Idol group, NMB48 have reached the top spot in the singles chart with their 7th single, "Bokura no Eureka". This is their highest first week sales as well as their best-selling single so far, surpassing their 4th single, "Nagiichi" (May last year) which sold 376k in the first week and 451k in total. Their first album, "Teppen Tottande!" which was released in February this year is the no.1 album for the first half of 2013, achieving it as only the 2nd female group to do so since Pink Lady made it 35 years ago. In addition of topping the singles chart 6 times as well as 3 consecutive no.1 singles, it is also their 3rd year in a row to successfully reach no.1 since their debut single, "Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo" (July 2011). Other female artists who have spent 3 consecutive years at no.1 since debut are Matsuda Seiko (1980~), Yakushimaru Hiroko (1981~), Nakamori Akina (1982~), and Morning Musume (1998~).
In the albums chart, popular rock unit, B'z have achieved no.1 and no.2 rankings for the second consecutive week with their 25th anniversary best albums, "B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998" and "B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012" respectively. The last time an artist has reached the top 2 spots in the albums chart for two weeks in a row was one year and one month ago with Mr.Children who achieved it with "Mr.Children 2005-2010" and "Mr.Children 2001-2005" respectively. As for B'z, the last time they reached no.1 for two weeks in a row was 14 years and 8 months ago when "B'z The Best "Treasure"" (September 1998) topped the chart for three consecutive weeks.
Posting the top 30 albums/singles and the top 10 music-DVDs. The second column in the top 10 refers to sales in 2013. New release in bold.
Oricon Weekly - Albums (17/6/2013~23/6/2013)
*1 82,572 468,332 B'z - B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
*2 79,784 457,074 B'z - B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012
*3 63,874 *63,874 GReeeeN - Ii ne!(´・ω・`)☆
*4 46,418 *46,418 May J. - Summer Ballad Covers
*5 12,088 *12,088 Otomo Yoshihide - 「Amachan」 Original Soundtrack
*6 11,493 *11,493 RED SPIDER - Gyakugire Ouch!!
*7 11,303 *11,303 _(Under Bar) - EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Freebum ~Freedom ni Utattemita~
*8 *9,331 **9,331 MIYAVI - MIYAVI
*9 *8,458 *32,774 CHRIS HART - Heart Song
10 *7,047 **9,946 Black Sabbath - 13
11~30:
11 *5,934 Takahashi Mariko - Takahashi 40 Nen
12 *5,846 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - FUNKY MONKEY BABYS LAST BEST
13 *5,524 Yazawa Eikichi - ALL TIME BEST ALBUM
14 *5,240 SEKIHAN - SEKIBAN
15 *4,631 Jin - Mekaku City Records
16 *4,578 Ono Erena - ERENA
17 *4,555 DAFT PUNK - Random Access Memories
18 *4,272 TLC - TLC20 ~20th Anniversary Hits~
19 *3,575 Momoiro Clover - Iriguchi no Nai Deguchi
20 *3,509 miwa - Delight
21 *3,457 THE BOOM - Sekai de Ichiban Utsukushii Shima
22 *3,286 Beady Eye - Be
23 *3,211 Urbangarde - Koi to Kakumei to Urbangarde
24 *2,650 Tahara Toshihiko - I AM ME!
25 *2,615 Hikawa Kiyoshi - Enka Meikyoku Collection 18 ~Shigure no Minato~
26 *2,321 NAOTO INTI RAYMI - Nice catch the moment!
