This week’s Japanese Song of the Week is Ue Kara Mariko by AKB48 which has debuted at number 1 on the Japanese JPop Oricon charts. AKB48 is a popular all girl idol group, which you can read more about here. This is AKB48’s 5th number 1 single of 2011 and they have dominated the Japanese JPop Oricon charts with the top 5 selling singles of the year in 2011.
2011 JPop Oricon Yearly Ranking Singles
1. Flying Get - AKB48 (1,587,229)
2. Everday Kachuusha - AKB48 (1,586,840)
3. Kaze wa Fuiteiru - AKB48 (1,418,888)
4. Ue Kara Mariko - AKB48 (1,198,864)
5. Sakura no Ki ni Narou - AKB48 (1,079,460)
Nothing related about the song but just wanted to mentioned that we passed by the AKB48 cafe in Akihabara and was completely flummoxed by the queues there!
Thanks Lina, Yeah they are still really popular. I believe that the AKB48 Theatre still sells out every day, and tickets to the event are hard to come by due to the great demand of fans.
Nothing related about the song but just wanted to mentioned that we passed by the AKB48 cafe in Akihabara and was completely flummoxed by the queues there!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lina, Yeah they are still really popular. I believe that the AKB48 Theatre still sells out every day, and tickets to the event are hard to come by due to the great demand of fans.
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