AKB48 has announced the title and other release details for their 29th single “Eien Pressure” that features the 16 AKB48 idols who survived their annual Janken Taikai (Rock-Paper-Scissors) tournament. The winner Shimazaki Haruka and the rest of the 16 tournament survivors are listed below. “...

You know they did it again - AKB48 with their 28th single “UZA” has given the group its 15th #1 single in a row and 10th 1 million+ selling single. The idol group continues to re-write the sales records as “UZA” sells over 1,128,000 copies....

AKB48 has updated the release details for their 28th single “UZA” - cover jackets, full track list, and preview music video are exposed! The title song with much more of a strong rock/dance sound than previous AKB48 songs is lead by Oshima Yuko and ...

Idol group AKB48 has titled their next single “UZA” and updated the track list. The title song will be lead by Oshima Yuko and Matsui Jurina and the other 28th single senbatsu menbers. Participating on the single also will be the newly shuffled Teams A,...

AKB48 has announced their 29th single that features the 16 AKB48 idols who survived their annual Janken Taikai (Rock-Paper-Scissors) tournament. The winner Shimazaki Haruka and the rest of the 16 winners follow below. Their 29th single isn’t yet titled (they announced the title for their 28th single...

The weekly Oricon singles charts are topped by the boys of KANJANI8 with their 20th single “Aoppana” selling over 208,000 copies. The single is featured as theme song for TV drama “Boys on the Run” that also stars group member Maruyama. The second...

The singles charts are topped by another record-setting single by mega-idol group AKB48 and their 27th single “Gingham Check”. The single sold over 1 million copies giving them another record of eight 1 million+ selling singles in a row, nine overall, and 14 #1 singles in a row. The...

The idols of Nogizaka46 with their 3rd single “Hashire! Bicycle” give the rival of AKB48 their second #1 single - selling over 186,000 copies. The Korean boys of SUPER JUNIOR and their 4th Japanese single “Sexy, Free & Single” make a strong showing...

Mega idol group AKB48 has announced their next single - not yet titled - scheduled for release on October 31st. The single is their 28th and comes in six editions - three are special editions that include a ticket to one of their fan appreciation handshake events. More early details and pre-order links...

The boys of Kis-My-Ft2 continue their streak with another #1 charting single “WANNA BEEEE!!! / Shake it Up”. It easily gained the top spot with over 284,000 copies sold. The girls of Perfume landed in the second spot with “Spending all my time”...

AKB48 has updated the release information for their single “Gingham Check” that features members selected via their 4th Senbatsu election held in June. Track list and cover jackets have been revealed for the new single which comes in four main editions plus a theater edition exclusive to AKB48 shops....

AKB48 held their 4th senbatsu election in June to select the leader and members for their 27th single titled “Gingham Check”. Fans voted Oshima Yuko as leader with a total of 64 members from AKB48, NMB48, SKE48, and ...

AKB48 has their 4th album titled “1830m” announced for release on August 15th. It’s the last AKB48 album with graduated leader Atsuko Maeda participating. The album comes in one edition on two CDs and includes their six singles released since their last album, a bunch...

Topping singles charts for May 28th - June 3rd is Not yet with their 4th single “Suika BABY” selling over 125,000 copies. Not yet is a four member sub-group from mega-idol group AKB48 that includes Oshima Yuko who was just won the ...

AKB48 held their general “senbatsu” election at Nippon Budokan to select the leader and members for their 27th single. The winner is Oshima Yuko - its the 4th senbatsu election and her second time winning - she was voted on top in 2010 for single “...

Another monster chart topping single from mega-idol group AKB48 - “Manatsu no Sounds good!” - selling over 1.6 million copies - making it their biggest first week selling single and likely it will be their biggest all-time! The group has seven 1 million+ selling singles in a row (eight...