Charts: “K-On!” puts first anime character album at #1

For the first time in history, an anime character album has taken #1 on a weekly Oricon sales chart. “Houkago Tea Time,” a mini-album performed by the fictional band from the anime series “K-On!,” sold 67,000 copies in its first week to top the rankings against little competition. Before this, four anime character singles had reached as high as #2 on the charts.

The only other new albums in the top ten this week were by Jerry Yan, ROCK'A'TRENCH, and Koji Kikkawa, landing at spots #8-10, in that order.

On the singles chart, EXILE had a predictably strong showing with “THE HURRICANE ~FIREWORKS~.” At 174,000 copies, it sold about 60,000 more than the rest of the top ten combined. This is EXILE’s fourth consecutive chart-topping single, and their eighth in total.

Aya Hirano came in at #3 with her latest song, “Super Driver.” Idoling!!! picked up the #5 spot, while the reunited band Cali Gari made their way to #7 and Rina Aiuchi landed at #9.

Source:
Oricon