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.
Singles for November 14th – 20th
| Rank | Group/Artist | Single Title | Released | Sold |
| 1 | Sexy Zone | Sexy Zone | Nov 16th | 172.,925 |
| 2 | Not Yet | Pera Pera Perao | Nov 16th | 171,827 |
| 3 | Acid Black Cherry | Chou | Nov 16th | 50,478 |
| 4 | Hello!Project Mokekimasu | Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku | Nov 16th | 49,429 |
| 5 | AAA | Charge & Go/Lights | Nov 16th | 48,912 |
| 6 | GLAY | My Private Jealousy | Nov 16th | 48,221 |
| 7 | INFINITE | BTD | Nov 16th | 26,333 |
| 8 | SKE48 | Okidoki | Nov 9th | 25,691 |
| 9 | GReeeN | Love Letter | Nov 16th | 17,684 |
| 10 | FUNKY MONKEY BABYS | LOVE SONG | Nov 16th | 16,235 |
Albums for November 14th – 20th
| Rank | Group/Artist | Album Title | Released | Sold |
| 1 | Kanjani 8 | FIGHT | Nov 16th | 253,524 |
| 2 | T.M.Revolution | UTAGE | Nov 16th | 37,100 |
| 3 | Kazuya Yoshii | After the Apples | Nov 16th | 25,460 |
| 4 | Nakajima Miyuki | Kouya Yori | Nov 16th | 23,225 |
| 5 | KinKi Kids | K Album | Nov 9th | 14,518 |
| 6 | YUI | HOW CRAZY YOUR LOVE | Nov 2nd | 14,117 |
| 7 | Yuki Sori & Pink Martini | 1969 | Oct 12th | 10,544 |
| 8 | Nickelback | Here and Now | Nov 16th | 9,536 |
| 9 | Secret | Shy Boy | Nov 9th | 9,318 |
| 10 | Che’Nelle | Love Songs | Nov 9th | 8,544 |
Source: Oricon
