Morning Musume’s latest single “Help me!!” (released on January 23rd) sold 93,286 copies in the first week, and topped Oricon’s weekly single chart. This marked the first time for their single to top the charts in 3 years and 8 months since they last accomplished it with “Shouganai Yume Oibito” (released in May of 2009).
This has also become their 52nd single overall to rank in the TOP 10, thus they updated their own record for “the total number of singles ranked in the TOP 10.”
“Help me!!” was their first single since 11th generation member Oda Sakura joined the group, and also the first No.1 single after Michishige Sayumi became their 8th leader. Michishige commented happily, “I am extremely happy that our first single in 2013 brought us this result! This is the first time topping the Oricon chart for our 9th, 10th and 11th generation members. I hope more people get to know about the current iteration of Morning Musume with this result.”
This single also allowed Morning Musume to be the 3rd female artist to have topped the chart in each of the past 3 decades. They accomplished this in the 1990s (with “Daite HOLD ON ME!” & “LOVE Machine”), in 2000s (with “Happy Summer Wedding” & “I WISH”), and 2010s (with “Help me!!”). The only other 2 female artists to accomplish this are Nakajima Miyuki and Hamasaki Ayumi.
1st day: 61,291 copies #1
2nd day: 6,046 copies #4
3rd day: 5,011 copies #2
4th day: 5,312 copies #1
5th day: 5,386 copies #1
6th day: 7,816 copies #1
7th day: 2,424 copies #3
-->Weekly sales: 93,286 copies #1
Oricon Weekly Single Ranking:
1. “Help me!!” – Morning Musume : 1/23 (93,286)
2. “Promise You” – SUPER JUNIOR – K.R.Y. : 1/23 (69,067)
3. “Miss you / Hohoemi no Saku Basho” – AAA : 1/23 (39,831)
4. “Music” – Sakanaction : 1/23 (35,065)
5. “THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 013 Totoki Airi (Apple Pie Princess)” – Totoki Airi : 1/23 (19,870)
(Check out the full ranking here.)
The Most Consecutive Top 10 Singles:
1. Morning Musume --- 52 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:
(Released date, 1st week sales (copies), no. & title of the single)
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
2002/07/24 *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
2013/01/23 *93,286 (52) Help me!!
2013/01/23 *93,286 (52) Help me!!
1998/05/27 *86,670 (2) Summer Night Town
2003/04/23 *84,251 (18) AS FOR ONE DAY
Source: Oricon, Tokyohive
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2012/10/10 *81,682 (51) Wakuteka Take a Chance
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
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