Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - AKB48: Welcome to Japan's Most Sophisticated Show (2nd thread)

Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai (http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/index.php)

- Artists & Bands (http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=66)

- - AKB48: Welcome to Japan's Most Sophisticated Show (2nd thread) (http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105187)

lol I didn't see Rena in this short version at least. I don't mind Jurina so much but really I wish they wouldn't be included in AKB's releases anymore. I mean everyone knows them now and SKE so they can go stick to that group, please Aki-P!!!

Lovely PV!!!
the song is good, and the girls looks super cute

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Originally Posted by dreamland2.0 (Post 2616436)

I agree so much with this. I really wish SKE would stick with their own releases, because I'd say that they were pretty well known by now.

And plus I'm just sick of seeing Jurina everywhere >_> For a while I thought Akimoto was gonna bring her on in to AKB.

Sorry for double posting, but the results for Request Hour 2011 for all 4 days are out now:

http://community.livejournal.com/ara...t/1772329.html

very disappointed, but surprised. i thought beginner was definitely going to be no.1

ALSO, OMG...MAJISUKA NO.2 ANNOUNCED: http://community.livejournal.com/ara...t/1772329.html
http://community.livejournal.com/ara...t/1771576.html

SO HAPPY AND EXCITED RIGHT NOW.

Oh yes I forgot to post that!! Thanks!
I really can't wait for Majisuka Gakuen 2!! I loved the first season! I wonder how they're going to do it now that 2 characters passed away!

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Originally Posted by adantatu2 (Post 2615695)

^OMG, it's true !!!
995,236 copies !!!

OMG :luv2 I forgot about that, can't wait !!

The new song is so boring :no The first AKB a-side that I don't like

What the!? HEAVY ROTATION!!!?

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Originally Posted by Bigtop (Post 2617956)

What the!? HEAVY ROTATION!!!?

lol, yes. It's not too surprising, it was one of their most popular singles this year. Maybe even as popular as Beginner.

If you are talking about the sales: 995,236 copies are for Beginner
and almost 760,000 for Heavy rotation

not anymore. Beginner passed 1,001,000

YAYAYAY! Awesome news!! Celebration time!! The weekly update will be some time tomorrow I guess!

can't wait to know the exact number !!

wow, amazing !!!
GREAT 4 them

1,001,171!!
Yay!!!:hat:vbhappy

Dear J 1st day sales: 86,681

Amazing, she's already the best-selling idol soloist since 2003... let's see if she can break more records!

Abe Natsumi:
1 22歳の私 (22sai no Watashi) 2003-08-13 81,460 #2

Matsuura Aya:
10 GOOD BYE Natsuo ( GOOD BYE 夏男 ) 2003.06.04 88,483 #3

Wahh good job Tomo-chin!!

That's great to hear, but that's too bad about the (now two-man) Tohoshinki dominance that impeded Tomochin's #1 run...

and is just the first day, congratz to her

Yayy, I'm really happy for Tomochin. I'm glad her solo debut was such a success! Dear J is a really catchy song.

A bit late... sales percentage for No Sleeves debut album 1st week

32% No Sleeves Edition (Limited)
26% Takahashi Minami Edition
25% Kojima Haruna Edition
17% Minegishi Minami Edition

So interesting... Minegishi is my favorite, I'm dissapointed her edition sold the worst :/

I don't like Miichan at all but I feel so bad for her. They should not release pretty useless info like that....it's sort of hurtful.

Well I mean she already knows she is slightly less popular than the other girls just by the elections!! I hope they don't have anymore elections. They really are awful :no

Wow I didn't realize the magnitude of Tomochin's success until now....she's not dropping! She's debuting with over 100k this week....that's insane. Song is still growing on me....I actually like the beat but I don't really think her voice is suited to the song.....regardless....congrats to her on a job well done and for all her hard work.

I actually like the beat but I don't really think her voice is suited to the song.....regardless....congrats to her on a job well done and for all her hard work. [2]

has the Dear J single leak?

Dear J studio recording http://videobam.com/owHND

wow....it took this video for me to realize who Tomochin is @____@ I dunno if it's the angle or what...but it made me remember that I've met her before.