27 *2,300 Ms. OOJA - FAITH
28 *2,279 FTISLAND - RATED-FT
29 *2,259 HENRY - TRAP
30 *2,148 EXO - XOXO (KISS Version)
Oricon Weekly - Singles (17/6/2013~23/6/2013)
*1 481,843 481,843 NMB48 - Bokura no Eureka
*2 107,486 107,486 EXILE - Flower Song
*3 *54,220 *54,220 SUPER JUNIOR DONGHAE & EUNHYUK - I WANNA DANCE
*4 *42,796 *42,796 Shoujo Jidai - LOVE & GIRLS
*5 *41,224 *41,224 Lead - Upturn
*6 *31,558 *31,558 Berryz Koubou - Golden China Town / Sayonara Usotsuki no Watashi
*7 *21,999 *21,999 BABYMETAL - Megitsune
*8 *17,955 266,709 Kanjani∞ - Namida no Kotae
*9 *15,488 *15,488 DISH// - I Can Hear
10 *14,747 *14,747 Lovely★DOLL - Paradise in the summer
11~30:
11 *13,643 Team Shachihoko - Shuto Iten Keikaku
12 *12,599 Yokoyama Rurika - Walk My Way
13 *10,203 Tohoshinki - OCEAN
14 **9,868 SMAP - Joy!!
15 **8,994 Sukima Switch - Scarlet
16 **6,829 Arashi - Endless Game
17 **5,807 Kotobuki Minako - Prism
18 **5,351 Itano Tomomi - 1%
19 **4,716 supercell - Hakushu Kassai Utaawase
20 **4,574 AKB48 - Sayonara Crawl
21 **4,528 Ichinose Tokiya (Miyano Mamoru) - Uta no☆Prince Sama♪ Maji LOVE 2000% Idol Song Ichinose Tokiya (Miyano Mamoru) (CRYSTAL TIME)
22 **3,242 Rihwa - Last Love
23 **3,140 ELISA - Soba ni Iru yo
24 **2,919 Nishino Kana - Believe
25 **2,775 Nakagawa Kanon starring Toyama Nao - Kanon 100%
26 **2,486 T.M.RevolutionxMizuki Nana - Preserved Roses
27 **2,425 Fukuda Kouhei - Nanbu Semi Shigure
28 **2,196 SUPER☆GiRLS - Tokonatsu High Touch
29 **2,008 Yogi (Miyano Mamoru) & Tsukumo (Endo Aya) - TV Anime 『Karneval』 Character Song Vol. 2 Yogi (Miyano Mamoru) & Tsukumo (Endo Aya) / WELCOME 2 PARADE! -Nigoutei e Youkoso!-
30 **1,983 Chotokyyu - Bloody Night
Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (17/6/2013~23/6/2013)
*1 14,584 *14,584 DREAMS COME TRUE - Ura Dori Wonderland 2012/2013
*2 *8,150 **8,150 B1A4 - B1A4 1st CONCERT “BABA B1A4” IN JAPAN
*3 *7,243 **7,243 Kashiwagi Yuki - Kashiwagi Yuki 2nd Solo Live Netemo Sametemo Yukirin World ~Muchu ni Sasechauzo■~
*4 *2,861 688,103 Arashi - ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn
*5 *1,402 *23,922 Domoto Tsuyoshi - shamanippon -rakachinotohi-
*6 *1,348 215,926 Amuro Namie - namie amuro 5 Major Domes Tour 2012 ~20th Aniversary Best~
*7 *1,233 **1,233 Alice Nine - Alice Nine Live 2012 Court of “9” #4 Grand Finale COUNTDOWN LIVE 12.31
*8 *1,097 **1,097 Aerosmith - Rock For The Rising Sun
*9 **,982 *66,655 BIGBANG - BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012 IN SPECIAL FINALIN DOME -TOKYO DOME 2012.12.05
10 **,929 ***,929 Nakamura Kazuyoshi - 20121221 -Hakuai Haku 2012-
Oricon Weekly - Music-BDs (17/6/2013~23/6/2013)
*1 7,227 *7,227 Kashiwagi Yuki - Kashiwagi Yuki 2nd Solo Live Netemo Sametemo Yukirin World ~Muchu ni Sasechauzo■~
*2 6,528 *6,528 DREAMS COME TRUE - Ura Dori Wonderland 2012/2013
*3 2,194 *2,194 Kotobuki Minako - Kotobuki Minako First Live Tour 2012 “Our stride”
*4 1,641 *1,641 Aerosmith - Rock For The Rising Sun
*5 1,216 19,706 AKB48 - AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2013
Congrats once more to B'z! GReeeeN May J., NMB and EXILE too!
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