Japan: AKB48 with two all-time records in one week
With first week sales of 1,616,795 copies, AKB48's newly released "Manatsu No Sounds Good!" has set the record for the highest first week sales of a physical single.
The first day sales of "Manatsu No Sounds Good!" (1,170,554 copies) set a new record for most copies of a single sold in one day.
This release marks their 13th consecutive #1 single on the Oricon chart. They now have a total of 8 singles selling over a million copies.
The top 10 Japanese highest selling first week singles:
1. "Manatsu No Sounds Good!" (2012) - AKB48 - 1,616,795
2. "Flying Get" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,354,492
3. "Everyday, Kachusha" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,333,969
4. "Kaze Wa Fuiteiru" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,300,482
5. "Give Me Five!" (2012) - AKB48 - 1,287,217
6. "Namonaki Uta" (1996) - Mr. Children - 1,208,230
7. "Uekara Mariko" (2011) - AKB48 - 1,198,864
8. "Addicted To You" (1999) - Hikaru Utada - 1,067,510
9. "Dango 3 Kyoudai" (1999) - Kentaro Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Himawari Kids & Dango Gasshoudan - 1,025,740
10. "Winter, Again" (1999) - Glay - 955,780