Weekly Oricon Chart: Albums/Singles/Music-DVDs
Popular idol group, AKB48's election single this year, also their 27th single, "Gingham Check," has topped the singles chart. This is their 8th consecutive million-selling single (9th overall) since "Sakura no Ki ni Narou" (February last year). For an Oshima Yuko-centered song, this is the first time. The A-side is their first single without Maeda Atsuko who recently graduated from the group. They are off to a good start with a single breaking the 1 million mark, with Oshima taking over as center for only the 2nd time. Since "Everyday, Kachuusha" (May last year), this is the group's 7th consecutive single to break 1 million mark in the first week. This year, this single follows "GIVE ME FIVE" (February) and "Manatsu no Sounds good!" (May) to achieve 1 million. This is the first time in history for an act to achieve at least 3 million-selling singles in 2 consecutive years. "Gingham Check" is their 14th consecutive no.1 single since "RIVER" (October 2009), updating the record set for female groups in 1st place. It has been 16 years and 3 months for an act to achieve 8 consecutive million-selling singles since B'z (with 13), and tied at 2nd place with Mr.Children.
In the albums chart, South Korea's 4-piece band, CNBLUE released their 1st major Japanese album last week, "CODE NAME BLUE" and it has reached no.1. This is the band's first time on top of the albums chart. This is also the 2nd time for them to reach no.1 in either singles or albums chart, with the first one being their single released in February this year, "Where you are," which was also the first time in 41 years for a foreign band to top the singles chart. The band's previous album released in their indie days, "392" (September last year) peaked at 6th. With the exception of sub-units, this is the 3rd time for foreign male artists to reach no.1 with their 1st major album since FTISLAND's "FIVE TREASURE ISLAND" (May last year), and Jang Geun Suk's "JUST CRAZY" (June this year).
Meanwhile, 5-member band, Tokyo Jihen, who ended their 7 and a half years career at Nihon Budoukan on February 29th this year, have topped the music-DVD chart with their 2nd disbandment video, "Chin Play Kou Play." Their 1st disbandment video, "Bon Voyage" also entered the weekly chart at 3rd place, making it their 2nd consecutive times in the top 3 for both videos. This work includes their history from formation to disbandment, demonstrating Tokyo Jihen. Packed with footage of their tour in digest format, as well as festivals and events, this is not to be missed by fans. The Blu-Ray version of this video also reached no.2 in the music-BD chart, selling 12,818 copies, for a total DVD+BD of 31,162 copies.
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 (27/8/2012~2/9/2012)
*1 45,151 *45,151 CNBLUE - CODE NAME BLUE
*2 40,282 975,014 AKB48 - 1830m
*3 36,272 *36,272 Tokyo Jihen - Shinya Waku
*4 23,051 *23,051 the GazettE - DIVISION
*5 11,560 *41,724 Dragon Ash - LOUD&PEACE
*6 11,065 *40,288 Sukima Switch - DOUBLES BEST
*7 10,444 711,206 Kuwata Keisuke - I LOVE YOU -now & forever-
*8 *8,964 164,677 Che’Nelle - Believe
*9 *8,287 **8,287 Def Tech - Official Bootleg Mix CD
10 *8,124 *23,717 MINMI - MINMI BEST Ame Nochi Niji 2002-2012
11~30:
11 *8,036 AAA - 777 ~TRIPLE SEVEN~
12 *7,505 Hamasaki Ayumi - A SUMMER BEST
13 *7,263 SMAP - GIFT of SMAP
14 *6,309 Green Day - STUDIO ALBUMS 1990-2009
15 *5,158 KARA - PANDORA
16 *5,076 Dorama - DIABOLIK LOVERS Do S Kyuuketsu CD VERSUS 1 Ayato VS Shuu
17 *5,055 ONE DIRECTION - Up All Night
18 *5,034 Fudanjuku - Otoko
19 *4,618 SOUL'd OUT - so_mania
20 *4,154 SHERBETS - STRIPE PANTHER
21 *3,485 Moritaka Chisato - The Singles
22 *3,337 Amuro Namie - Uncontrolled
23 *3,252 GILLE - I AM GILLE.
