Sales Break 80 Million Barrier, English Songs To Be Released?

B'z sales have been steady and strong, and even after almost 23 years, they still maintain a strong position in the charts. With the release of their new album "C'mon", which debuted at number 1 in the Oricon Weekly Chart with 272,397 copies sold, they've broken the 80 million barrier in terms of total sales. Their total sales now amount to about 80,600,000 albums and singles sold - a first in Japanese history. They are at the top in Japan, with Mr. Children (54.9 million) in second place and Ayumi Hamasaki (49.5 million) in third place.
Will B'z ever stop producing music? No. Read on for the full article.
“Don’t Wanna Lie” At No.1 & Special Campaign Announced!
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B'z new single "Don't Wanna Lie" officially goes on sale today and directly enters the Oricon Daily Single Charts at #1 with having sold 54,248 copies on its day before official release. Sayonara Kizu Darake no Hibi yo, on the other hand, only sold 50,335 copies on its first day in stores. Pop idol group AKB48's sales have dropped to 21,178 taking 3rd place in the charts.
We'll see if B'z will be able to enter the Weekly Single Charts at the pole position next wednesday. Especially, now that they've announced a new special campaign today (see below).
B'z "Don't Wanna Lie" Special Bonus Campaign
Everyone, listen up! When you get your new single, read this first, before you throw away the seal that comes with the CD.
B'z has announced a special bonus campaign for Don't Wanna Lie. People who bought the Limited Edition of the single, can send in the seal (see sample picture below) and get the chance to enter a prize drawing in which 100 people will get an autographed Don't Wanna Lie flag by B'z! People who bought the Limited and the Regular Edition, can send in both seals and will get a special bonus CD which contains "Don't Wanna Lie ~Ballad Version~". Now, here's the unfortunate thing: The deadline is June 5th June 12th. (stamp date counts)

Because of this, a lot of B'z fans in Japan are now rushing into stores to get their copy of Don't Wanna Lie and get a shot at getting one of those precious flags and/or the special CD. This will definitely strengthen B'z sales. Was this simply a marketing move to fight off AKB48's sales? We'll never know.
You're probably thinking "Damn, I won't make it until June 5th!!". That's right, I won't make it either, but, send it in anyway! Perhaps they'll make an exception since it's from overseas.
Send your seal to:
Vermillion Records
B'zスペシャル特典 係 (Try to write it in Japanese... else just write "B'z Special Bonus")
P.O. Box 185
105-8691 (that's the zip code)
Japan
and make sure you include:
- Your Name
- Zip
- Home address
- Age
- Gender
- Phone number
- E-Mail Address (Mobile or PC)
Good luck to everyone!
BURN -Fumetsu no Face- Gets #1 Spot on Oricon
Just as was expected, on the same day it was released, BURN -Fumetsu no Face- entered the charts in the pole-position. According to Oricon, BURN was sold 32,131 times one day before its official release. Not bad. It was sold 18,639 times on the release day itself. That makes it 50,770 CDs sold on its release.
Just to show you what kind of competition BURN has right now, I'll post the daily Top 10 Single Ranking for April 16th below.
Check it out.
