C-ute’s 14th single, Aitai Lonely Christmas, has sold 23,682 copies in it’s first week of sales – an improvement over their last two singles. I think the single is alright, you can see for yourself by watching the PV on the right! It ranked at #6 in the Oricon charts.
Well, it’s that time of year again when I compile a list of the best selling singles of 2009, starting from lowest to highest. These are all the artists of interest to this blog, if you notice a mistake or think something is missing just leave a comment! On to the ranking! (Note for consistencies sake I’ve included the hexagon artists starring artist signed to Up-Front Agency as Up-Front singles)
51. S/mileage (Hello! Project) - Suki-Chan (Sales: 399) (Oricon: #159) (Indie Single)
50. Melon Kinenbi (Up-Front) - Seishun-On-The-Road (with THE COLLECTORS) (Sales: 865) (Oricon: #?) (Indie Single)
49. Karen (TNX) – Nakuna Okamechan / Miren Zaka (Sales: 1130) (Oricon: #57)
48. Maeda Yuki (Hello! Project) - Kenchana ~Daijoubu~ (Sales: 1241) (Oricon: #118)
47. Karen (TNX) - Nakuna Okamechan (Sales: 1370) (Oricon: N/A) (Indie Single)
46. Melon Kinenbi (Up-Front) - DON’T SAY GOOD-BYE (with BEAT CRUSADERS) (Sales: 1385) (Oricon: #68) (Indie Single)
45. Kago Ai (In Da Groove) – no hesitAtIon (Sales: 1757) (Oricon: #52)
44. Matsuura Aya (Hello! Project) - Chocolate Damashii (Sales: 4795) (Oricon: #19)
43. Guardians 4 (Hello! Project) - Party Time (Sales: 8722) (Oricon: #14)
42. THE Possible (TNX) - FAMILY ~Tabidachi no Asa~ (Sales: 10063) (Oricon: #8)
41. Guardians 4 (Hello! Project) - Omakase! Guardian (Sales: 10563) (Oricon: #18)
40. Shugo-Chara Egg! (Hello! Project) – Shugo! Shugo! (Sales: 10899) (Oricon: #14)
39. MM Gakuen Gasshobu (TNX) – Mecha Mote! I LOVE YOU (Sales: 10904) (Oricon: #18)
38. Guardians 4 (Hello! Project) - School Days (Sales: 11673) (Oricon: #8)
37. Watarirouka Hashiritai (AKB48) – Yaruki Hanabi (Sales: 12178) (Oricon: #9)
36. No Sleeves (AKB48) – Tane (Sales: 13117) (Oricon: #9)
35. MM Gakuen Gasshobu (TNX) - Mecha Mote! Summer (Sales: 13601) (Oricon: #16)
34. Kusumi Koharu (Hello! Project) - Hapi Hapi Sunday! (Sales: 14468) (Oricon: #9)
33. Mano Erina (Hello! Project) - LOVE & PEACE = Paradise (Sales: 15268) (Oricon: #12)
32. THE Possible (TNX) - Shiwase no Katachi (Sales: 15572) (Oricon: #4)
31. Mano Erina (Hello! Project) - Kono Mune no Tokimeki wo (Sales: 15728) (Oricon: #7)
30. Watarirouka Hashiritai (AKB48) – Hatsukoi Dash (Sales: 16513) (Oricon: #10)
29. Buono! (Hello! Project) – Take it easy! (Sales: 18170) (Oricon: #10)
28. Mano Erina (Hello! Project) - Sekai wa Summer Party (Sales: 18647) (Oricon: #10)
27. MM Gakuen Gasshobu / MM3 (TNX) – Daisuke ni Nare! / Kokoro Kimi ni Todoke (Sales: 18918) (Oricon: #10)
26. Buono! (Hello! Project) – BRAVO BRAVO (Sales: 19601) (Oricon: #4)
25. No Sleeves (AKB48) - Kiss no Ryuusei (Sales: 20174) (Oricon: #8)
