Charts: Kanjani8, Kobukuro

Kanjani8’s latest single, “LIFE ~Me no Mae no Mukou e~,” ranked #1 on the sales charts this week with 256,000 copies sold. This is their 10th number-one single.

Except for AKB48’s “Heavy Rotation” at #4, the entire top ten consisted of new songs. Keisuke Kuwata’s “Hontou wa Kowai Ai to Romance” was #2 with 110,000 in sales, followed by Kiyoshi Hikawa’s latest release. At #5 was Yuzu, while the bottom half of the chart was occupied by Hannya & Fruit Punch, BIG BANG, °C-ute, supercell, and Mika Nakashima.

On the album ranking, Kobukuro’s cover album “ALL COVERS BEST” sold nearly 291,000 copies to take the #1 spot. This sets a new record for highest first-week sales by a cover album, previously set at 281,000 copies by Yuki Koyanagi in May 2000.

The other new albums in the top ten came from WEAVER (#4), THE ALFEE member Toshihiko Takamizawa using the name “Takamiy” (#5), Katy Perry (#6), and Kaori Mochida (#10).

Source:
Oricon