Charts: Superfly still on top, Hey! Say! JUMP continues Johnny’s streak

On the album charts this week, Superfly’s debut album held on to the #1 spot with more than 76,000 in sales, beating out a handful of challengers in the top 10, including new albums by Kiyoshi Hikawa, Acid Black Cherry, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, Nightmare, Fumiya Fujii, and Rina Aiuchi.

Meanwhile, Southern All Stars fans reacted to news of the group’s hiatus by picking up their albums, sending their last two “greatest hits” collections up the charts. Both “Umi no Yeah!!” (1998) and “Ballad 3 ~the album of LOVE~” (2000) were well outside the Top 300 last week, but they respectively ranked at #50 and #74 this week.

In singles, Hey! Say! JUMP’s new song “Dreams come true” overwhelmed the competition with 181,000 in sales, keeping Johnny's Jimusho at the top for the third straight week (following NEWS and KAT-TUN). This is Hey! Say! JUMP’s second #1 single.

Hikaru Utada’s “Prisoner of Love” went on sale at #2. It only sold 39,000 copies, but it has been doing well as a ringtone and has been available for two months as part of Utada’s “HEART STATION” (which is still at #7 on the albums chart). Ai Otsuka reached #4, selling 30,000 copies of her double A-side “Rocket Sneaker / One x Time.”

Mariya Takeuchi, The Cro-Magnons, and Micro also entered the Top 10 with their new releases.

Source:
Oricon