AKB48’s newest single, “Ue kara Mariko” sold over 1 million copies making AKB48 the first group ever to have 4 consecutive first week million selling singles. They are tied now with rock band GLAY with 5 consecutive million selling singles (their first single of the year took more than a week to reach the milestone). And they now have a total of 6 million selling singings which has puts them past other top female artists such as Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki and Utada Hikaru. Expect AKB48 to continue to re-write the records.
Of course the important news is Ho-Kago Tea Time having two singles on the charts this week (not the first time for this fictional band). The K-ON! movie opening theme song “Unmei♪wa♪Endless!” at #5 and ending theme song “Singing!” at #4 sung by the character seiyuu’s in the fictional band Ho-Kago Tea Time. The K-ON! movie opened December 3rd and has so far had very strong two weekends at the box office (#2 and #4).
On the album charts Jin Akanishi’s American debut album, “TEST DRIVE featuring Jason Derulo” topped the charts and in second is Sandaime J Soul Brothers with their album “TRIBAL SOUL.”
The complete top 10 for singles and albums follows,
Singles for December 5th – 11th
| Rank | Group/Artist | Single Title | Released | Sold |
| 1 | AKB48 | Ue kara Mariko | Dec 7th | 1,198,864 |
| 2 | SUPER JUNIOR | Mr. Simple | Dec 7th | 88,973 |
| 3 | Namie Amuro | Sit!Stay!Wait!Down!/Love Story | Dec 7th | 77,758 |
| 4 | Ho-kago Tea Time (K-ON! character band) | Singing! | Dec 7th | 47,130 |
| 5 | Ho-kago Tea Time (K-ON! character band) | Unmei♪wa♪Endless! | Dec 7th | 46,571 |
| 6 | flumpool | Present | Dec 7th | 33,430 |
| 7 |
DAIKOKU-DANJI (DGNA) |
Love Days | Dec 7th | 17,758 |
| 8 | KAT-TUN | BIRTH | Nov 30th | 16,287 |
| 9 | RAINBOW | Mach | Dec 7th | 15,506 |
| 10 | SHU-I | Nebagiba Yeah! | Dec 7th | 11,157 |
Albums for December 5th – 11th
| Rank | Group/Artist | Album Title | Released | Sold |
| 1 | Jin Akanishi | TEST DRIVE featuring Jason Derulo | Dec 7th | 108,602 |
| 2 | Sandaime J Soul Brothers | TRIBAL SOUL | Dec 7th | 92,654 |
| 3 | KARA | Super Girl | Nov 23rd | 72,317 |
| 4 | SHINee | The First | Dec 7th | 71,666 |
| 5 | Kubota Toshinobu | THE BADDEST ~Hit Parade~ | Nov 23rd | 59,928 |
| 6 | Perfume | JPN | Nov 30th | 41,556 |
| 7 | JUJU | DELICIOUS | Nov 30th | 24,189 |
| 8 | Yuki Saori & Pink Martini | 1969 | Oct 12th | 21,247 |
| 9 | Hilcrhyme | RISING | Dec 7th | 15,713 |
| 10 | NICO Touches the Walls | HUMANIA | Dec 7th | 15,104 |
Source: Oricon
