1st Day Sales for Iiwake Maybe

AKB48 have done it again, the first day sales for their newest single, Iiwake Maybe is 57,456 and it’s ranked at #1 around 20,000 copies above SMAP! That’s some pretty impressive figures!

I don’t really understand the great attraction of the single as it sounds like just about everything else they’ve released lately, it’s a fairly decent single overall and I like the c/w better!

This could potentially be AKB48’s first weekly #1!

2nd Week Sales for Nanchatte Renai

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Morning Musume’s 40th single Nanchatte Renai #12 in the Oricon Weekly Charts with sales of 11,271 – the highest second week sales since 女子かしまし物語 (Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari) in 2004!

This brings Nanchatte Renai’s total sales figures to 66,244 and it charted at #10 today so it’s most likely gonna sell a little bit more in it’s 3rd week! Let’s hope for 70,000!! Shows what some promotion can achieve eh?

First Week Sales for Nanchatte Renai

Morning Musume’s 40th single, Nanchatte Renai, has charted at #2 this week with sales of 54,973 – their best first week since Iroppoi Jirettai in 2005! Let’s hope they reach at least 60,000!

First Two Days of Sales for Nanchatte Renai

In it’s first two days of sales Morning Musume’s 40th single, Nanchatte Renai, has sold 34,247 copies and charted at No.2 both days just behind Hamasaki Ayumi, today only about 2,000 copies behind!

Let’s hope they stay at No.2 for the rest of the week – there’s a decent ammount of promotion going on, maybe this will top Kanashimi Twilight…?

SKE48 Reach No.5 on Oricon

SKE48’s debut single, Tsuyoki Monoyo, has charted at No.5 in the Oricon Weekly Charts with sales of 22,624. While this is far below the sales of their senpai act, AKB48, these are respectable sales and the single is quite nice, it’s lacking a c/w though which makes it a little less attracitve as a purchase!

I look forward to more releases from SKE48 but what I’m really looking forward to is SDN48, from reports on their first stage these older girls are pretty talented!

Disappointing Sales for Mano’s latest single

Mano Erina’s 3rd Major Single, Sekai wa Summer Party, has charted at No.10 in the Oricon Weekly Charts with sales of 14,111 – almost 10,000 copies than the first week sales of her last two singles.

While this seems pretty disappointing it may be that UFA has decided to spread release events over two weeks instead of one and perhaps she’ll have a decent second week, hopefully achieving sales of at least 20,000 copies.

I like Mano Erina but I feel her major releases have been far too formulaic with a piano opening followed by some cutesy pop number, I’d like to hear her do something else and while I realize that the piano is her gimmick and her voice isn’t all that strong she has enough character to pull off something a little more satisfying.

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)