Melon Kinenbi 3rd Colloboration Single: “Summer Suicide Story”

First of all, how awesome is that title? Secondly, I love the cover. Melon Kinenbi are doing pretty exciting stuff right now and I have really liked the two previous colloboration singles, one which is yet to be released. This one is out 2009-08-12 and is a colloboration with Midori†. You can see Melon Kinenbi and Midori† together below:

By the way, I’ve updated the Release Schedule & History pages with new info!

Oricon Weekly Rankings

Below is the Oricon Weekly Top 30, bolded areas of interest and I’ve included artists of interest who did not rank in the top 30 at the end.

1. Yusuke: Tanpopo / Kaizokusen / Sono Kobushi (176,185)
2. AKB48:Namida Surprise! (104,180)
3. BIGBANG: MY HEAVEN (26,039)
4. Koike Teppei: Kimi Dake (17,029)
5. Gackt: LOST ANGELS (14,548)
6. Kiyoharu: DARLENE (12,084)
7. Base Ball Bear: BREEEEZE GIRL (10,018)
8. Versailles: ASCENDEAD MASTER (9,596)
9. ARASHI: Ashita no Kioku / Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~ (9,134)
10. Ueto Aya: Smile for… / Mou Ichido Dake (8,854)
11. Minami Akina no Super Mild Seven / Satoda Mai with Gouda Kazoku: I Believe ~Yume wo Kanaeru Mahou no Kotoba / Don’t leave me (8,686)
12. V6: Spirit (8,128)
13. JASMINE: SAD TO SAY (7,837)
14. Shiina Ringo: Ariamaru Tomi (7,538)
15. Akiyama Mio (Hisako Yoko): Heart Goes Boom!! (7,488)
16. Hirasawa Yui (Toyosaki Aki): Gidai ni Kubbitake (7,225)
17. RAG FAIR: Marry Me!! (7,141)
18. YUI: again (6,538)
19. Imawana Kiyoshiro: Oh! RADIO (6,050)
20. Suzumaru Kenichi: Mitochondria (6,031)
21. SCANDAL: Shoujo S (6,022)
22. GReeeN: Haruka (5,409)
23. Dragon Soul: Yeah! Break! Care! Break! (4,540)
24. MINMI: Ave Maria (3,958)
25. GIRL NEXT DOOR: infinity (3,910)
26. kotoko: Ao-iconoclast / PIGEON -the green-ey’d monster (3,786)
27. Sakurakou K-ON Bu: Don’t say “lazy” (3,642)
28. JUJU with JAY’ED:  Ashita ga Kuru Nara (3,357)
29. mihimaru GT: Switch (3,344)
30. Sakurakou K-ON Bu: Cagayake! GIRLS (3,242)

52. Kago Ai: no hesitAtIon (1,757)
57. Melon Kinenbi x BEAT CRUSADERS: (1,368)

New C-ute Single (2009-09-16)

It was announced today that C-ute will release their tenth major single this September 16th. I haven’t been overly impressed with what C-ute has released this year so far so I hope their 10th single will be more satisfying and also I wonder if Kanna will be back? As of yet the title has not been announced.

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℃－ｕｔｅ
商品番号 EPCE-5656/7
予定税込価格 1,680円
商品番号 EPCE-5658
予定税込価格 1,050円
発売予定日 2009年9月16日

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Oricon for Kago Ai, Melon Kinenbi & AKB48

Kago Ai & Melon Kinenbi both released singles today, Kago’s being her debut solo single and the Melon Kinenbi single being the first of five colloborations, this one with Beat Crusaders.

Kago has charted at No.26 with no hesitAtIon, I was hoping she’d chart a bit higher but I guess I shouldn’t expect too much, especially as there hasn’t been too much promotion for this single.

Rather surprisingly Melon Kinenbi have charted at No.27 with Don’t Say Goodbye and considering this is an indie release sold only at Tower Records the ranking isn’t half bad!

The real victiory in the charts this week is for AKB48 who have managed to reach No.2 in their first day of sales with 41,064 copies of their new single Namida Surprise! sold in one day!! Amazing!

Mano Erina in Pucchimoni V

According to a recent article Mano Erina will be singing the Kome Kome Club song Kimi ga Iru dake de on the upcoming Hello! Project cover album. This track is listed as being sung by Pucchimoni V and therefore we can surmise that Mano is in Pucchimoni V!

Chanpuru 1~Happy Marriage Song Cover Shuu~ Tracklisting & Cover

1. DIAMONDS – High-King
2. Ai wa Katsu -°C-ute / Mano Erina
3. YES-YES-YES – Aa!
4. Tentou Chuu no Sanba – Shin Minimoni
5. Kimi ga Iru dake de – Pucchimoni V
   
6. Heya to Y shirts to Watashi – Tanaka Reina
7. Mamotte Agetai – Niigaki Risa / Kamei Eri
8. Cosmos – Takahashi Ai
9. Mirai Yosouzu II – ZYX-α
10. ONLY YOU – Zoku v-u-den
11. Akai Sweet Pea – Tanpopo #
12. For You… – Linlin
13. Kanpaku Sengen – Berryz Koubou / Mano Erina
    
14. Sekai wa Futari no tame ni - Michishige Sayumi, Kusumi Koharu, Mitsui Aika,  Junjun

Quite an interesting tracklist with several “revival units” I wasn’t expecting! I wonder who will be in the new v-u-den?

Maeda Yuki to release 1st Album (2009-09-09)

It has been announced that ex-Hello! Project enka extraordinaire Maeda Yuki will release her first album, after nine years in showbusiness on 2009-09-09! Understandably I’m rather shocked by this announcement though it’s most definitely awesome, I’ll definitely be taking a trip out to pick this up!

The album is titled 全曲集, Zenkyokushuu which literally translates as Complete Song Collection so it’s quite possibly just a collection of all of her singles – it’s safe to see that that will be the bulk of the album anyway! I’m hoping for a few new tracks though! It’ll be good to get the harder to get singles such as Naki Usagi in physical format – I have most of what she’s done but not the early singles!

Support Maeda and buy this, please!