It was at Anime Expo and after the concert....while my sister and I were leaving we saw one of the AKB48 members but at that time I didn't know her name....now I realize that it must have been Tomochin @_@ She had blond hair back then I think....I think some Chinese fans were calling to her...she smiled and waved.....

LOL...how funny that I never realized that.

New DVD

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Tokyo Aki Matsuri Special Box (2011.01.29)
DVDs of AKB48 concerts on 2010.10.09 and 2010.10.10

http://shop.akb48.co.jp/items/view/285

12980 Yen

5 DVDs (635 minutes)
AKB48 Aki Matsuri photobook
Aki Matsuri 'parka' photos

Track Lists

DVD 1 - Day 1 AKB48 Concert
00. Overture
01. Heavy Rotation (Janken Senbatsu)
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02. Theater no Megami (Team B)
03. Team B Oshi (Team B)
04. RESET (Team K)
05. Uhouhoho (Team K)
06. Akogare no Popstar (Team A)
07. Pioneer (Team A)
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08. Yokaze no Shiwaza (Kashiwagi)
09. Arashi no Yoru ni wa (Sato N, Komori, Miyazaki, Suzuki)
10. Kokoro no Hashi no Sofa (Fujie, Oshima, Umeda)
11. Kiseki wa Ma ni Awanai (Nonaka, Miyazawa, Yonezawa)
12. Ude wo Kunde (Nakaya, Maeda At, Kuramochi)
12. Enjo Rosen (Takajo, Sashihara)
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13. Te wo Tsunaginagara (SKE48)
14. Aozora Kataomoi (SKE48)
15. GAGAGA (SDN48)
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17. RIVER
18. Oogoe Diamond
19. 10nen Zakura
20. Iiwake Maybe
21. Aitakatta
22. Heavy Rotation
23. Majisuka Rock 'n' Roll
------------------ENCORE--------------
24. Beginner (Maeda Center)
25. Hikoukigumo
26. Kimi to Niji to Taiyou to
27. Ponytail to Shushu

DVD 2 - Day 2 AKB48 Concert
00. Overture
01. Beginner (Mayu/Jurina center)
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02. Shonichi (Team B)
03. Honestman (Team B)
04. Korogaru Ishi ni Nare (Team K)
05. Kanojo ni Naremasuka? (Team K)
06. Zutto Zutto (Team A)
07. PIONEER (Team A)
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08. Hatsukoi yo, Konnichiwa (Sato S, Watanabe, Oku)
09. Candy (Kashiwagi, Kasai, Masuda)
10. Seifuku Resistance (Nito, Itano, Tanabe)
11. Gyakuten Oujisama (Uchida, Minegishi, Nakatsuka)
12. Itoshisa no Accel (Takahashi)
13. Hoshi no Mukougawa (Iwasa, Oota, Kojima, Nakata)
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14. Te wo Tsunaginagara (SKE48)
15. Gomen ne, Summer (SKE48)
16. GAGAGA (SDN48)
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17. RIVER
18. Oogoe Diamond
19. 10nen Zakura
20. Iiwake Maybe
21. Aitakatta
22. Heavy Rotation
23. Majisuka Rock 'n' Roll
--------------ENCORE----------------
24. Kimi ni Tsuite (MINT)
25. Nakeru Basho (DIVA)
26. Boku dake no Value (Undergirls)
ANNOUNCEMENT
27. Beginner (Yuko center)
28. Ponytail to Shushu

