On Wednesday, AKB48′s new single “Beginner” hit store shelves, shattering previous records with a total of more than 568,000 copies sold in the first day.
The next day, the song’s music video was released on Recochoku, and it had similarly impressive sales. According to Recochoku, its first-day downloads were roughly triple the amount of their previous single, “Heavy Rotation.”
The music video, which was directed by Tetsuya Nakashima (“Kokuhaku”, “Kamikaze Girls”), depicts the members of AKB48 as characters in a virtual game, though it sparked much controversy due to its potentially disturbing scenes of violence.
Although it was shown in its original form at one of AKB48′s events, a different version had to be released for television and for the single’s bonus DVD. However, it was decided that the original video would be available on Recochoku for a limited time, and strong interest led to the overwhelming first-day sales numbers.
This gives AKB48 their 6th consecutive #1 on Recochoku’s daily video clip chart, which extends their existing record for “most consecutive number-ones” on that chart.
Source – Tokyograph
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