Oricon revealed that idol group Nogizaka46's 11th single "Inochi wa Utsukushii", which went on sale on March 18, topped its weekly single ranking after selling 500,297 copies during the first week.

This is the first time for the group to reach the first week sales of 500,000 copies.

"Inochi wa Utsukushii" is Nogizaka46's 10th consecutive No.1 single. As it took only 3 years and 1 month to achieve 10 chart-topping singles since their debut on February 22, 2012, Nogizaka46 made the fastest record as a female group by breaking SKE48's record of 4 years and 8 months.

For the number of consecutive No.1 singles, they are now in 3rd place following AKB48 (26 consecutive singles) and SKE48 (12 consecutive singles).

Source & Image: Oricon