24. Buono! (Hello! Project) – co.no.mi.chi (Sales: 22735) (Oricon: #4)
23. Watarirouka Hashiritai (AKB48) - Kanpeki Guu no ne (Sales: 23272) (Oricon: #7)
==Top 20==
22. Buono! (Hello! Project) - MY BOY (Sales: 23621) (Oricon: #7)
21. Mano Erina (Hello! Project) - Hajimete no Keiken (Sales: 24721) (Oricon: #6)
20. Mano Erina (Hello! Project) – Otome no Inori (Sales: 25288) (Oricon: #5)
19. SKE48 (AKB48) - Tsuyoki Mono yo (Sales: 27295) (Oricon: #5)
18. C-ute (Hello! Project) - EVERYDAY Zekkouchou!! (Sales: 27750) (Oricon: #2)
17. Berryz Koubou (Hello! Project) – Dakishimete Dakishimete (Sales: 27797) (Oricon: #8)
16. C-ute (Hello! Project) - Bye Bye Bye! (Sales: 27918) (Oricon: #4)
15. C-ute (Hello! Project) - Shochu Omimai Moshiagemasu (Sales: 33613) (Oricon: #5)
14. Yaguchi Mari / Airband (Up-Front) - Seishun Boku / Seishun Ore (Sales: 34368) (Oricon: #6)
13. Berryz Koubou (Hello! Project) – Seishun Bus Guide / Rival (Sales: 34589) (Oricon: #4)
12. Satoda Mai with Gouda Kazoku (Up-Front) – Don’t Leave Me (Sales: 35349) (Oricon: #4)
11. Berryz Koubou (Hello! Project) - Watashi no Mirai no Danna-Sama / Ryuusei Boy (Sales: 36136) (Oricon: #5)
10. AKBIdoling!!! (AKB48) - Chu Shiyouze! (Sales: 40291) (Oricon: #2)
09. Satoda Mai with Gouda Kyoudai (Up-Front) – Bye Bye (Sales: 45052) (Oricon: #5)
08. Morning Musume (Hello! Project) - Kimagure Princess (Sales: 45421) (Oricon: #4)
07. Morning Musume (Hello! Project) - Naichau Kamo (Sales: 50313) (Oricon: #3)
06. Morning Musume (Hello! Project) – Shouganai Yume Oibito (Sales: 53950) (Oricon: #1)
05. Morning Musume (Hello! Project) – Nanchatte Renai (Sales: 70299) (Oricon: #2)
04. AKB48 - 10nen Zakura (Sales: 106675) (Oricon: #4)
03. AKB48 – Iiwake Maybe (Sales: 111265) (Oricon: #2)
02. AKB48 - Namida Surprise (Sales: 144428) (Oricon: #2)
01. AKB48 – RIVER (Sales: 218405) (Oricon: #1)
Cummulative Single Sales:
Best Selling Acts (Hello! Project):
Best Selling Acts (TNX):
Really don’t know what everyone sees in akb48. I’ll take ANY Morning Musume line-up any day. In fact, I’ll take ANY HP group over akb. From what I’ve seen, akb is just a trampy version of a Musume wannabe.
Morning Musume Forever!
And from the sounds of it, you haven’t listened to even one of their songs, am I right?
Before you say their trampy or whatever, listen to their songs, or watch their PV’s or whatever; give them a legitimate chance. Then you’ll see why they are doing so much better than anything H!P can put out.
Actually, I’ve seen a few of their PV’s including River. I’ve also seen one of their concerts (I think it was a team B one), a number of clips on youtube and have downloaded and listened to most of their songs. I listen to a lot of jpop and jrock, also some cpop and a little kpop. I want to like every group I try. With Akb48, I just don’t see the attraction.
