AKB48's 'Sentimental coach' Sells 1.6 Million CDs to excellent Japan sizzling 100, Namie Amuro Charts 12 Songs

AKB48's, Sentimental train" ascends to No. 1 on this week's Billboard Japan hot 100, dated Sept. 17 to 23, after the CD bought 1."614,316 copies in its first week. The latest million-seller by the J-pop girl neighborhood got here in at No. 1 for actual income and Twitter mentions, No. three for seem to be-ups, No. 20 for radio airplay and No. 31 for downloads.

As an evaluation, "Sentimental train" performed better than."Ja-Ba-Ja" -- yet another AKB48 million-selling single released this yr -- in first-week physical earnings figures and the Twitterradioseem-up positions of the chart's metrics, demonstrating that the latest single drew a superb deal of interest earlier than its free up.

Namie Amuro's retirement launched 9 of her past hits into last week's Japan hot a hundred, and even after the hype surrounding her final days within the limelight has settled down somewhat, her absence seems to be hitting enthusiasts complicated. This week, the J-pop icon charts three extra songs for a total of 12 tracks within the top 100, the optimum being her 2016 hit, Hero" at No. 8 and leading downloads once again: It led the metric closing fall when she announced her retirement.

DA PUMP's No. 2-peaking hit,u.s.a.A." rises 4-three, nevertheless ruling streaming and video views for the 13th week and fifteenth week in a row, respectively.

The Billboard Japan hot one hundred combines physical and digital earnings, radio airplay, Twitter mentions, YouTube and GYAO! video views, Gracenote seem-united states and audio streams from Apple music, AWA, Google Play tune, KKBOK, LINE track, Rakuten music, Recochoku provided via Gfk Japan, in addition to streaming counts in keeping with lyrics displayed on PetitLyrics.

Watch AKB48's."Sentimental teach" tune video right here:

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