Charts: Arashi spreads “truth,” Amuro still on top

Arashi’s newest single, “truth / Kaze no Mukou e,” dominated the singles chart this past week at 467,000 in sales. This sets the new 2008 record for opening week sales, surpassing KAT-TUN’s “DON'T U EVER STOP,” which sold an initial 382,000 in May. Arashi also holds the record for best-selling single so far this year with “One Love” currently at 492,000, though “truth” is already close to overtaking it.

Porno Graffitti’s “Gift” took #2 with a comparatively low 58,000 in sales, while the “Macross Frontier” song “Lion” came in at #3, trailing by only about a thousand copies. Buono! also made the top ten as “Gachinko de Ikou!” ranked #6.

On the albums chart, Namie Amuro held the #1 seat for her fourth straight week, moving an additional 88,000 copies of “BEST FICTION.” The closest new Japanese release was “Makai Yuugi,” the album for the “Detroit Metal City” movie, making #4 at 20,000 copies.

Source:
Oricon