Topping Oricon singles for 2013* is AKB48 taking the top 4 spots with their 31st single Sayonara Crawl taking #1 with close to 2 million sold. Single Sayonara Crawl was tied to the group’s annual general election with voting tickets included with the single. The next spots...

Topping the singles charts is HKT48 with their second single “Melon Juice” selling over 268,000 copies. It’s the AKB sister group based out of Fukuoka second #1 single. In the #2 spot is the Korean duo of Tohoshinki (TVXQ) with their 3rd single...

On top of the singles chart is Morning Musume with their 54th single “Wagamama Kinomama Ai no joke / Ai no Gundan” selling over 144,000 copies. The long time idol group as undergone many line-up changes with only group leader Sayumi Michishige (10yrs) having more than 2-years with the...

Topping the singles chart is another 1+ million selling single by idol group AKB48 with their 32nd single “Koisuru Fortune Cookie”. The ‘70s disco era inspired song with a dance everyone seems to be doing sold over 1,330,000 copies giving AKB48 another record with their 14th single selling over...

AKB48 has updated the release details for their General Election single “Koisuru Fortune Cookie” - jacket covers, full track list revealed. Their 32nd single comes on 3-pairs of editions with type B including graduation songs for Itano Tomomi and Shinoda Mariko. The single has...

AKB48 recently added the title and more details for their 32nd single “Koisuru Fortune Cookie” that’s tied to their 5th General Election. The General Election (fan voted) selected 64 members to participate on the title track and coupling songs for the new single. Single “Koisuru Fortune Cookie” comes on...

AKB48 finished up their 5th General Election last night with the results determining the participants of their 32nd single. The single is announced for pre-order though not yet titled it will come on three Limited editions and three Regular editions all which will hit stores August 21st 2013. Read on...