NMB48 Sets Oricon Records

NMB48 Sets Oricon Records

Have you heard this story before if there is a 48 in the name a record is set to be broken. NMB48 has set three records with their current single .With weekly sales of 265,000 this is their second single in a row to debut at number one, making them the first group in Oricon history to have their first two singles debut at number one.

The second achievement
NMB48 is just the third female artist group or soloist to have their first two singles debut at number one. The other two artists are Yakushimaru Hiroko and Sawajiri Erika.

Third achievement
NMB48 became the first female group to have their first two singles sale over 200,000 in its release week.

Overall from majors to indies the genre is in a healthy state and groups are doing well for the levels they are at in their careers .More and more media outlets are paying attention to both the majors and indies with a wide range of groups having  national  or regional weekly television programs .

 The number of groups debuting on the independent level is doubling each month; the genre is in much better shape than it was around 2004-05 when it was showing signs of stalling out.
 2011 has brought a lot of surprises to the genre and fans and 2012 is going to bring many more exciting groups, sales records, television shows.

Fairies Set A Record

Fairies Set A Record

Vision Factory's newest idol unit has broken a record set by their big sisters SPEED set in 1996. Fairies has become the youngest female group in Japanese music history to get their own radio show coming in as an average of 13.1 years .SPEED  by the way set the record at 13.2 .

Fairies new show “Fairies no Fly to the World" made it`s Nippon Broadcast debut on the 7th and the group aims to make an international fan following by learning lyrics from Western songs.

Broadcast representative Hinohara Maki gave a brief background on the show's set up.
“The girls have a solid foundation as they have taken strict voice and dance lessons. As an essential element for them to spread their wings into the world, we will have them learn English and conversation. I want to create Japan’s original stars through the radio. I hope that this will give hope to people of the same generation.”

Fairies member Nomoto Sora said that the group's goals were to play the Nippon Budokan, Tokyo Dome and to become artists accepted by the international community.