The Oricon Physical Music sales charts for the week of 5/18-5/24 have been released.
Breaking from the the paradise scenery and girls in bathing suits concept of their usual Summer-themed singles, AKB48 showed their serious side with their newest single “Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai“. The group’s 40th major single topped the weekly Oricon Singles Chart selling 1,673,211 copies in its first week of sales.
One half of Johnny & Associates duo KinKi Kids, Tsuyoshi Domoto released his 9th studio album entitled TU, topping the album charts with 58,819 units sold.
Check out the top 10 of each chart below!
E-girls topped both Recochoku and iTunes this week with their new single “Anniversary!!” “Anniversary!!” sold 34,224 copies on iTunes.
Wildly popular pop-rock band SEKAI NO OWARI have announced that they will be providing the themes for the two live-action movies based on the equally popular “Shingeki no Kyojin” (“Attack on Titan”) manga series. The first of these two songs, “ANTI-HERO” will be released as the band’s latest single on July 29th, while the second (“SOS”) has yet to have its release date decided.
“ANTI-HERO” consists of lyrics written by the band’s vocalist Fukase and was produced by Dan the Automator, famous for his work with Western bands Gorillaz and Kasabian. Meanwhile, “SOS” will feature lyrics written by the group’s pianist Saori and will be produced by Ken Thomas, known for his collaborations with Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Ros. Of note, the lyrics for both songs will also be completely in English, a first for the band.
The first of the films, simply titled “Shingeki no Kyojin ATTACK ON TITAN” is due out in Japanese theaters on August 1st, while its follow-up “Shingeki no Kyojin ATTACK ON TITAN End of the World” will hit the silver screen a month and a half later on September 19th. Please look forward to our continued coverage as the release of both the films and the songs draws closer.
(via natalie)
Hello Arama Japan readers and welcome to this week’s installment of #1 Song Review! Last week saw Gesu no Kiwami Otome. beat out Sandaime J Soul Brothers for the second week in a row, along with newcomer HKT48. This week has all new entries. Find out what various staff members thought of the songs that topped the physical and digital charts this week and share your thoughts on them too!
Among the singers that are currently receiving attention, there are groups and individuals that make people think “Isn’t that person an idol?” Accordingly, Yahoo Japan’s Goo Ranking conducted a poll of solo singers and groups whose fans deny that they are idols and who deny that they are idols themselves, but are thought of as idols by the general public.
Namie Amuro’s new album “_genic” will be released June 10. Today, she released 2 music videos from the album. The first one is the short PV for the album’s 7th track, “Fashionista.” “Fashionista” is an upbeat song with a video that features a muted color palette with pops of navy and chartreuse. This video is a good display of Namie’s dancing talent.
The second video is the full music video for “Golden Touch”, the album’s 3rd track. It’s an upbeat urban number with a very interesting video. It’s an interactive video. Viewers are asked to place their finger in the middle of the screen while watching the video. Events then occur around the viewer’s finger, making the viewer the focal point of the video. It gives the viewer the “golden touch.” Check out both videos after the jump!
This week’s guests were Ayaka Hirahara, Hata Motohiro, Sako Tomohisa, and E-girls.
Ayaka Hirahara – Don’t give it up
Hata Motohiro – Suisai no Tsuki
Sako Tomohisa – Getter Bang Bang
E-girls – Anniversary!!
This week’s guests were Superfly and AKB48. They both performed one song. There were also talk segments with Hoshino Gen & Abe Sadao, Charli XCX, and A.B.C-Z.
Superfly – Beautiful
AKB48 – Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai
