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,
The month of January sees another AKB48 family group in the top spot, this time its SKE48 and their single “Kataomoi Finally” that sold over one-half million for the month. The next 3 spots find singles from BUMP OF CHICKEN, KinKi Kids, and Korean singer Kim Hyun Joong respectively and all surpassed the 100,000 sold mark.
Finishing the top 5 singles for the month is super seiyuu/singer Nana Mizuki and her single “Synchrogazer” which is featured in Winter anime Symphogear with over 69,000 sold.
On the monthly album charts EXILE and their album “EXILE JAPAN/Solo” spent 2 weeks in the number #1 spot In January and easily takes the top spot for the month with over 336,000 sold. In the #2 spot is ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION and their album “BEST HIT AKG” with over 133,000 sold. Rounding out the top 3 is Koda Kumi and her album “JAPONESQUE” with over 118,000 sold.
The complete top 10 single and album charts follow,
The top spot on the Oricon weekly singles charts is Korean group CNBLUE with their first single of 2012 “Where are you” with over 60,000 sold. Just making it into the #2 spot as predicted in our chart preview is ClariS and their 4th single “Naisho no Hanashi” currently featured as the ending theme song for anime Nisemonogatari . The Middle School duo just edged SKE48 who landing in the 3rd spot with last week’s #1 “Kataomoi Finally” with 32,000 sold.
The complete top 10 single and album charts follow,
CNBLUE hits 2012 with their first single release “Where are you” and will top the singles charts with about 60,000 sold. On the album charts and perhaps marking that her come back is complete ayaka with her first album after a 2-year haitus, “The beginning” ranked #1 every day last week with a total of over 100,000 sold.
Read on for the rest of the projected top singles and albums,
TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” guest lineup for the Friday February 3rd airing has just been released – Avril Lavigne (!!), ayaka (second week in a row) , Chatmonchy, YUKI, and A.B.C-Z - are all set to perform. More details on the performances follow,
TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” guest lineup for the Friday January 27th airing has just been released – ayaka, SKE48, Kim Hyun Joong, and JUJU - are all set to perform. More details on the performances follow,
Singer ayaka is back now after over a 2-year hiatus due to illness with her 4th album “The beginning”. The album marks the beginning of a new chapter for ayaka as she returns to the music scene. She has made numerous appearances to start this new chapter on the major year-end live performance music shows, including the “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2011” (12/23 and ‘the’ New Years’ Eve show “Kohaku Uta Gassen”. Details on the release and a music video follow,
TV Asahi’s long running weekly music show “MUSIC STATION” will be off next week December 16th while they prepare for their mega year-end show “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2011.” The 4-hour event will be broadcast live from Chiba Makuhari Messe on December 23rd starting at 7:00PM. More details including the full list of 30 artists set to perform on the show follows,
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION has titled their new single – "Marching Band" – and its set to be released on November 30th.
The single’s title track will be used in CM for "High School Courses – Shinkenzemi" campaign being carried out in support of “Project Oath Attack” to encourage high school students. The campaign is in its 4th year and has been previously supported by YUI, Galileo Galilei, and Ayaka.
In addition, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION announced they will release their first “Best” album (untitled) in January 2012.
The band also released concert dates:
– February 22nd & 23rd Nippon Budokan (Tokyo)
– February 26th Osaka Castle Hall (Osaka)
Source: natalie