Fair enough. I just dislike when people say their “trampy” or something similar. Yes, they have a different style when compared to say H!P, but I think that’s what I like about them. I still don’t think their trampy or slutty or whatever. That might just be me though.
I dunno, you can’t entirely judge a group like AKB based on a random concert, random songs, and random PVs (which contain less than half of the actual group). And moreover comparing them with H!P. There are more things in jpop than those two organizations.
But you are free to say what you think about them :P
I will say they have some VERY cute girls (especially the one that looks like Ai Takahashi)but then again Japan is filled with beautiful women, young and old.
Akimoto knows how to market — AKB48 was created mainly for the Otaku generation (Manga/Anime buffs, et al); which explains the schoolgirl motif.
Since Elder Club graduated, there’s not much left for me to stay true to H!P (for me, Berryz, Mano Erina & C-ute are reasons) — and clearly that can also explain the drop in overall sales.
Just the ratio of singles to total sales b/t AKB48 & H!P is a huge indication who is dominating the Idol scene nowadays.
The day will come when Hello! pro eggs begin to flock and join the Research Students.
I agree 100% on the Elder Club issue. I’m still pissed at that. I’m dreading the day when the rest of the 5th and 6th gens graduate.
hmmmmm this is just one good year AKB48 is having and you guys are sounding the death tolls for H!P even in it’s “bad year”? … oh ye of little faith….
(heck what do i know… H!P of 2009 is all i know… i am a new fan :lol: )
and echoing some of the gentleposters prior to me… AKB48 isn’t for me aye?
besides the fact that we won’t be seeing the elderclub in a H!P concert TT_TT, what is separate from that and M-line?
I don’t think that AKBIdoling’s single should count entirely to AKB. Idoling has (some few) fans, too.
AKB also had a unit called Natto Angels, though I don’t know if their release was sold in stores.
AKB48: 734,613 (Over 11 Singles) (Up 600,220)
Hello! Project: 628,875 (Over 27 Singles) (Down 66537)
Wow…
I guess this isn’t H!P’s time anymore…
The public moved on to AKB…
It had to finish sometime, right…
It looks even worse this year:
AKB48 – 281,510 (3-days)
MM – 36,169 (1-week)
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!
yay! go AKB ^^
I really hope they get to no.1 but SMAP are catching up fast after the 2nd day sales.
I like AKB48 as their new song, 2.I hope they get to no.1
やった！
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?
Yes!!!
I say 3 words: promotion, promotion, and promotion.
It’s also very catchy! I kept walking around murmuring “なんちゃって” until my husband asked me why!
Rather shockingly more than half of 2009 has already passed and that means it’s time to compare some single sales for the year so far! Below you can find all of the singles that have been released so far in 2009, if an asterik is next to a single it means it’s still charting. Some of the positions of single sales are actually quite surprising!
Hey…i am surprised! AKB 48′s new single sold more then Morning musume’s new single.
er… 亜田夢…where can i find more pictures of Namida Surprise pictures?
wheres the shock in this? all of these seems to make sence.
Wow, Tane was an amazing single. I bet with more promotion it could’ve done really well, the song was greattttttt.
@matthew, AKB48 has really risen in popularity and sales. I’m hoping MM would do the same…Nanchatte Renai is a pretty cool song, but it sounds really similar to Shouganai Yumeoibito. That could either be a plus or a minus.
@rasune7, from my point of view, i am shock. Because, i support both groups. I am happy for both of the Idol groups. Be it MM or AKB48, it does not matter. I still am a fan.
@kenny, in my heart, MM has already made history since they started out. I really wish that MM can be even better.
Cheers!
Eeh, I always thought °C-ute was a much better selling group than Berryz!
Btw.: where do you always get all these facts? I’m always interested in those =)
@muuhwi,
indeed i think °C-ute is a much selling better group. Anyways, i am still a H!P fan…so i support them all the way.
eh…i believe all the details are taken from the Oricon website, Tsunku’s blog and other websites.