24 *3,190 Owl City - Midsummer Station
25 *3,163 KG - I AM HERE
26 *3,074 Jennifer Lopez - Dance Again… The Hits
27 *2,997 Fear,and Loathing in Las Vegas - All That We Have Now
28 *2,976 Soundtrack - Re:Birth II / Romancing SaGa Battle Arrange
29 *2,950 TOKIO - 17
30 *2,848 Dorama - Shinsengumi Mokuhiroku Wasurenagusa Okita Souji
Oricon Weekly - Singles (27/8/2012~2/9/2012)
*1 1,181,966 1,181,966 AKB48 - Gingham Check
*2 *,*61,232 *,*61,232 UVERworld - THE OVER
*3 *,*38,998 *,*38,998 INFINITE - She's Back
*4 *,*35,779 *,*35,779 B1A4 - Oyasumi good night -Japanese ver.-
*5 *,*30,616 *,*30,616 Sakanaction - Yoru no Odoriko
*6 *,*29,111 *,*29,111 Choshinsei - She's Gone
*7 *,*20,500 *,*20,500 Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku - Go! Go! Here We Go! Rock Lee / Otona wa Wakatte Kurenai
*8 *,*18,794 *,205,407 Nogizaka46 - Hashire! Bicycle
*9 *,*16,625 *,*16,625 Kuroko Tetsuya (Ono Kensho), Kise Ryota (Kimura Ryohei) - TV Anime 『Kuroko no Basuke』 Character Song DUET SERIES VOL.2 (Tsugi Au Hi Made)
10 *,*15,666 *,*15,666 YUKI - Watashi no Negai Goto
11~30:
11 *,*14,752 ONE OK ROCK - The Beginning
12 *,*13,282 Kuroko Tetsuya (Ono Kensho), Kagami Taiga (Ono Yuuki) (TV Anime 『Kuroko no Basuke』 Character Song DUET SERIES VOL.1 (SHOUT!!!)
13 *,*12,949 Kis-My-Ft2 - WANNA BEEEE!!! / Shake It Up
14 *,*12,649 ryo (supercell) feat. Hatsune Miku / Jin feat. Hatsune Miku - ODDS&ENDS / Sky of Beginning
15 *,*12,514 Yoshii Kazuya - Tenbyo no Shikumi
16 *,*12,001 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - LIFE IS A PARTY
17 *,*11,024 NAOTO INTI RAYMI - Naitetatte
18 *,**9,367 ACE OF SPADES - WILD TRIBE
19 *,**9,081 SUPER JUNIOR - Sexy, Free & Single
20 *,**8,038 miwa - Hikari e
21 *,**7,066 kz (livetune) x Hachioji P feat. Hatsune Miku / Hachioji P feat. Hatsune Miku - Weekender Girl / fake doll
22 *,**6,995 Kiyokiba Shunsuke - Fighting Man
23 *,**6,793 THE POSSIBLE - Nanjakorya?!
24 *,**5,483 LiSA - crossing field
25 *,**5,248 Shinno Mika - Onna no Hatoba
26 *,**5,064 Marui Bunta - one two three it’s all right!
27 *,**4,787 FictionJunction - Distance / eternal blue
28 *,**4,625 Matsushita Yuya - SEE YOU
29 *,**4,409 moumoon - Hanabi
30 *,**4,163 Jin - Children Record
Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (27/8/2012~2/9/2012)
*1 *18,344 *18,344 Tokyo Jihen - Chin Play Kou Play
*2 **5,523 **5,523 9mm Parabellum Bullet - MTV Unplugged
*3 **4,828 **4,828 Various Artists - Hatsune Miku Miku no Hi Daikanshasai 2Days Complete Box [DVD+CD]
*4 **4,635 **4,635 Morning Musume。 - Morning Musume。 Concert Tour 2012 Haru ~Ultra Smart~ Niigaki Risa Mitsui Aika Sotsugyou Special
*5 **2,676 698,284 Arashi - ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World
*6 **1,788 *97,945 Perfume - Perfume 3rd TOUR「JPN」
*7 **1,554 **8,753 SCANDAL - SCANDAL JAPAN TITLE MATCH LIVE 2012 -SCANDAL vs BUDOKAN-
*8 **1,373 166,858 Tohoshinki - Tohoshinki LIVE TOUR 2012~TONE~
*9 **1,309 **1,309 Buono! - CLIPS vol.2
10 **1,240 147,889 Kis-My-Ft2 - Kis-My-MINT Tour at Tokyo Dome 2012.4.8
Congrats especially to UVERworld's good performance and Sakanaction's best first week single sales so far! XD
Also, pretty slow album week, but pleased to see that although Tokyo Jihen missed out the no.1 album, they managed to top the DVD chart. :)
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