[News] AKB48’s single [桜の木になろう] sells 942,000 copies in first week

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Originally Posted by Zemus

^ These are for first week sales. "CAN YOU CELEBRATE?" sold 828,480 copies on its first week.

I understand that, but we were just talking about staying power and the ability to sell consistently high numbers in a shorter amount of time.

I'm not trying to knock AKB48's achievements because I love them too, but I think the final sales count should matter in these articles, too (especially since they mentioned Amuro's single in the article to begin with). I mean, even though Hikki sold over 1 million copies of "Addicted to You" that first week, she ended up with 1.78 million compared to Amuro's 2 million.

(I'm not trying to start a fight or a debate, I just think it's important for Amuro's final sales figure to be known if they're gonna mention her in the article.)