DVD 3 - Day 1 YuruYuru Karaoke Competition
01. Love Machine (Morning Musume) - Team Kenkyuusei
02. LOVE FOREVER (Kato Miliyah & Shimizu Shota) - Kojima, Takahashi
03. Nagisa no Cherry (AKB48) - Kobayashi K (yellow), Kuramochi, Matsubara, Miyazawa, Chikano
04. お互いの似顔絵描き（１発芸）　
05. SMAP中居さんのステップモノマネ!!!（１発芸）　
06. おねがいマイメロディのモノマネ（１発芸）　
07. Wagamama na Nagareboshi (AKB48) - Nakatsuka, Fujie
08. マシュマロを口に詰められるだけ詰める（１発芸）　
09. 秋元康の似顔絵描き（１発芸）　
10. Dokii! Ko iu no ga Koi nano? (Canary Club) - Uchida, Nakata, Suzuki
11. Tenshi no Shippo (AKB48) - Yamauchi, Ishida, Oku
12 両手でじゃんけん（１発芸）　
13 変顔（１発芸）　
14. Haru ga Kuru made (AKB48) - Nito, Nonaka
15. Sakuranbo (Otsuka Ai) - Kato R, Kanazawa
16. Touch (Iwasaki Yoshimi) - Takeuchi
17. Koi se yo Onna no Ko (Tamura Yukari) - Oota
18. 内田はじゃんけんが強いのか？（インターバル）　
19. Tairyo Matsuri (Sakura Maya) - Nakamura
20. Tsugari Kaikyo・Fuyugeshiki (Ishikawa Sayuri) - Iwasa
21. 浜崎あゆみのモノマネ（１発芸）
22. 韓国ドラマのモノマネ（１発芸）
23. グーフィーのモノマネ（１発芸）
24. コアラのモノマネ（１発芸）
25. ○○Ganbaranakute mo eenende (S/mileage) - Umeda, Kikuchi, Nakatsuka, Yonezawa
26. KOIing (Morning Musume) - Kojima, Kashiwagi
27. Suirenka (Shonan no Kaze) - Oya, Uchida
28. Ame no Pianist (SKE48) - Yonezawa, Hirajima
29. Ruby no Yubiwa (Terao Akira) - Deguchi
30. Anata (Kosaka Akiko) - Kinoshita
31. Anata to Christmas Eve (AKB48) - Matsui S, Nonaka
32. Monochrome Kiss (Sid) - Yuasa (King Records Staff)
33. Yuuhi wo Miteiruka? (AKB48) - Masuda, Sato N
34. 色を言ってくれれば地下鉄の名前が言える（１発芸）
35. AKB国勢調査（インターバル）
36. Honehone Waltz (AKB48) - Nakaya, Tanabe
37. INFINITY (AKB48) - Kashiwagi, Miyazawa
38. Wake me up! (SPEED) - Itano, Kasai
39. Yasai Sisters (AKB48) - Maeda Am, Takajo, Nakata, Oya
40. Mirai Yosouzu II (DREAMS COME TRUE) - Sato N
41. Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou (AKB48) - Oota, Iwasa
42. Majijo Teppen Blues (AKB48) - Saru Obasan (Staff)
43. Melodies (GAM) - Oshima, Kojima
44. Wimbledon he Tsureteitte (SKE48) - Kitahara, Sashihara, Miyazaki
45. Himawari (AKB48?) - Masuda
46. Heavenly Days (Aragaki Yui) - Maeda, Itano, Kasai

