Oricon

The Oricon weekly singles charts is topped by NMB48 and their 3rd single “Jungou U-19” with nearly 330,000 copies sold. All 3 of NMB48’s singles have charted #1 which is a first for female artists on the Oricon charts.

On the album charts L’Arc~en~Ciel and their new album “BUTTERFLY” easily top with over 170,000 copies sold. Its been over 4 years since the group released a full album and fans clearly were waiting.

The complete top 10 single and album charts follow,

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Singles for February 6th – 12th

Rank   Group/Artist Single Title Released Sold
1 NMB48 Jungou U-19 Feb 8th 329,438
2 Hikawa Kiyoshi Sakura Feb 8th 46,693
3 Porno Graffitti 2012 Spark Feb 8th 35,474
4 Hoshino Gen Film Feb 8th 15,975
5 Kitamura Rie Happy Girl Feb 8th 14,060
6 THE BAWDIES ROCK ME BABY Feb 8th 13,952
7 SKE48  Kataomoi Finally Jan 25th 12,426
8 Naoto Inti Raymi Kimi ni Aitakatta Feb 8th 11,378
9 Hata Motohiro Endroll EP Feb 8th 10,906
10 Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi Hitotsu Feb 1st 10,565

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Albums for February 6th – 12th

Rank   Group/Artist Album Title Released Sold
1 L’Arc~en~Ciel  BUTTERFLY Feb 8th 170,855
1 ayaka The beginning Feb 1st 35,241
3 Van Halen A Different Kind of Truth Feb 8th 32,171
4 YUKI POWERS OF TEN Feb 1st 20,958
5 Pink Martini & Saori Yuki 1969 Oct 12th, 2011 19,351
6 Spitz Orutana Feb 1st 14,117
7 EXILE EXILE JAPAN/Solo Jan 1st 14,020
8 Various artists TIGER & BUNNY – character album BEST OF HERO Feb 8th 13,921
9 moumoon No Night Land Feb 8th 12,733
10 Sonar Pocket Sona Poke Ism 3 – Kimi To no 365 Nichi Jan 25th 11,990

Source: Oricon