AKB48’s 24th single, “Ue Kara Mariko,” topped the sales charts with nearly 1.2 million copies sold in its debut week. As announced earlier this week, this gives AKB48 the new record for most million-selling singles by a female artist (6).
- AKB48 – Ue Kara Mariko – 1,198,864
- Super Junior – Mr. Simple – 88,973
- Amuro Namie – Sit! Stay! Wait! Down! / Love Story – 77,758
- Houkago Tea Time – Singing! – 47,130
- Houkago Tea Time – Unmei wa Endless! – 46,571
- flumpool – Present – 33,430
- Daikoku Danji – Love Days – 17,758
- KAT-TUN – BIRTH – 16,287
- RAINBOW – Mach – 15,506
- SHU-I – Never Give Up Yeah! – 11,157
In album sales, Akanishi Jin’s American debut mini-album “TEST DRIVE featuring JASON DERULO” took the #1 spot with more than 108,000 copies sold. This is Akanishi’s second consecutive #1 release as a solo artist, after his debut single “Eternal” this past March.
The last time that a Japanese artist took #1 on the Japanese sales charts with an American debut work was in 2004, when Utada Hikaru released her album “Exodus.”
- Akanishi Jin – TEST DRIVE featuring JASON DERULO – 108,602
- Sandaime J Soul Brothers – TRIBAL SOUL – 92,654
- KARA – Super Girl – 79,317
- SHINee – THE FIRST – 71,666
- Kubota Toshinobu – THE BADDEST ~Hit Parade~ – 56,298
- Perfume – JPN – 41,556
- JUJU – DELICIOUS – 24,189
- Yuki Saori & Pink Martini – 1969 – 21,247
- Hilcrhyme – RISING – 15,713
- NICO Touches the Walls – HUMANIA – 15,104
Sources:
Oricon (weekly single ranking)
Oricon (weekly album ranking)
Oricon
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