DVD 4 - Day 2 GudaGuda Karaoke Competition
01. Wasshoi B (AKB48) - Kashiwagi Yuki, Watanabe Mayu
02. Skirt, Hirari (AKB48) - Matsubara Natsumi, Kuramochi Asuka, Miyazawa Sae, Chikano Rina
03. GO GO HEAVEN (SPEED) - Itano Tomomi, Kasai Tomomi
04. Sobakasu No Kiss (AKB48) - Oya Shizuka, Kitahara Rie, Sashihara Rino
05. 我が家スタイルコント（１発芸）　
06. 催眠術（１発芸）
07. Tonari no Banana (AKB48) - Suzuki Mariya, Matsui Sakiko
08. 後ろ向きでピアノ（１発芸）
09. Kinjirareta Futari (AKB48) - Kikuchi Ayaka, Sato Sumire
10. Higurashi no Koi (AKB48) - Oota Aika, Komori Mika
11. Kioku no Dilemma (AKB48) - Sato Natsuki, Masuda Yuka
12. secret base ~Kimi ga kureta mono~ (ZONE) - Kitahara Rie, Sashihara Rino, Minegishi Minami, Miyazaki Miho
13. マキバっ子ダンス（１発芸）
14. モノボケコーナー（インターバル）　
15. Happy Material (Mahou Sensei Negima) - Oota, Watanabe, Tanabe, Nakaya
16. Minimoni Jankenpyon! (MiniMoni.) - Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Sashihara Rina, Miyazawa Sae
17. Tonari no Totoro (Tonari no Totoro|Inoue Azumi) - Masana Oya
18. 側転＆フラフープ（１発芸）　
19. ドッグショー（１発芸）　
20. Tairyo Matsuri (Sakura Maya) - Nakamura Mariko
21. Suirenka (Shonan no Kaze) - Oya Shizuka, Uchida Mayumi
22. Ai no Uta (Koda Kumi) - Yonezawa Rumi
23. Sakuranbo (Otsuka Ai) - Hiramatsu Kanako
24. Sobakasu No Kiss (AKB48) - 9th gen Kenkyuusei
25. かき氷早食い大会（１発芸）　
26. AKB48国勢調査（１発芸）
27. one night carnival (Kishidan) - no3b
28. Kimi no Tameni Dekiru Koto （GACKT） - Matsui Jurina
29. Momoiro no Kataomoi (Matsuura Aya) - Minegishi Minami, Sashihara Rina, Shinobu (staff)
30. Nageki na Figure (AKB48） - Umeda Ayaka, Oshima Yuko, Matsubara Natsumi, Noro Kayo
31. 和太鼓 RIVER（１発芸）　
32. シチュエーションAKB48モノマネ（１発芸）　
33. Amagigoe (Ishikawa Sayuri) - Iwasa Misaki
34. Yuki/Ai Anata>Suki (Takahashi Ai/Morning Musume.) - Minegishi Minami (MC), Kojima Haruna, Kashiwagi Yuki
35. choo choo train (EXILE) - Maeda Atsuko, Itano Tomomi, Kasai Tomomi
36. Kanpeki guu no ne (Watarirouka Hashiritai) - Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Kojima Haruna, Oshima Yuko, Shinobu (staff)

DVD 5 - Bonus Footage

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Not included from the Karaoke DVD
7. Genie (SNSD) - Izuta, Abe
12. Seikan Hikou (Nakashima Ai) - Watanabe
13. BLUE BIRD (Hamasaki Ayumi) - Uchida
16. Fuwafuwa Time (Sakura Kou Keionbu) - Oota, Watanabe, Tanabe, Nakaya
24. Love the World (Perfume) - Sato S
26. Mikatzuki (Ayaka) - Ono H
31. Kimi dake ni (Shonentai) - Ishitani (Staff)
40. Seishun Amigo (Shuuji to Akira) - Miyazawa, Takahashi

Not included in the Karaoke DVD
19. SAY YES (CHAGE & ASKA) - Togasaki (staff), Yuasa (staff)
26. Minna Sora no Shita (Ayaka) - Masuda Yuka

http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3008

They took out love the world....Mikazuki....Minna Sora no Shita....took out the best songs basically...so many interesting shuffles.

Whoa... 10 hours, and five DVDs, but ayaka!? And Perfume!? (And even Ayu, too...)

I can't believe they are even covering Hello! Project songs!

Maybe I will like AKB48 more since now...

43. Melodies (GAM) - Oshima, Kojima

I'll die x_x

HAHAHAHA. Do I see Koda Kumi? SID? GACKT?!?!

Oh boy, I have to see this XD

Ai Otsuka, Ayu, Koda, GACKT, Perfume, Miliyah, SID, woww, INTERESTING

choo choo train and blue bird o.O interested to watch both performance!

lol Karaoke competition xD sounds fun~
grrr I don't get to see Mayuchi singing BLUE BIRD ;_____;
Or Sae and Takamina singing Seishun Amigo :( oh well the others shall be fun!

OMG this is amazing
01. Heavy Rotation (Janken Senbatsu)
:O

^ I want to see that !!

There is an Aki Matsuri in youtube but it's not the same tracklist :/ and no karaoke competition

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201102010478.html

Taiwanese "48" group announced.

Uh oh... AKB48 being exported outside of Japan...how will this perform? We'll just have to wait and see...

