AKB48 Heavy Rotation 1st Day Sales

So the figures are finally in for the first day sales. It’s not quite what I expected but still a great figure nevertheless. There was so many predicting over 500k today due to the number of CD’s shipped out to stores but in the end they sold a hefty 340,487 copies. It’s around 10k down on what Ponytail to Shushu achieved but you’ve got to realise that there was the extra incentive of voting in the senbatsu election for Ponytail. I guess everybody had their own expectation on how well this single would do on the first day. I really thought the PV itself would persuade more people to buy the single – I guess I was wrong about that. The girls still have a lot to celebrate though so well done to all of them. I hope there’ll be strong sales for the 2nd day tomorrow. We shall see whether they manage to crack the first week total for Ponytail next week.

Oricon Top 30 Charts – Week 33

30 Idoling!!! – Poolside Daisakusen
29 Sakanaction – Identity
28 NICO Touches The Walls – Sudden Death Game
27 Kaibutsu-kun (Taro Kaibutsu) – Yukai Tsuukai Kaibutsu-kun
26 no3b – Kimi Shika
25 Mai Oshima – Aitte Nandaho
24 Namie Amuro – Break It / Get Myself Back
23 Shinsengumi Lien – Ai no Uta
22 Team Dragon from AKB48 – Kokoro no Hane
21 ARASHI – To Be Free
20 Haruka Ayase – Marguerite
19 ICONIQ – TOKYO LADY
18 Yusuke – Mitsubachi
17 Mitsuru Matsuoka – W
16 Tomohisa Yamashita – One In A Million
15 Hiromi Sakimoto – Sayonara
14 Kie Kitano – Hanataba
13 Motohiro Hata – Toumei Datta Sekai
12 Ikimonogakari – Kimi ga Iru
11 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – Ato Hitotsu
10 Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi – Oretachi no Nirai Kanai
09 HO-KAGO TEA TIME – Utauyo!! MIRACLE
08 HO-KAGO TEA TIME – NO, Thank You!
07 Kana Nishino – If
06 TOKIO – NaNaNa (Taiyou Nante Ira nee)
05 KARA – Mister
04 SMAP – This is love
03 T.M.Revolution – Naked arms / SWORD SUMMIT
02 Perfume – VOICE
01 Masaharu Fukuyama – Hotaru / Shounen

Stay tuned later on today when I’ll post the first day total sales for AKB48′s new single Heavy Rotation. Early indications from what they’ve sold so far at mid-day suggest they’re on course for another huge total.