I am sure the creator of this post KNOWS Japanese and English or maybe with help from someone.
Most likely he knows how to translate the Japanese words to English!
Cheers!
AKB are surely amazing whit that numbers. They’re like MM in their golden era. And looking to their (AKB48) statistics, i think their current release isn’t their maximum achievement. There will be more. But, somehow, still i would prefer tsunku’s product (which one is the best from H!P or NGP in my opinion) rather than akimoto’s.
I’ve seen so many H!P fans become AKB48 fans, but I’ve seen the opposite too. And it’s very interesting to hear their (AKB48 to H!P fans) story.
Very impressive numbers for akb48, but they only have 2 songs, seems like most of the list are HP artist. I’m glad Yaguchi Mari solo did so well, hopefully there’s more to come from her soon.
well i would consider Watarirouka Hashiritai and no3b AKB48 too aren’t they kinda like subgroups? also AKBIdoling!!! ya know
honestly, if you put everything into perspective, the immediate H!P and AKB48 have roughly the same memebers (counting Kenkyuusei and Hello! Pro Eggs), and overall H!Ps sales are higher than AKB48′s. I love both AKB48 and Hello! Project, but I think those are the main things to keep in mind when couting sales or saying ‘who beats who.’ in the end, both groups get about the same xD
WTF kago only sold like 2000 singles?!
I know alot of friends popular on myspace that have sold more then that and arent known in the industry at all!
and how is aya selling so bad?! How are they still letting her make music with this number!
what i don’t understand is Berryz DakishimeteX2 lack of sales…. it is an awesome song… the best IMHO H!P has done in the past year… i suppose it is only IMHO…
I’ve compiled a list over the year of the sales of all the Hello! Project / TNX / AKB48 and related singles’ sales (where possible) and now below I present to you in order of lowest to highest sales the top selling singles for this year. Each list will be presented in their own category (Hello! Project etc). Please note that some sales figures may not be completely accurate and indeed some singles are still charting and are likely to sell more in the coming weeks. If you notice any glaring figures that would change rankings please comment!The charts are presented in; position, artist, title, date and sales. Best selling figures are cumulative – the more singles released the higher the sales.
Hello! Project
#28 Mano Erina - Lalala-Sososo (2008-12-23) (600) (Indies)
#27 Melon Kinenbi – Charisma, Kirei (2008-03-19) (2,180)
#26 Berryz Koubou – Dschinghis Khan Tartar Mix (2008-09-17) (3,829)
#25 Athena & Robikerottsu – Seishun! LOVE Lunch (2008-02-14) (6,371)
#24 Abe Natsumi – Screen (2008-12-03) (6,474) (Still Charting)
#23 Matsuura Aya – Kizuna (2008-05-21) (7,623)
#22 Ongaku Gatas – Come Together (2008-09-10) (12,004)
#21 Shugo-Chara Egg! – Minna no Tamago (2008-12-10) (14,347) (Still Charting)
#20 Abe Natsumi & Yajima Maimi – 16sai no Koi Nante (2008-01-16) (14,538)
#19 v-u-den – Nanni mo Iwazu ni I LOVE YOU (2008-04-23) (15,949)
#18 Kusumi Koharu – Papancake (2008-07-16) (20,595)
#17 Fujimoto Miki – Okitegami (2008-04-23) (24,746)
#16 Berryz Koubou – MADAYADE (2008-11-05) (25,469)
#15 MilkyWay – TANTANTAAN! (2008-10-19) (25,794)
#14 Buono! – Rottara Rottara (2008-11-12) (27,104)
#13 C-ute – FOREVER LOVE (2008-11-26) (29,144) (Still Charting)
#12 Buono! – Gachinko de Ikou! (2008-08-20) (31,005)
#11 C-ute - LALALA Shiawase no Uta (2008-02-27) (31,650)
