12 AKB48 works simultaneously rank on Oricon’s ‘TOP 100′ weekly album chart

12 works by popular idol group AKB48 have simultaneously ranked on Oricon’s latest ’TOP 100′ album chart for the week of January 7th .
Until now, the best record for the “number of albums ranked simultaneously on the TOP 100″, for a female group, was 5 works. Both Candies (in 1978) and KARA (in 2011) achieved that record.
However, to have over 10 works simultaneously ranked on the ‘TOP 100′ f0r any female artists, including solo artists, has only been accomplished by Misora Hibari (12 albums) and Matsuda Seiko (13 albums). Thus, AKB48 is but the 3rd female artist to obtain this achievement in Oricon’s 46-year ranking history.
The 12 works include 11 albums from their “studio recordings collection” released on New Year’s day. 19 albums in total were released, (the release day of『Team 4 1st Stage「Boku no Taiyou」』has been postponed to 1/22) which included recordings of the set lists from their theater performances. The 12th work is their latest album “1830m“, released in August 2012.
Below find a list of the titles of the 12 works and their ranking:
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No.31『Team B 3rd Stage「Pajama Drive」』
No.43『Team K 4th Stage「Saishuu Bell ga Naru」』
No.46『Team A 4th stage「Tadaima Renaichuu」』
No.58『Himawari-gumi 2nd Stage「Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai」』
No.59『Himawari-gumi 1st stage「Boku no Taiyo」』
No.70『Team K 6th Stage「RESET」』
No.71『Team A 6th Stage「Mokugekisha」』
No.72『Team B 5th Stage「Theater no Megami」』
No.77『Team A 5th Stage「Renai Kinshi Jourei」』
No.79『1830m』
No.81『Team K 5th Stage「Sakaagari」』
No.88『Team B 4th Stage「Idol no Yoake」』
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AKB48 to release “studio recordings collection” on New Year’s Day

It’s been revealed that AKB48 will release their theater performances in CD form on New Year’s Day.
This project is called “studio recordings collection” and there will be 20 CDs in total. It will feature the set lists of 20 performances held at AKB48 Theater in Akihabara. There will be re-releases of 12 titles along with releases of 8 unreleased stages. The 2-disc set will contain songs that are not included in the group’s singles and albums as well as karaoke versions of every song.
As a bonus, the first press editions will come with a randomly selected picture of Itano Tomomi, Oshima Yuko, Kasai Tomomi, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kitahara Rie, Kuramochi Asuka, Kojima Haruna, Shinoda Mariko, Takahashi Minami, Minegishi Minami, Miyazawa Sae, or Watanabe Mayu. Also, CD shops will be distributing 1 random original clear file of the above mentioned members.
The titles of the 20 CDs can be seen below.
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• Team A 1st stage “PARTY ga Hajimaru yo”
• Team A 2nd stage “Aitakatta”
• Team A 3rd stage “Dareka no Tame ni”
• Team A 4th stage “Tadaima Renaichuu” *First CD release
• Team A 5th stage “Renai Kinshi Jourei”
• Team A 6th stage “Mokugekisha”
• Team K 1st stage “PARTY ga Hajimaru yo”
• Team K 2nd stage “Seishun Girls”
• Team K 3rd stage “Nounai Paradise”
• Team K 4th stage “Saishuu Bell ga Naru” *First CD release
• Team K 5th stage “Saka Agari”
• Team K 6th stage “RESET”
• Team B 1st stage “Seishun Girls” *First CD release
• Team B 2nd stage “Aitakatta” *First CD release
• Team B 3rd stage “Pajama Drive” *First CD release
• Team B 4th stage “Idol no Yoake”
• Team B 5th stage “Theater no Megami”
• Himawari-gumi 1st stage “Boku no Taiyou” *First CD release
• Himawari-gumi 2nd stage “Yume wo Shinaseru Wake ni Ikanai” *First CD release
• Team 4 1st stage “Boku no Taiyou” *First CD release

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