*2 162,871 162,871 Itano Tomomi – Dear J
Good job Tomochin!! :clapclap

hmm can Aki-P get his butt over to Canada and start a 48 group here!! I'm not getting any younger you know~~~ :innocent

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Originally Posted by dreamland2.0 (Post 2624686)

*2 162,871 162,871 Itano Tomomi – Dear J
Good job Tomochin!! :clapclap

And #2 monthly for the month of January too!

oh gawd. im obsessed with Valentine Kiss! WAAAHHH!!! shalalala suteki ni kiss~~!!

Anyone like Tobenai Agehachou? I just heard that song recently...gotta say...Undergirls were amazing in the PV. Favorite "48 family" songs so far:

01. Yuuwaku no Garter
02. Iiiwake Maybe
03. RIVER
04. Bird
05. Tobenai Agehachou
06. FIRST LOVE
07. Oshibe to meshibe to yoru no chouchou
08. Kuroi Tenshi
09. Sado e Wataru
10. Sakura no Shiroi

Wow...even as a casual fan....I find it hard to pick a top 10. They just have too many songs.

^Very good top!! And yes Tobenai is an awesome song!! Under girls were awesome in that single~~

FIRST LOVE :heart OMG Erena :weep

My top:
1. Oogoe Diamond :heart :heart :heart
2. RIVER (LIVER LIVER LIVER!!)
3. Namida Uri no Shoujo (EPIC AWESOMENESS!)
4. Aisareru to Iu Koto for ICE (First AKB song I ever heard way back in 2008!!!)
5. FIRST LOVE (ERENA :weep)
6. Bird (Takamina awesomeness)
7. 10 Zakura (Awesome and catchy!)
8. Iiwake Maybe (AACHAN'S SONG!!!)
9. Saishu Bell ga naru (TEAM K had to pick one!)
10. Nageki no Figure (This song is just awesome)

Which is ofrehiroghjie hard because I like a million of their songs!!
So those plus a billion more!!

Mine:
1.Yuuhi wa Miteiru Ka?
2.Ponytail to ShuShu
3.Beginner
4.Heavy Rotation
5.Aitakatta
6.Sakura no Shiori
7.BINGO!
8.Boku no Taiyou
9.Dear my Teacher
10.Mirai no Kajitsu

^Hey you! You need to listen to Kamikyoku tachi I think :yes Unless you have and you don't like any of the songs from it ;____; :laugh

Oh I think I need to add a number eleven to my list

11. ALIVE (BECAUSE TEAM K IS AWESOME!!!)

and a shout out to Beginner because I wouldn't have got into AKB without it!! :heart

too bad i am no longer 14 to 16 years old, or i will fly to taiwan to audition

AKB48 won best Pop artist of the year at the Billboard awards along with Exile, Kana Nishino and Nana Mizuki!

I am soooooo obsessed with Bird right now it's scaring me 0_o

It's such a good song!!!!! Very easy to get obsessed with!!!!!
Takamina's voice is heaven in that song :heart

Speaking of Takamina the upcoming concert is titled "Takamina ni Tsuite Ikimasu" (We follow Takamina) :laugh I love it!

NINKI ratings are NOT even close... :thud

Spoiler:

God, I hope this single sells bad so they learn not to make more generic-sakura-boring songs.....

LOL :laugh
But this single is still good! But I would really like an upbeat song next! Something like Oogoe Diamond! xD

I hope this single sells amazingly so it proves to people that their ballads can do just as well as their upbeat ones.

this song is so catchy~

LOL!!
it's a really good parody, and some girls are really pretty

You're going to be really SURPRISED AND SHOCKED on just the first day sales of this single - I did not even expect this to happen...

Spoiler:

WHAT??????? 655344 copies!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!!!!!!! that is amazing.

and one of my cd is counted in there too.....

I was totally expecting it: Sakura+romantic ballad+AKB48=WIN!
I´m so happy, i really love the song

i expected good sales, but this is amazing. and FIRST DAY!!!!!

i have a feeling that they will break the 1 million in the 1st week, if the drop aren't too much

Yes it's quite amazing~~

Sales are amazing, it's too bad I lost total interest in this single or I'd be more thrilled. XD If sells are 200k+ tomorrow than yeah, they're definitely hitting the million mark this week.

this isn't my favourite song, but i'm glad to see the sales !!!
good bye ARASHI !!