#10 High-King – C/C (Cinderella Complex) (2008-06-11) (31,693)
#09 Berryz Koubou - Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance (2008-07-09) (33,017)
#08 C-ute – Namida no Iro (2008-04-23) (33,422)
#07 Buono! – Renai Rider (2008-02-06) (35,254)
#06 C-ute – Edo no Temari Uta II (2008-07-30) (35,789)
#05 Buono! – Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! (2008-05-14) (36,196)
#04 Berryz Koubou – Dschinghis Khan (2008-03-12) (37,096)
#03 Morning Musume – Pepper Keibu (2008-09-24) (46,067)
#02 MilkyWay – Anataboshi (2008-04-30) (49,492)
#01 Morning Musume – Resonant Blue (2008-04-16) (57,964)
Best Selling Group: C-ute
Best Selling Soloist: Fujimoto Miki
Total Single Sales: 695,412
TNX
#07 Canary Club – Nishiki Kazare (2008-04-09) (2,638)
#06 Canary Club – Hitomi ga Kirakirara (2008-07-16) (4,352)
#05 Canary Club – FAITH! (2008-01-01) (4,632)
#04 Ogawa Mana – Suppin Rock (2008-11-12) (5,331)
#03 THE Possible – Love Message! (2008-02-20) (7,046)
#02 THE Possible – Kazoku e no Tegami (2008-04-30) (9,757)
#01 THE Possible – Ijiwaru Crazy Love (2008-08-06) (12,196)
Best Selling Group: THE Possible
Best Selling Soloist: Ogawa Mana
Total Single Sales: 45,952
AKB48
#5 Ohori Meshibe - Amai Kokansetsu (2008-10-15) (10,125)
#4 No Sleeves – Relax! (2008-11-26) (11,436)
#3 AKB48 – Romance, Irane! (2008-01-23) (23,209)
#2 AKB48 – Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008 (2008-02-27) (25,482)
#1 AKB48 - Oogoe Diamond (2008-10-22) (64,141)
Best Selling Group: AKB48
Best Selling Soloist: Ohori Meshibe
Total Single Sales: 134,393
Satoda Mai / Hexagon
#2 Satoda Mai with Gouda Kyoudai – Mou Sugu Christmas (2008-11-12) (28,075)
#1 Aladdin – Hi wa, Mata Noboru (2008-07-30) (267,235)
Total Single Sales: 295,310
SHIPS
#2 Kimi ga Iru (2008-11-26) (790)
#1 TOKYO FRIENDSHIPS (2008-06-25) (1,631)
Total Single Sales: 2,421
Oh, cool. Some of those I totally didn’t expect. Where do you get the sales figures from anyway? I’ve been wondering that for a while.
Hello! Project soloist Abe Natsumi’s latest single Screen which was released 2008-12-03 ranked at #29 in the Oricon Weekly Charts last week just scraping a top 30 ranking and selling a shockingly low 4,848 copies. Although Nacchi’s single sales have decreased in the last few years they’ve never been particularly bad and certainly not as low as this. The single peaked at #10 in the daily charts last week and fell from there, it’s highest chart point this week has been #50.
The reason for such low sales? Next to no promotion, only one edition of the single and no TV performances. This is a really awesome single and Up-Front should be ashamed for under promoting it. Abe has certainly lost her earlier popularity but there’s no reason that this single should have sold as low as it did.
Her best-of album which came out on 2008-12-10 debuted at #15 in the album charts and dropped to 31 the following day.
that’s depressing. It’s such an awesome single! Stupid UFA!!
I really liked Screen too, I was hoping it would do well.
I love this single… that’s unfortunate.
sigh. unequal attention.
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Wow, H!P released more than double the singles AKB did this year, and their still more than 100000 lower in overall sales. I’m thinking things are not looking good for H!P in the coming months. They really need to rethink things if they want even a remote chance in taking AKB48 on. Right now, their not even in the running if you ask me.