The boys of Tohoshinki with their Spring ballad “STILL” easily takes the #1 spot for the March 21st singles charts with over 138,000 sold (release details). Dropping out of the #1 spot and landing in the #2 spot is Arashi and their single “Wild at Heart” selling just over 46,000 but that makes their 2 week total nearly 600,000 copies sold (release details).
The girls from RAINBOW and their new Japanese single “Gonna Gonna GO!” land in the #7 spot (release details). And sounding out the top 10 is singer/seiyuu Nana Mizuki with another release tied to the musical anime Symphogear.
The album charts get the final release from SDN48, “NEXT ENCORE” in the top spot with over 48,000 sold (release details). In the second spot with another 41,000 copies sold is Ikimonogakari and their album “NEWTRAL” which held the top spot for the past 2 weeks. They just edged out miwa and her album “guitarium” selling just over 40,000 copies. And the girls of AFTERSCHOOL with their new album “PLAYGIRLZ” has a good opening week landing in the #8 spot with over 16,000 copies sold (release details).
The complete top 10 single and album charts follow,
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Tohoshinki hits 2012 with their Spring ballad “STILL” and will land in the #1 spot on the weekly Oricon charts with over 130,000 sold.
Over on the album charts well…. its really too close to make a good prediction for the top spot. In the mix will be SDN48 with their final album “NEXT ENCORE”, miwa with her album “guitarium”, and Ikimonogakari who has been in the top spot for two weeks in a row with “NEWTRAL”. All three should have over 40,000 sold but SDN48 with a very strong pre-order total on the first day may narrowly take the top spot…..
Read on for more projections on the top singles and albums,
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TV Asahi’s music show “MUSIC STATION” guest lineup for the Friday February 10th airing has been released – L’Arc~en~Ciel, Hey! Say! JUMP, Porno Graffitti, YUKI (second week in a row), and miwa - are set to perform. More details on the performances follow,
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Miwa has been chosen to provide her first songs for a movie. She will sing both the image song and the ending theme for Keiichi Hara’s animated film “Colorful,” scheduled for theatrical release on August 21.
The image song, “Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni,” is a cover of a song by Yutaka Ozaki from his 1983 album “Junanasai no Chizu” (“SEVENTEEN’S MAP”). The original was used as the theme of the 1997 drama special “Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni” that starred the five members of SMAP.
The ending theme, “Aozora,” is a cover of the hit 1989 single by THE BLUE HEARTS.
miwa, who is currently a university student, made her major label debut this past March with the single “don’t cry anymore.” Her second single, “little girl,” was released last month.
Source – TokyoGraph
