Topping the single charts is rock group B’z with “GO FOR IT, BABY ~ Kioku no Sanmyaku ~” – the song is featured as CM theme for pepsi NEX and sold over 143,000 copies. The second spot goes to duo from from SUPER JUNIOR – Donghae & Eunhyuk and their dance single “Oppa, Oppa” selling over 68,000 copies (release details). Rounding out the top 10 is the new single from Negoto – “sharp #” – featured as opening theme to anime Mobile Suit Gundam AGE – (release details).
On the album charts solo artist Yusuke tops with his album “Ano..Namida ga Arukara Ai ga Arundesukedo” selling over 38,000 (release details). Last week #1 drops one spot into second Kis-My-Ft2 with their first album release “Kis-My-1st” selling another 22,000 (release details).
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Topping the single charts is Fukuyama Masaharu with “Ikiteru Ikiteku” – his 14th #1 single selling nearly 120,000 copies and he is still the #1 all time selling male solo artist in Japan. In the #2 spot is UVERworld and “7th Trigger” (release details) selling over 52,000 copies. The top two singles from last week Kis-My-Ft2 with “SHE! HER! HER!” and KARA with “Speed Up / Girls Power” land in the 3rd and 4th spots respectively.
On the album charts its Kis-My-Ft2 first album release “Kis-My-1st” selling a strong 253,000 (release details). Its a great follow up to their 3rd single that charted #1 last week and 3rd this week – these kids are hot. Number two spot goes to duo Porno Graffitti and “PANORAMA PORNO” selling over 56,000 (release details). In third is popular Korean group BIGBANG with their Japanese release of “ALIVE” selling over 52,987 (release details). Their sister group 2NE1 also released album “COLLECTION” and landing in the #5 spot with over 22,000 sold (release details).
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Kis-My-Ft2 continues their streak with another solid #1 with their third single “SHE! HER! HER!” (release details) that easily tops the weekly Oricon charts with over 192,000 sold. In the number two spot and also making a strong showing is those Korean girls of KARA and their double A-single “Speed Up / Girls Power” (release details) selling 99,000+ copies.
The AKB48 sub-unit DiVA lands in the number three spot with “Lost the way” (release details) and pop diva Namie Amuro is number four with her double A-single “Go Round / YEAH-OH” (release details).
Over on the album charts rock band Acid Black Cherry’s first #1 with album “2012” (release details) topping the weekly charts with over 117,000. Not too far back in the second spot is diva queen Ayumi Hamasaki and her new album “Party Queen” (release details) selling strong with over 97,000 sold.
Making the charts in the number 9 spot is May’n with her 3rd album “HEAT” (release details) – she is well known for providing many anime tie-in songs. Included on this album is “Brain Driver” opening theme for “Phi-Brain – Puzzle of God” and “Scarlet Ballet" opening theme for “Aria the Scarlet Ammo”
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The boys of Kis-My-Ft2 and their third single “SHE! HER! HER!” (release details) will easily top the weekly Oricon charts with over 187,000 sold. Back in the number two spot but still making a strong showing is KARA and their double A-single “Speed Up / Girls Power” (release details) selling 94,000 copies.
Over on the album charts it will be rock band Acid Black Cherry’s new album “2012” (release details) topping the weekly charts with over 115,000. Not too far back in the second spot is diva queen Ayumi Hamasaki and her new album “Party Queen” (release details) selling strong with over 93,000 sold.
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Kis-My-Ft2 is releasing their 3rd single “SHE! HER! HER!” in just a few days on March 21st and a week later they’ll release their first album “Kis-My-1st” (release details). Early details on the new single were posted here and updated details follow,
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Kis-My-Ft2 is set to release their first album “Kis-My-1st” on March 28th. The album release was previously posted here but without the full release details. Jacket covers and full track details follow,
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Right after announcing their 3rd single, “SHE! HER! HER!”, Kis-My-Ft2 revealed they will release their first album, “Kis-My-1st”. The album release data is set for March 28th, just one week after the new single drops! “Kis-My-1st” will come in 4 different editions and each appears to be packed with bonuses and extras for fans – details follow,
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Kis-My-Ft2 has announced their third single titled ,“SHE! HER! HER!” and its set for released on March 21 2012. The single will come in 3 editions, a Limited with bonus DVD, a Regular CD only, and one that is only available via the Kis-My-Ft2 Shop as a CD only with additional bonuses. The First Press editions will come with a member poster randomly selected. The available release details follow,
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The charts for December 2011 are dominated by another 1+ million selling single by AKB48 with their “Uekara Mariko” selling a huge 1,273,748 and putting it nearly 1 million ahead of the second place single. The rest of the top 5 singles is dominated by boy groups with Kis-My-Ft2, KAT-TUN, Tohoshiniki, and SMAP landing in the 2nd through 5th spots.
On the album side EXILE with album that includes member ATSUSHI’s solo debut “EXILE JAPAN/ Solo” takes the #1 spot with 350,277 sold. This album dropped on January 1st 2012 which was included in the last chart of the 2011 and they sold another 150,000+ the first week of January. In the #2 spot is Perfume and their album “JPN” just ahead of KARA’s consistent charting album “Super Girl” (charted for 6 weeks in the top 7).
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SMAP tops the singles charts with “Boku no Hanbun”, their 13th consecutive number 1 single. Second spot goes to L’Arc~en~Ciel and their 39th single “CHASE” which is also featured as the theme song for the movie “Wild 7.” Acid Black Cherry hits the number 3 spot with their 4th release of a 5 consecutive release project, “CRISIS.”
On the album charts FUNKY MONKEY BABYS newest “FUNKY MONKEY BABYS 4” easily took top honors. In the 2nd-5th spots are 4 best-of albums from Ketsumeishi which were released simultaneously. No other artist has filled 4 of the top 5 spots at the same time on the album charts.
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The singles top spot easily went to Kis-My-Ft2 and their second single “We never give up!” with more than 245,000 sold. Even though Kis-My-Ft2 has been around since 2005 their major label debut was just this past August and their popularity can’t be questioned as the group was also named ‘rookie of the year’ for total sales ranking by Oricon.
UVERworld and their single “Baby Born & Go/Kinjito” landed in the 2nd spot. And still showing the power of K-ON! the opening and ending theme singles for the K-ON! movie stayed on the charts for the second week dropping to the 9th and 10th spots.
On the album side there were limited new releases for the week though Korean Group Big Bang released their “The Best of BIGBANG” and landed in the number 2 spot. Top spot went to KARA with their album “Super Girl” which has charted now for 4 weeks, never worse than 3rd on the weekly rankings.
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