Kibouteki Refrain
1,017,160 copies sold on the first day

Also Tomochin's new single covers are out
http://aramajapan.com/news/music/tom...e-party/13602/

The PV and covers were shot before she got tits so they will cover them with anything

^ LOOOL
looking forward to the single!

Finally !!!!!!!!! I'm loving AKB48's new single, is so catchy and the PV is really entertaining!
Am I the only one ?

That's pretty crazy. Crazy enough to say "haters beware" once again...

This is one of those songs that I just like to play over and over again! :love

^Same here !!! Suki sugite Suki sugite or whatever, that part is so catchy

Good news: With Kibouteki Refrain AKB outsold Namie Amuro's record

AKB48 / 34,904,372
Namie Amuro / 34,274,300

Bad news: The group is having a deficit of 900,000 copies from last year and 2014 is currently their worst year after 2010

2010 / 4,489,539
2011 / 7,960,753
2012 / 8,085,094
2013 / 7,014,190
2014 / 6,129,712

Milky's single is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

:love I love it, old school style

They also sold one single less. They could have reached last year's sales with another one.

It's true, instead of an AKB48 single we have the debut of Milky

I say that instead of a single we got the album, it's fair

^That's true, in 2013 we didn't get an album, only 5 singles.

But we need to keep in mind that we released a single in November (when was the last time they did that!?), not two singles in October and December...so the averages are pretty much comparable to last year

In other words: One less single than last year.

Well, in 2012 we also got an album plus 5 singles. It's not like the albums are heavily promoted to take out time off their schedules, so... yeah lol

There's no denying that the AKB craze is over. But just like AkiP said, it's good for things to become normal.

lmao they're still selling at least a million copies with each single, the craze isn't exactly over yet.

Yes and no.

They keep selling millions thanks to the HS tickets that come in the theater sales, but the Soundscan numbers only count those sold in physical stores and there's a decline there.

No biggie. They're still awesome. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7sAjRltoWE i'm fangirling so much, I love tomochin as a solo artist.

They will be holding auditions in Taiwan

TPE48?

COME PARTY! PV

http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...from-the-group

Goodbye Takamina U_U

It was about time! (oh, 1 year left)