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Originally Posted by adantatu2 (Post 2634533)

this isn't my favourite song, but i'm glad to see the sales !!!
good bye ARASHI !!

Hey, why are YOU now bragging about Arashi?! They've got a new single coming up next week! (But I have a feeling their first-day sales won't be something like what AKB48 just set...)

Shoot, they might hit the million mark in 3 days easily. I could potentially even see it happening in 2 (hah, I'm so optimistic).

Mm.. I think the song is zzzz boring, to be honest. I'm kind of sad it's going to beat Beginner's sales because I really like that song.

hmm Sakuki has really grown on me~~ I think it's a beautiful song! Plus Area K is made of so much win that this single is awesome regardless!! Plus my oshi kind of got a promotion in this single so I have to love it xD

Another 101,304 sold for the second day - this totals up to 756,648 for only two days!!! I'm smelling 900,000!

^ Wow, what a HUGE drop. And people freak out when Ayu drops the second day XD

I think this single has potential to someday reach the 1,000,000 copies sold mark, I'm not excited about AKB sales anymore

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Originally Posted by Larisa-chan (Post 2634611)

Mm.. I think the song is zzzz boring, to be honest. I'm kind of sad it's going to beat Beginner's sales because I really like that song.

THIS SO MUCH.

They've been pushing the new girl (Who is also a part of Not Yet unit) to the front line replacing Maeda Atsuko in some TV lives... hmm

Can you imagine if they released a best-of album next!? I think Japan would explode.

^They've already released 2 best of albums.

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Originally Posted by Polyrhythm (Post 2636351)

^They've already released 2 best of albums.

Of these recent singles I mean. or I dunno where I was going with this *bad AKB fan*

Well they're going to release an album in April that will have these singles on them!! I'm sure it will sell quite well~~

And yah they are pushing Yui quite a lot. She's cute but I don't know much about her...

album in april, really?
wow i can imagine the high sales

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Originally Posted by visionfactory (Post 2636293)

They've been pushing the new girl (Who is also a part of Not Yet unit) to the front line replacing Maeda Atsuko in some TV lives... hmm

Only in the AKBINGO performance. I guess that was special anyway, cause lots of other members were replaced too, they even had some kenkyuusei's up there. :)

I would love this:

AKB48 4th best album "JAPAN'S MOST SOPHISTICATED SHOW"

Disc 1:
01. 桜の花びらたち
02. スカート、ひらり
03. 会いたかった
04. 制服が邪魔をする
05. 軽蔑していた愛情
06. BINGO!
07. 僕の太陽
08. 夕陽を見ているか?
09. ロマンス、イラネ
10. 桜の花びらたち2008
11. Baby! Baby! Baby!
12. 大声ダイヤモンド
13. 10年桜
14. 涙サプライズ!
15. 言い訳Maybe

Disc 2:
01. RIVER
02. 桜の栞
03. ポニーテールとシュシュ
04. ヘビーローテーション
05. Beginner
06. チャンスの順番
07. 桜の木になろう
08. Relax!
09. タネ
10. キスの流星
11. Lie
12. 君しか
13. Answer
14. 初恋ダッシュ
15. 青い未来

Disc 3:
01. やる気花火
02. 完璧ぐ～のね
03. アッカンベー橋
04. 青春のフラッグ
05. ギュッ
06. バレンタイン・キッス
07. ずっと前から
08. If
09. 週末Not yet
10. 強き者よ
11. 青空片思い
12. ごめんね、SUMMER
13. 1, 2, 3, 4、ヨロシク
14. バンザイVenus
15. GAGAGA
16. 愛、チュセヨ

Bonus tracks:
17. 誰かのために～What can I do for someone?～
18. 深呼吸

You can get it in 6 editions:

• CD only
• CD+DVD
• 2CD
• 2CD+DVD
• 3CD
• 3CD+DVD

Colorcodes:
AKB48
no3b
Watarirouka Hashiritai
Watarirouka Hashiritai 7
French Kiss
Not yet
SKE48
SDN48
NMB48
OJS48

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Originally Posted by wildconnetta (Post 2636619)

I would love this:

