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12 AKB48 works simultaneously rank on Oricon’s ‘TOP 100′ weekly album chart

by Shiso on January 5, 2013

12 works by popular idol group AKB48 have simultaneously ranked on Oricon’s latest ’TOP 100′ album chart for the week of January 7th .

Until now, the best record for the “number of albums ranked simultaneously on the TOP 100″, for a female group, was 5 works. Both Candies (in 1978) and KARA (in 2011) achieved that record.

However, to have over 10 works simultaneously ranked on the ‘TOP 100′ …

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AKB48 to release “studio recordings collection” on New Year’s Day

by ustar on November 30, 2012

It’s been revealed that AKB48 will release their theater performances in CD form on New Year’s Day.

This project is called “studio recordings collection” and there will be 20 CDs in total. It will feature the set lists of 20 performances held at AKB48 Theater in Akihabara. There will be re-releases of 12 titles along with releases of 8 unreleased stages. …