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AKB48′s Give Me Five! reaches 1,287,000 copies sales in its first week, topping the oricon weekly chart and is ranked 4th at all-time first week sales ranking. Also being the 7th single to reach a million, AKB48 renews their own records.
Six female group records that AKB48 currently hold:
-Total sales: 13,155,000 copies
*Morning Musume: 11,808,000 copies
-★ First week total sales: 1,354,000 copies (Flying Get)
*SPEED: 601,000 copies (All My True Love)
-☆ Works that reach ‘million’: 7
*Pink Lady: 5
-☆ Works that reach ‘million’ consecutively: 6
*Pink Lady: 5
-Total works charting at first rank: 12
*Morning Musume: 11
-Total works charting at first rank consecutively: 12
*Pink Lady: 9
★ is also an all-time record including male-female group and solo singers.
☆ is also an all-time record including female solo singers.
* is the previous record holder.
Source: Oricon, AKB48Journal
Hate them or love them, the numbers speak.