AKB48 dominates Oricon’s half-year photobook ranking

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Oricon has released its half-year photo book ranking for the year of 2011, proving AKB48’s huge popularity once again.

Coming in first place on the photo book chart with over 113,000 units sold is “AKB 1/48 Idol to Koi Shitara… Koushiki Kouryaku Visual Book“, which also topped the charts in the last half-year ranking for photobooks. “AKB48 Yusatsu THE BLUE ALBUM” (109,000) and “AKB48 Yusatsu THE RED ALBUM” (108,000) came in second and third place respectively, solidly placing AKB48 in the top three spots.

Additionally, Watanabe Mayu’s photo book “Mayuyu” claimed the sixth place position with 59,000 units sold, followed by Kojima Haruna’s photobook “Onna no Ko no Kami-Sama” in eighth place (46,000).

Check out the full ranking below!

01. AKB 1/48 Idol to Koi Shitara… Koushiki Kouryaku Visual Book (113,437)
02. AKB48 Yushaku THE BLUE ALBUM (109,378)
03. AKB48 Yushaku THE RED ALBUM (107,936)
04. 3/11 Daishinsai Kyodai Tsunami ga Osotta Hassei Kara 10 Hiai Touhoku no Kiroku (76,899)
05. GANTZ VISUAL BOOK (67,834)
06. Watanabe Mayu’s “Mayuyu” (58,717)
07. K-POP STAR PHOTO MAGAZINE Vol. 1 Tohoshinki Senhoui Kaibou (49,674)
08. Kojima Haruna’s “Onna no Ko no Kami-Sama” (46,321)
09. Zen Kiroku 2011.3.11 - 4.11 Higashinihon Daishinsai (45,488)
10. “Kamen Rider” Koushiki Shashinshuu & 40shuunen Kinen Hon (41,695)

source: TOKYOHIVE