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AKB48 and its sister groups boost their record sales by a variety of marketing strategies. The main track for each single is recorded by a team of "All Stars" (選抜, senbatsu, selection) consisting of popular members from AKB48's teams and, in earlier years, its sister groups, with one of the girls selected as the center performer or Center ...
The members who receive the most votes will get to participate in the recording of AKB48's next single, [5] and are heavily promoted. [7] The highest voted member earns the right to be the center performer during the group's live performances. [4] [6] Narumi Kuranoo is the current leader or "general manager" of AKB48 and all of its sister ...
Rino Sashihara (指原 莉乃, Sashihara Rino, born November 21, 1992) is a Japanese tarento, singer, producer and actress.She is best known as a former member of idol groups HKT48, AKB48 and STU48, and was the theater manager for HKT48 and STU48.
The discography of AKB48 consists of 63 singles (61 major singles and 2 indie singles), 6 studio albums, 3 compilation albums, and 32 stage albums (12 regular stage albums and 20 as Studio Recordings Collection). The major singles have title tracks that are sung by a selection of the AKB48 singers, some of whom are from AKB48's sister groups.
On July 19, AKB48 released the Staff Version of the music video, which shows 365 members of the AKB48 staff and its sister groups performing some of the dance moves. The video was shot in seven days. [2] [14] The staff video was listed as the most watched YouTube video in Japan for the 2013 year with over 8 million views. [15]
"Flying Get" (フライングゲット, Furaingu Getto) [a] is the 22nd single by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, released on August 24, 2011. [1] [2] Its members were chosen by the AKB48 2011 general election.
Atsuko Maeda (前田 敦子, Maeda Atsuko, born July 10, 1991) is a Japanese actress and singer. She is a former member of the idol girl group AKB48, and was one of the most prominent members in the group at the time, regarded as the group's "absolute ace", "immovable center", and the "Face of AKB."
The title 1830m reflects the distance from AKB48 Theater in Akihabara to Tokyo Dome, [4] an indoor baseball stadium with over-50,000 capacity where AKB48 had performed for the first time, from August 24 to 26, 2012. It was released in two editions, a regular edition in a special box with a 48-page photobook, a bonus DVD, and a random photo, and ...