After selling 1 million copies on the first day alone and 1.3 million on its first week, popular idol group AKB48's 22nd single, “Flying Get” had reached 1.5 million sales in four weeks! The latest weekly sales came in at 23,000 copies.

This is AKB48’s 2nd consecutive single to reach 1.5 million sales since their previous single “Everyday, Kachuusha,” released on May 25th, also sold 1,573,000 copies in total.

Selling 1.5 million copies for 2 consecutive singles has previously been accomplished by B’z (in 1993), Mr.Children (in 1994, and 1996), KinKi Kids (in 1998), and Utada Hikaru (in 2000), however, AKB48 is the first female group in history to achieve this.

AKB48's 22nd single, “Flying Get” is still available. In addition, the idol group will be releasing a new single entitled “Kaze wa Fuiteiru.” Be sure to check out AKB48's listings at CDJapan and Play-Asia to get bonuses.

Source: Oricon via tokyohive