AKB48’s first original album “Koko ni Ita Koto” sold 602,000 copies in its first week, placing at #1 on the 6/20 Oricon Weekly Album Ranking. Moreover, this means AKB48 now has the highest selling original album in the first week by a female group, which was originally held by Morning Musume’s “3rd-LOVE Paradise” (578,000 in its first week) for 11 years and two months. AKB48 has also topped EXILE’s “Negai no Tou” (481,000 in its first week) for most sold album this year. Since their debut in 2006, AKB48 has released two best albums “Kamikyokutachi” (first week 295,000/total 521,000) and “SET LIST ~Greatest Songs~ Kanzenban” (First week 68,000/total 152,000), but this is their first original album. This album didn’t include a special event ticket and it has already sold more in one week than what “Kamikyokutachi” sold in 62 weeks; it’s their personal best. This album is their second album after “Kamikyokutachi” to reach #1 on Oricon. Furthermore, AKB48’s single “Everyday, Kachuusha” is rank #3 this week in Oricon’s Weekly Single Ranking, making it 3 consecutive weeks in the top 3. As of this week, the group has sold 1,499,000 copies, surely they’ll sell more than 1,500,000 copies by next week. Source: Oricon, Tokyohive