AKB48 4th best album 'JAPAN PREMIUM BEST'

Disc 1:
01. 桜の花びらたち
02. スカート、ひらり
03. 会いたかった
04. 制服が邪魔をする
05. 軽蔑していた愛情
06. BINGO!
07. 僕の太陽
08. 夕陽を見ているか?
09. ロマンス、イラネ
10. 桜の花びらたち2008
11. Baby! Baby! Baby!
12. 大声ダイヤモンド
13. 10年桜
14. 涙サプライズ!
15. 言い訳Maybe

Disc 2:
01. RIVER
02. 桜の栞
03. ポニーテールとシュシュ
04. ヘビーローテーション
05. Beginner
06. チャンスの順番
07. 桜の木になろう
08. Relax!
09. タネ
10. キスの流星
11. Lie
12. 君しか
13. Answer
14. 初恋ダッシュ
15. 青い未来

Disc 3:
01. やる気花火
02. 完璧ぐ～のね
03. アッカンベー橋
04. 青春のフラッグ
05. ギュッ
06. バレンタイン・キッス
07. ずっと前から
08. If
09. 週末Not yet
10. 強き者よ
11. 青空片思い
12. ごめんね、SUMMER
13. 1, 2, 3, 4、ヨロシク
14. バンザイVenus
15. GAGAGA
16. 愛、チュセヨ

Bonus tracks:
17. 誰かのために～What can I do for someone?～
18. 深呼吸

You can get it in 6 editions:

• CD only
• CD+DVD
• 2CD
• 2CD+DVD
• 3CD
• 3CD+DVD

Colorcodes:
AKB48
no3b
Watarirouka Hashiritai
Watarirouka Hashiritai 7
French Kiss
Not yet
SKE48
SDN48
NMB48
OJS48

Come on...are you putting a concept based on alan's best?

No.....I would like them to be called 'JAPAN'S PREMIUM BEST', but I will rename it 'JAPAN'S MOST SOPHISTICATED SHOW' (;))

and what has OJS to do with AKB/SKB/Unit exept creator
besides units are parts of AKB family but they are seperate brands at the same time so that kind of best would not make sens

AKB new album preorder links!
Regular: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=KIZC-117
Limited: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=KIZC-90117

I've already ordered the limited edition!!! So excited!!

They should do a stage best album already, we already have 3 single bests

if you didnt notice first best have Stage-only songs too - and to be honest most of their singles and Bsides are being used in stages too

It's not a best album~~ It's an original album with their previous 2010 singles just like any other artist would release~~

Hmm. I don't really want the photo book, and the box set thing feels like it will eat up my limited cd space, but it's like just 300 yen more then the regular version.
Should I just get it or not.
Or just wait till I am in japan in may to decide, I could live with the regular version, and Bookoff should have it in cheaper price too.

Oh man, that album is gonna sell so good xDD Japan's gonna explode.

i just saw Team Z's PV from tokyohive.... im loving it!
hahahaha. i instantly loved it compared to all of their songs that i had to listen to them over and over to like it. =))

I love the Team Z song too lol! It's so horrifically addictive. PV needs way more Kazu face time though....waste of beauty.

FINAL, OFFICIAL weekly sales by Oricon: 942,479!!!
(Not even close for 2nd - Tegomass 83,715; Kobukuro next with 58,928)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tokyograph

AKB48′s “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” achieves 6th highest first-week sales in history

Oricon has announced the official weekly sales total for AKB48’s 20th single, “Sakura no Ki ni Narou.” After starting off with a record-setting first day, the single has sold approximately 942,000 copies to achieve the 6th highest first-week sales in history.

The last single to sell more than 900,000 copies in the first week was Utada Hikaru’s “Addicted to You” in 1999, which sold 1.068 million copies. This means that AKB48 is the only artist to reach that level since the turn of the century. Among female artists, the next closest single is Amuro Namie’s “Can You Celebrate?” (1997), which moved 828,000 copies in its first week, though AKB48′s “Beginner” came close last year at 827,000.

