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Posted by kurumi0 pt Tuesday, August 30, 2011

AKB48 sells over 1.3 million copies of "Flying Get" in its first week!

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AKB48
has just broken their own record with their latest single, "Flying Get"!

As reported earlier this week, the idol group's most recent release did its own 'flying get' off the shelves on its first day, selling an amazing 1,025,952 copies and easily topping the daily chart.

The Oricon Weekly Ranking for the week of September 5th reports that "Flying Get" sold over 1.354 million copies in its first week, making it the best first-week sales in Oricon history. Second place goes to the group's last single "Everyday, Kachuusha", which sold approximately 1.334 million units in the first week. AKB48 now occupies the top two spots in Oricon's ranking of first week million-selling singles, followed by greats such as Mr. Children ("Namonaki Uta", 1.208 million) and Utada Hikaru ("Addicted To You", 1.068 million).

Since releasing their hit single "RIVER" in 2009, the girls have had nine chart-topping singles in a row. This puts AKB48 at a tie with legendary idol duo Pink Lady, who released "Chameleon Army" nearly thirty-three years ago. With three consecutive first week million sellers under their belt, AKB48 is also tied with Pink Lady for the status of a female group with the highest number of million-seller singles in a row.

Congratulations to AKB48 on their huge achievement!

Source: Oricon
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