AKB48 breaks the 1 million sold mark again topping the Oricon weekly singles charts with “GIVE ME FIVE!”. The single sold 1,287,217 making it their 6th consecutive single to sell over 1 million copies. With this single AKB48 tops the record books with most consecutive 1 million selling singles with 6 (Pink Lady 5) and #1 singles with 12 (Morning Musume 11).
On the album charts Tokyo Jihen and their final compilation album “Tokyo Collection” tops with 36,004 copies sold. Landing in the 2nd spot selling 33,290 copies is Chatmonchy with their compilation album “Chatmonchy BEST 2005-2011”.
The complete top 10 single and album charts follow,
Singles for February 13th – 19th
| Rank | Group/Artist | Single Title | Released | Sold |
| 1 | AKB48 | GIVE ME FIVE! | Feb 15th | 1,287,217 |
| 2 | V6 | Bari Bari BUDDY! | Feb 15th | 58,584 |
| 3 | AKINO with bless4 | Kimi no Shinwa – Aquarion EVOL | Feb 15th | 23,354 |
| 4 | FUNKY MONKEY BABYS | Kono Sekai ni Umareta Wake | Feb 15th | 15,928 |
| 5 | NMB48 | Jungou U-19 | Feb 8th | 14,707 |
| 6 | Hikawa Kiyoshi | Sakura | Feb 8th | 12,995 |
| 7 | SKE48 | Kataomoi Finally | Jan 25th | 12,339 |
| 8 | Daisuke | Anata ni Shika Dekinai Koto | Feb 15th | 8,456 |
| 9 | LEO Ieiri | SABRINA | Feb 15th | 7,967 |
| 10 | SHOW | DANTE | Feb 15th | 7,395 |
Albums for February 13th – 19th
| Rank | Group/Artist | Album Title | Released | Sold |
| 1 | Tokyo Jihen | Tokyo Collection | Feb 15th | 36,404 |
| 2 | Chatmonchy | Chatmonchy BEST 2005-2011 | Feb 15th | 33,290 |
| 3 | L’Arc~en~Ciel | BUTTERFLY | Feb 8th | 29,705 |
| 4 | Adele | 21 | Feb 15th | 20,072 |
| 5 | ayaka | The beginning | Feb 1st | 17,035 |
| 6 | Salyu | photogenic | Feb 15th | 16,098 |
| 7 | DEEP | YOUR STORY | Feb 15th | 13,869 |
| 8 | Van Halen | A Different Kind of Truth | Feb 8th | 12,943 |
| 9 | LGYankees | GO! GO! LGYankees!! | Feb 15th | 12,700 |
| 10 | Pink Martini & Saori Yuki | 1969 | Oct 12th, 2011 | 11,516 |
Source: Oricon
