[HOT] Morning Musume's 50th Single Continuing Their Top 10 Record, First Time in 10 Years Their First Week Sales Over 100,000 copies

Morning Musume’s 50 single “One Two Three / The Matenrou Show” sold 100,598 units during its first week. Debuting at #3 on the weekly single charts, they set a new record for the largest amount of top ten singles, at 50 overall for the beloved idol group.

Single Cover [Regular]

“One Two Three / The Matenrou Show” is Morning Musume’s first single since Michishige Sayumi become the 8th leader of the group. Since the single sold 100,598 units in its first week, “One Two Three / The Matenrou Show” has effectively sold over twice the amount that their April single “Renai Hunter” sold in its first week (41,000 units). This is also the first time in about ten years that the group has sold 100,000 units during the first week, their last time being the 2002 single “Koko ni Iru Ze!” when Morning Musume’s second leader Iida Kaori still led the group.

Michishige Sayumi

Michishige confessed, “We were so happy (about reaching our 50th single), but there was a lot of pressure. I’m truly happy, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you everyone!” Since Momusu is quickly approaching its fifteenth anniversary this September, she also added in, “So that we can be a group that will still keep being loved by many after 20 or even 30 years after this, we’re taking the baton handed to us by the senior members, and we’re doing our best to keep making new history [for the group].”

The single was made available in multiple editions: Limited Editions A and B featuring the sixth generation (Michishige Sayumi and Tanaka Reina) song “Watashi no Jidai!“; Limited Editions C and D with the ninth generation (Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, and Sukuki Kanon) song “Ai Saretainoni…“, and Limited Editions E and F featuring the newly added tenth generation (Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, and Kudou Haruka) in the song “Seishun Domannaka“.

The Most Consecutive Top 10 Singles:

1. Morning Musume --- 50 singles

2. Hamasaki Ayumi --- 48 singles

3. B'z ---47 singles

3. SMAP --- 47 singles

5. THE ALFEE --- 46 singles

Here are the Morning Musume's 1st week sales for comparison:

2000/01/26 *600,860  (8) Koi no Dance Site

2000/12/13 *515,490   (11) Renai Revolution 21

2000/05/17 *471,270   (9) Happy Summer Wedding

2000/09/06 *407,350  (10) I WISH

2001/07/25 *310,810   (12) The☆Pea~ce!

2001/10/31 *308,940   (13) Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~

2002/02/20 *272,950   (14) Souda! We're ALIVE

1999/09/09  *241,540   (7) LOVE Machine

1999/02/10  *195,720   (4) Memory Seishun no Hikari

1998/09/09  *183,500  (3) Daite HOLD ON ME!
2002/07/24  *180,490  (15) Do It! Now

2002/10/30 *139,070   (16) Koko ni Iruzee!

1999/05/12  *122,610   (5) Manatsu no Kousen

1999/07/14  *102,750   (6) Furusato

2012/07/04 *100,598   (50) One Two Three / The Matenrou Show

2003/07/30   *98,028   (19) Shabondama

1998/01/28    *95,060   (1) Morning Coffee

1998/05/27    *86,670   (2) Summer Night Town

2003/04/23   *84,251   (18) AS FOR ONE DAY

2004/01/21   *78,142   (21) Ai Araba IT’S ALL RIGHT

2003/11/06   *73,884   (20) GO Girl ~Koi no Victory~

2003/02/19   *72,594   (17) Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyoutanjima

2005/07/27   *68,009   (27) Iroppoi Jirettai

2004/05/12   *67,144   (22) Roman～MY DEAR BOY～

2004/07/22   *58,435   (23) Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari

2009/08/12   *54,973   (40) Nanchatte Renai

2007/04/25   *53,551   (33) Kanashimi Twilight

2005/01/19   *51,421   (25) THE Manpower!!

2004/11/03   *50,967   (24) Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago

2011/09/14   *49,576   (47) Kono Chikyuu... / Kare to Issho ni...

2008/04/16  *48,086   (36) Resonant Blue

2009/05/13  *47,528   (39) Shouganai Yume Oibito

2005/04/27  *46,945   (26) Osaka Koi no Uta

2009/02/18  *44,121   (38) Naichau Kamo

2005/11/09  *43,535   (28) Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ookiizo!~

2007/07/25  *43,364   (34) Onna ni Sachi Are

2010/11/17   *42,405   (44) Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game

2012/04/11   *41,036   (49) Renai Hunter

2006/11/08  *40,967   (31) Aruiteru

2007/02/14  *40,884   (32) Egao YES Nude

2008/09/24  *38,596   (37) Pepper Keibu

2006/06/21  *37,065   (30) Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii jan

2006/03/15  *36,531   (29) SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~

2009/10/28  *36,274    (41) Kimagure Princess

2010/02/10  *36,169    (42) Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai

2010/06/09  *34,122   (43) Seishun Collection

2011/04/06   *33,698   (45) Maji Desu ka Ska!

2011/06/15   *32,869   (46) Only You

2012/01/25   *31,094   (48) Pyocopyoco Ultra

2007/11/21   *28,082   (35) Mikan

Source: Oricon, Tokyohive, Ranking, sayunii

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