AKB48’s new single “Suki-ish” topping first-week female idol CD sales for 2026 — beating out FRUITS ZIPPER and Sakamichi groups like Nogizaka46 and Hinatazaka46 — has become a hot topic on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. The thread mixed pointed remarks about the sales tactics behind the numbers, like handshake-event marketing and bulk-buying, with predictions of a Sakamichi comeback and speculation about a Kohaku Uta Gassen appearance.
Amazeballs! ("goisu" — slangy backwards way of saying sugoi)
What about JJ, who's on a huge breakout run?
>>4
Company motto: "We don't put out plastic trash"
Company motto: "We don't put out plastic trash"
It's only August and they're already #1 for 2026? Come on.
This is the only group still doing handshake events.
>>7
They've always done handshake events, but they never sold this well before.
They've always done handshake events, but they never sold this well before.
>>13
They're not doing the COVID thing anymore though.
They're not doing the COVID thing anymore though.
They'll probably get blown out of the water by Sakamichi singles in September, October, November, and December anyway.
Yeah, I know.
Yeah, I know.
>>11
Nogizaka added more bonus perks and still dropped.
Nogizaka added more bonus perks and still dropped.
So basically CD sales numbers don't mean anything.
Ain't none of our business here on Wolf (nickname for the Hello! Project fan board).
These days AKB has like 8 or 9 members selling out their individual handshake events.
They added more members and are cranking out release events nonstop — really leveraging having such a huge lineup.
Kinda feel bad for the old guys bulk-buying CDs by the boxload.
Morning Musume, Toki Sen, and Kyanchu are all dropping releases the same day, so once Hinatazaka fans go all out, they'll probably end up #1 for the year.
Don't know! Don't know, don't know! This is the Hello! Project board!
Don't know AKB, don't know Nogizaka, don't know FRUITS ZIPPER, don't know =LOVE, don't know Stardust idols, don't know K-pop, don't know don't know!
Don't know AKB, don't know Nogizaka, don't know FRUITS ZIPPER, don't know =LOVE, don't know Stardust idols, don't know K-pop, don't know don't know!
Congrats, good for you! Now please never start another AKB thread on Wolf again, kay bye.
Even with handshake events, Hello!-trash (derogatory nickname for Hello! Project fans/groups) only moves like 150,000 copies, right?
>>26
Juice=Juice these days should be able to hit 300,000.
Juice=Juice these days should be able to hit 300,000.
Come to think of it, did they stop doing the General Election?
Bringing that back would sell even more, wouldn't it?
Bringing that back would sell even more, wouldn't it?
>>27
They still do it at live shows.
They still do it at live shows.
Handshakes disappear because of COVID
They start doing handshakes with gloves
Then they start doing bare-hand handshakes again
They start doing handshakes with gloves
Then they start doing bare-hand handshakes again
From here on, the members have a hellish schedule of meet-and-greets waiting for them.
Itomomo is genuinely being deified as the savior who revived AKB.
I don't think they could pull off the General Election these days
That whole system was way too much like a hostess club, even by their standards
That whole system was way too much like a hostess club, even by their standards
The burden on the members is brutal
I don't think Hello! Project members ("Haro-men") could handle it lol
I don't think Hello! Project members ("Haro-men") could handle it lol
In terms of time commitment, isn't Sakamichi's "Meet & Greet" thing longer anyway?
If Hello! Project ever did handshake events, someone mentally fragile like Goto would probably break down.
Sakamichi groups need to lift the handshake-event ban soon or they're in trouble
Though the members are probably the ones refusing lol
Though the members are probably the ones refusing lol
So Nogizaka's stronghold has finally fallen
Times are changing
Times are changing
These days all of AKB's top core members are putting real energy and passion into their activities, so honestly it's just fun to be a fan right now.
>>52
But they still couldn't fill Yoyogi (arena), right?
Even with all that promotion lol
But they still couldn't fill Yoyogi (arena), right?
Even with all that promotion lol
Chiba's got a great figure and she's gorgeous too though.
>>60
She's basically a cyborg.
She's basically a cyborg.
This could get them into Kohaku this year too
"Suki-ish" is the most popular song right now after =LOVE's
"Suki-ish" is the most popular song right now after =LOVE's
>>63
LOL
Well, words have power ("kotodama"), so if you keep saying it, maybe it'll come true someday.
LOL
Well, words have power ("kotodama"), so if you keep saying it, maybe it'll come true someday.
"Suki-ish" views have completely flatlined lol
It was pulling like 500k views a day
Huh, that's weird~ wwww????
It was pulling like 500k views a day
Huh, that's weird~ wwww????
>>74
Do you check it every day?
Do you check it every day?
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “AKB48’s “Suki-ish” Beats FRUITS ZIPPER and the Sakamichi Groups to Take the 2026 First-Week Female Idol CD Sales Crown!!“.
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