Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 has revealed the jacket covers and full track list details for their new single “Shonen yo Uso wo Tsuke!”. The group is a sub-group of mega idol group AKB48 and this is their 10th overall which is set for release on May 30th. Previously we posted early release details on the single and updated details follow,
Idol group Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 has a new single “Shonen yo Uso wo Tsuke!”, their first of 2012 and 10th overall, announced for release on May 30th. The group is a sub-group of mega idol group AKB48 and also known as Corridor Running Team 7. The single is featured as theme song for the Crayon Shin-chan movie “Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu! Ora to Uchū no Princess” that hit theaters in Japan on April 14th. More details on the single release follow,
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).
The top 10 chart for the singles and albums follow,
For the second week ten new singles have hit the Oricon weekly charts and the boys from KAT-TUN are on top with their 17th consecutive #1 single “BIRTH.” Korean mega-duet Tohoshinki (TVXQ) in a strong second spot with their winter ballad “Winter Rose.” No weekly chart these days can exist without an AKB48 or spinoff group – this week its subunit Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 and their 9th single “Kibou Sanmyaku”
Sliding in at the #10 spot is GACKT with “Graffiti” which is featured as the current opening theme song for anime SKET DANCE.
On the album charts Perfume made their mark with their third consecutive #1 album “JPN,” easily topping the chart over last week’s number one KARA’s “Super Girl.” Complete top 10 single and album charts follow,