Oricon began tracking weekly sales data for singles in January 1968. The only singles that have performed better than “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” are:

1. “Namonaki Uta” – Mr.Children – 1,208,000
2. “Addicted to You” – Utada Hikaru – 1,068,000
3. “Dango 3 Kyoudai” – Hayami Kentaro, Shigemori Ayumi, Himawari Kids & Dango Gasshoudan – 1,026,000
4. “Winter, again” – GLAY – 956,000
5. “LOVE PHANTOM” – B'z – 951,000

With “Sakura no Ki ni Narou,” AKB48 has achieved a streak of seven #1 singles. They are only the second female group to do so, after Pink Lady in 1978.

Source: http://www.tokyograph.com/news/akb48...ory#more-18439

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toykohive

AKB48’s single “Sakura no Ki ni Narou sells 942,000 copies in first week

According to the official Oricon Single Ranking chart released today, AKB48’s twentieth single “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” sold an incredible 942,000 units in its first week!

The last time that a single was able to sell over 900,000 copies in its first week was when singer-songwriter Utada Hikaru sold 1,068,000 copies of her single “Addicted To You” in 1999, more than eleven years ago. As a result, AKB48’s sales are currently the highest of the 2000 era, giving the single the sixth highest first week sales in Japanese history. Like their previous hit single “Beginner,” “Sakura no Ki ni Narou.” is expected to easily exceed one million copies. AKB48 can join the pedestal of such beloved artists as Mr. Children, GLAY and B’z.

But wait, there’s more! The incredible sales of “Sakura no Ki ni Narou” also made AKB48 the female group with the most consecutive chart-topping singles in recent years, with a total of seven ranking at number one in their first week. The last female group to do so was Pink Lady, whose single “Monster” took first place in 1978 and gave the pop duo their seventh consecutive first place single.

Congratulations to AKB48 on their fantastic achievements!

Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/02/akb...in-first-week/

Fantastic achievement indeed. :)

Watch out - Arashi was the last dangerous thing, now AKB48's the next...

Yay!! Way to go girls!!!
ANd yes Koi no Onawa is amazing!! And there is so much Sae in it :luv2

woww, gorgeous sales, i'm so happy 4 them

http://oi56.tinypic.com/2yyo3fk.jpg

Sakura kara no Tegami ep01 aired. It was worth the wait, already can't wait for next episode tomorrow. :heart

Have to wait for subs~~~
Can't wait to watch it though!!

Tokyo Aki Matsuri festival DVD is already out. I need to watch the Karaoke thing so bad!! I hope somebody put it on YouTube

It's already on Youtube. I'm watching it. Some of those are downright hilarious! They're not even being serious. The members who are being serious are good singers though. Highly enjoyable. TBH....I thought it would be boring cause I barely know any of those songs....but its really entertaining! Check it out for sure. :P

Even if AKB48 is like the hugest thing ever right now....some of them are still EXILE stans :P

I'll put it on my to watch list. I still need to catch up on AKBINGO!

So Sayaka ran the Tokyo Marathon today and finished. Welcome back Captain Sayaka!

^ I watched the marathon footage now afterwards, very emotional. Yay for regaining captain status.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tokyograph

AKB48′s Akimoto Sayaka returns to Team K captain position, forms new unit DiVA

AKB48 member Akimoto Sayaka (22) successfully ran the Tokyo Marathon on Sunday. She finished the course in 6 hours, 50 minutes, and 6 seconds, barely within the 7-hour time limit for the marathon. As a result, AKB48 producer Akimoto Yasushi rewarded her efforts by announcing the reinstatement of Akimoto as the captain of Team K.

Akimoto personally resigned from the captain position last October after it was revealed that media creator Hiroi Oji (57) had spent a night at her apartment, though the situation was apparently innocent. Many fans have been supportive of her since then, sending messages assuring her that she didn’t need to quit.

Akimoto’s re-appointment as captain was accompanied by another announcement that same day. Her management agency, office48, revealed that she will be part of a new 4-member unit called DiVA. She is being grouped with fellow AKB48 members Umeda Ayaka (22), Masuda Yuka (19), and Miyazawa Sae (20). The group is expected to release their debut single this spring.

Update: Several sources are reporting that DiVA will release their first single on April 27 under avex trax.

Source: http://www.tokyograph.com/news/akb48...-new-unit-diva