Not yet has their 4th single “Suika BABY” (Watermelon BABY) set for delivery on May 30th. This is the unit’s first release of 2012 and it will be offered in four different editions. They have also exposed a preview music video for the the title track (below). The unit consists of AKB48 members Oshima Yuko, Kitahara Rie, Sashihara Rino, and Yokoyama Yui. They formed the sub-unit “Not yet” just over a year ago when they released their first single “Shumatsu Not yet” on March 16th 2011. Release details and preview video for the new single follows,
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A strong month for powerhouses Arashi (#1 single, #7 album), AKB48 (#7 single) and its sister group SKE48 (#2 single) and subgroups Not Yet (#4 single), French Kiss (#5 single), and Johnny’s Entertainment groups Sexy Zone (#3 single) and Kanjani8 (#2 album) on the monthly charts.
KARA – perhaps the hottest female idol group out of Korea these days managed to top the album charts with their release “Super Girl”. Two real ‘super girls’ – YUI was #3 on the album charts and singer/voice actress Nana Mizuki was #6.
Check out the complete top 10 charts that follow,
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Two Johnny’s Entertainment groups topped the charts with week – the debut of Sexy Zone on the singles charts and Kanjani8 on the album charts. Overall a strong week for single releases as only last weeks topper SKE48 managed to stay in the top 10 at #8.
In a close second place was AKB48 subunit Not Yet with their single “Pera Pera Perao” and third went to Acid Black Cherry’s “Chou” their 4th single in four months. They have one more single to go in their consecutive month release project.
On the album charts Kanjani 8 took top honors with their 4th #1 album “FIGHT” and T.M.Revolution’s compilation album of theme songs contributed to the Sengoku Basara anime and game franchise, “UTAGE” was a nice second on the chart.
Complete charts follow after jump.
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