipS - Choose me■Darling
11~30:
11 *10,219 miwa - Hikari e
12 **9,980 Perfume - Spending all my time
13 **9,619 FLOWER - forget-me-not ~Wasurenagusa~
14 **9,572 Aqua Timez - Tsubomi
15 **7,290 Sandaime J Soul Brothers - 0~ZERO~ (Hanabi/(YOU SHINE) THE WORLD/Kiss You Tonight/LET’S PARTY)
16 **7,259 LiSA - crossing field
17 **6,614 Jin - Children Record
18 **6,050 Kiyoharu - Namida ga Afureru / sari
19 **5,991 androp - Boohoo / AM0:40 / Waltz
20 **4,842 Kuribayashi Minami - signs ~Sakutsuki Hito yo~
21 **4,799 Superfly - Kagayaku Tsuki no You ni / The Bird Without Wings
22 **4,763 NEWS - Chankapaana
23 **4,740 NMB48 - Virginity
24 **4,652 Mizumori Kaori - Hitori Nagaragawa
25 **4,088 RHYMESTER - The Choice Is Yours
26 **3,701 4Minute - Love Tension
27 **3,448 Shinno Mika - Onna no Hatoba
28 **3,430 SMAP - Moment
29 **3,393 Tamura Yukari - Hohoemi no Plumage
30 **3,273 Chitanda Eru (Sato Satomi), Kayano Ai (Ihara Mayaka) - Kimi ni Matsuwaru Mystery
Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (20/8/2012~26/8/2012)
*1 *12,280 *12,280 BIGBANG - BIGBANG's ALIVE 2012 MAKING COLLECTION
*2 **7,199 **7,199 SCANDAL - SCANDAL JAPAN TITLE MATCH LIVE 2012 -SCANDAL vs BUDOKAN-
*3 **5,551 **5,551 Miura Daichi - DAICHI MIURA LIVE 2012「D.M.」in BUDOKAN
*4 **4,103 **4,103 NMB48 - NMB48 2 Ki Sei Koen 「PARTY ga Hajimaru yo」 Senshuraku -2012.5.2-
*5 **3,897 **3,897 MUCC - -MUCC 15th Annversary Year Live-「MUCC vs MUCC vs MUCC」 Fukanzen Ban 「Misshitsu」
*6 **3,245 **3,245 KREVA - KREVA CONCERT TOUR 2011-2012「GO」Tokyo International Forum
*7 **2,805 *96,157 Perfume - Perfume 3rd TOUR「JPN」
*8 **2,736 **2,736 Various Artists - PERSONA MUSIC LIVE 2012 -MAYONAKA TV in TOKYO International Forum-
*9 **2,492 *23,024 Sexy Zone - Sexy Zone Arena Concert 2012
10 **2,152 695,608 Arashi - ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World
At this rate, AKB will only hit 1 million in another 2 weeks at least, and won't be enough to surpass Mr.Children's "macro" this year. Still, we're getting 3 million-selling albums compared to none last year, and it'd be lovely to have a 4th one if we can! :)
This is AAA's best-selling first week for albums, right? I would have loved for TOKIO to sell more but still, congrats for their top 5 position. Also congrats to ACE OF SPADES, and OOR got their best-selling single so far! XD
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