Hey! Say! JUMP and their first single release for 2012 “SUPER DELICATE” top the singles charts with a strong over 248,000 sold. Making their debut idol group Nogizaka46 with “Guru Guru Curtain” lands in second spot with 136,000 sold. The girls of SCANDAL and their long awaited single and perhaps one of the last BLEACH opening theme songs “Harukaze” ends up in 5th with almost 26,000 sold.
On the album charts the boys also take the top stop with KAT-TUN and their album “Chain” selling over 103,000 copies. AI and her first album in over 2 years “INDEPENDENT” edges into the second spot with over 20,000 sold. The album includes the theme song for anime movie Berserk – “Utsukushikimono”. Seiyuu/singer Yui Horie is a close 3rd with “Himitsu” and close to 19,000 sold.
The complete top 10 single and album charts follow,
Singles for February 20th – 26th
| Rank | Group/Artist | Single Title | Released | Sold |
| 1 | Hey! Say! JUMP | SUPER DELICATE | Feb 22nd | 248,778 |
| 2 | Nogizaka46 | Guru Guru Curtain | Feb 22nd | 136,309 |
| 3 | AKB48 | GIVE ME FIVE! | Feb 15th | 74,088 |
| 4 | AAA | Sailing | Feb 22nd | 42,056 |
| 5 | w-inds. | FLY HIGH | Feb 22nd | 36,232 |
| 6 | SCANDAL | Harukaze | Feb 22nd | 25,921 |
| 7 | D*DATE | JOKER | Feb 22nd | 20,007 |
| 8 | GACKT | Until the Last Day | Feb 22nd | 16,188 |
| 9 | Erina Mano | Doki! Doki! Baby! | Feb 22nd | 12,570 |
| 10 | Aqua Time | MASK | Feb 22nd | 10,531 |
Albums for February 20th – 26th
| Rank | Group/Artist | Album Title | Released | Sold |
| 1 | KAT-TUN | CHAIN | Feb 22nd | 110,055 |
| 2 | AI | INDEPENDENT | Feb 22nd | 20,555 |
| 3 | Yui Horie | Himitsu | Feb 22nd | 18,458 |
| 4 | Pink Martini & Saori Yuki | 1969 | Oct 12th, 2011 | 17,286 |
| 5 | Adele | 21 | Feb 15th | 16,294 |
| 6 | Various Artists | Disney’s Prince | Feb 22nd | 15,091 |
| 7 | LiSA | LOVER”S”MiLE | Feb 22nd | 14,739 |
| 8 | ayaka | The beginning | Feb 1st | 12,229 |
| 9 | L’Arc~en~Ciel | BUTTERFLY | Feb 8th | 11,785 |
| 10 | Whitney Houston | Ultimate Whitney | Mar 26th 2008 | 10,900 |
Source: Oricon
