“Manatsu no Sounds Good!” (真夏のSounds good !) AKB48 UNIT MATSURI (23.01.2013)
In its first week, the CD single sold 1,616,795 copies according to Oricon and became AKB48’s bestselling single.[3] In August 2012, it was certified “2 Million” by RIAJ.[4] On December 30, 2012, the song won the Grand Prix at the 54th Japan Record Awards, making this their second consecutive win for the group.[5]
The single is Atsuko Maeda and Asuka Kuramochi’s final senbatsu recording with the group.[1][2]
Manatsu no Sounds Good” comprises various editions released.
The first presses of the single came with a ticket to vote in the AKB48 27th Single Senbatsu Election (to choose the members to be featured in the next AKB48’s single, to be released in the summer.)
The Type-A edition comes in a CD+DVD set, consisting of six tracks, half of which are off vocal versions, as well as four music videos and a member profile track.[6] The Type-B edition is also a CD+DVD set, composed of the same tracks as Type-A except “Chōdai, Darling!”, which is replaced by “Gugutasu no Sora”.[7] Both editions are available with an alternative cover on the group’s first pressings.[8][9]
The Theater edition comes in a CD with the same tracks as Type-A but “Chōdai, Darling!”, which is replaced by “Kimi no Tame ni Boku Wa”.[10]
As of the day of its release, AKB48 shipped a personal record of 2.0 million copies.[note 2]
Instead releasing a normal MV (which was censored due to references of girls suffering), an alternative dance shot MV was released.
The title track featured 36 members, the largest number of participants on an AKB48 single title track since “Everyday, Katyusha”, which featured 26 members.[2][11]
It was the first AKB48 single title track appearance for 15 people: Team 4’s Maria Abe, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Karen Iwata, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, and Juri Takahashi, SKE48’s Yuria Kizaki, Akane Takayanagi, and Kanon Kimoto, NMB48’s Eriko Jō & HKT48’s Haruka Kodama.[12]
Team A: Asuka Kuramochi, Haruna Kojima, Rino Sashihara, Mariko Shinoda, Aki Takajō, Minami Takahashi, Atsuko Maeda
Team K: Tomomi Itano, Yūko Ōshima, Minami Minegishi, Sae Miyazawa, Yui Yokoyama
Team B: Tomomi Kasai, Yuki Kashiwagi, Rie Kitahara, Mayu Watanabe
Team 4: Maria Abe, Miori Ichikawa, Anna Iriyama, Haruka Shimazaki, Haruka Shimada, Miyu Takeuchi, Suzuran Yamauchi, Karen Iwata, Rena Katō, Rina Kawaei, Juri Takahashi
Team S / AKB48 Team K: Jurina Matsui
Team S: Yuria Kizaki, Rena Matsui
Team KII: Akane Takayanagi
Team E: Kanon Kimoto
Team N / AKB48 Team B: Miyuki Watanabe
Team N: Sayaka Yamamoto
Team M: Eriko Jō
Team H: Haruka Kodama #akb48 #manatsunosoundsgood #jpop #idolgroup #viral @akb48
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