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 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...

Topping the singles charts this week is idol group boy group Hey! Say! JUMP with their *11th single “Come On A My House” selling over 217,000 copies. The popular group’s 1st single in nearly a year and a half keeps their record perfect with *11 #1 singles (see comment)....

On top of the singles charts this week is idol group NMB48 with their 7th single “Bokura no Eureka” selling over 480,000 copies. It’s the AKB48 sister group based out of Namba 6th #1 single and easily represents their highest opening week sales (by 100,000 copies). In...

NMB48 updated their new single “Bokura no Eureka” - jacket covers, full track list, and preview videos all revealed. Its their 7th single overall and first of 2013 for the AKB48 sister group based out of Namba Osaka. Single “Bokura no Eureka” comes on three Limited editions...

NMB48 has announced their 7th single and first for 2013. The sister group to AKB48 and based out of Namba Osaka will have a ‘summer’ theme for their newest single. The single isn’t yet titled but will come on three Limited and one CD-only “Theater” edition....