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Posted by kurumi0 pt Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Morning Musume's 50th single sets a new record for group

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Morning Musume
's fiftieth single "One Two Three / The Matenrou Show" sold 101,000 units during its first week. Debuting at number three on the weekly single charts, they set a new record for the largest amount of top ten singles, at fifty overall for the beloved idol group.

With fifty top ten singles under their belt, Momusu now sits comfortably on top of the list of artists with the most top ten releases. They are followed by top artists such as Hamasaki Ayumi (48), B'z and SMAP (tied at 47), and THE ALFEE (46).

"One Two Three / The Matenrou Show" is Morning Musume's first single since member Michishige Sayumi was inaugurated as the eighth leader of the group. Since the single sold 101,000 units in its first week, "One Two Three / The Matenrou Show" has effectively sold over twice the amount that their April single "Renai Hunter" sold in its first week (41,000 units). This is also the first time in about ten years that the group has sold 100,000 units during the first week, their last time being the 2002 single "Koko ni Iru Ze!" when Morning Musume's second leader Iida Kaori still led the group.

Michishige confessed, "We were so happy (about reaching our fiftieth single), but there was a lot of pressure. I'm truly happy, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you everyone!" Since Momusu is quickly approaching its fifteenth anniversary this September, she also added in, "So that we can be a group that will still keep being loved by many after twenty or even thirty years after this, we're taking the baton handed to us by the senior members, and we're doing our best to keep making new history [for the group]."



The single was made available in multiple editions: Limited Editions A and B featuring the sixth generation (Michishige Sayumi and Tanaka Reina) song "Watashi no Jidai!"; Limited Editions C and D with the ninth generation (Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, and Sukuki Kanon) song "Ai Saretainoni...", and Limited Editions E and F featuring the newly added tenth generation (Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, and Kudou Haruka) in the song "Seishun Domannaka".

Congratulations to Morning Musume on their huge achievements!

Source: Oricon
Tip: StellaFleure

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