Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 479 AKB Back to Life
In the coming 2008, the eyes of almost the whole world are gathered on the grand Olympic Games hosted by the neighbor.

But in the island country of Japan, the public's attention is focused on a band called "THE SUN".

After all, no matter how big the outside world is, what happened at home made the Neon people feel more real.

Especially in the Japanese music scene in 2008, there were too many events that the public talked about!

First, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the national male god, released his new album two and a half years later, shifting the public's attention away from the Olympic Games that are approaching step by step.

Then there are two national male gods, Fukuyama and Sakamoto, two masters and apprentices, formed a limited group, released a double A single, and the national band THE SUN released their third album.

After a set of combined punches, under the hype of the media, it directly stole the limelight of the 2000 European Cup, which was co-hosted by two countries for the second time after the 2008 European Football Championship! ! !
At that time, THE SUN, who was invincible in the music world, was the most watched among the many news.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi's solo album broke 360 million, becoming the eighth place in the album sales list of all generations!

The limited group "Yukawa and Yagami" formed with his teacher, and the subsequent single released also broke through an astonishing 200 million copies!

It is THE SUN's latest album that makes the colleagues feel the most despair.

Sales exceeded one million on the first day!
200 million in the first week!
In just three weeks, it exceeded 360 million copies!
Finally, THE SUN, which has ruled the music world for nearly three months, carries the dreams of all neon singers, and begins its journey to the European and American music world!

In a short period of one month, the neon folks discovered to their surprise that THE SUN has made a name for itself in the European and American music circles, and even won the top of the UK singles chart and the US Billboard!

This is undoubtedly a big event that is enough to cause a sensation in the entire Japanese music scene, no, the entire Japan!
THE SUN, which returned with great honor in early August, has attracted the attention of all Japan. Various reports and news on THE SUN have even taken away a lot of attention from the neighbor's Olympic Games!

One can imagine how popular THE SUN was at that time. . .

From April to mid-August, the whole of Japan was covered, and every day was covered by overwhelming reports about "Sakamoto Kiyoshi" and "THE SUN".

During that time, it was a period when the public was bombarded in turn by several songs that Sakamoto Kiyoshi participated in the production of.

《さくらのうた》《おっぱい》《蛍》《Dancing People》《We Are Young》

This grand occasion did not abate until September, after Sakamoto Kiyoshi entered the crew of "Hot Blood High School 9".

At that time, what replaced THE SUN and became a topic of public discussion was an idol girl group that hadn't appeared in the mainstream music circle for a long time.

AKB48!

Due to the release method of the 8th single "桜の花びらたち 2008" and the violation of the anti-monopoly law, many controversies have been caused, resulting in the suspension of the contract between AKB48 and Sony Music's record company DefSTAR Records.

The suspension of the contract, the pros and cons of Sony, has not yet exploded, but AKB, an idol group that has been established for three years, has suffered a huge blow.

As a direct result, AKB failed to release any physical singles in the next eight months, except for the release of the ninth single "Baby! Baby! Baby!" through distribution and downloading.

At that time, AKB48 was going through the most difficult time. All kinds of rumors were sent out by the major media. Terrible words such as "disbandment" and "reorganization" were frequently used by the media, which also increased the public's perception of this in AKB. Group panic, and anxiety about the future.

It can be said that in the eight months after parting ways with DefSTAR Records, AKB is facing a great crisis.

However, Yasushi Akimoto is not someone who is easily defeated, he is a gold medal producer with power in both black and white!
With his efforts, AKB approached the behemoth Dentsu.

Under the intermediary of Dentsu, AKB was also able to sign a new contract with the new record company King Records.

On October 10, AKB's first work after signing with the new record company King Records, "Double ダイヤモンド", will be released!

This is AKB48's 10th single, and it's also a single that brought the dead back to life!
Due to the activation of the ACE of the sister group SKE48, which was just established at that time, the 11-year-old Matsui Jurina, as the center of this single, replaced Atsuko Maeda who had been standing at the center, and also appeared on the cover of the single alone.

This mixed decision caused great controversy and discussion at the time.

Even Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was filming "Hot Blood High School 2" in Osaka, has heard a little about it.

At that time, he knew that AKB, the fish that escaped from Sony's "fish tank", was finally going to enter the wide sea and swim!
This single is the beginning!
Huge discussions and controversies have brought huge attention and exposure.

After transferring the main members of AKB to major firms, with the support of the firm, the personal popularity of the members has also increased to a certain extent. Indirectly, it has also driven the overall popularity of the entire AKB .

This single was also selected as the ending song of the popular TV series "Handsome Idol" starring some of AKB's main members, which made this single get more attention.

Not only that, Akimoto Yasushi's long-hidden trump card was also thrown out.

A large number of sales of theater discs began, and a large-scale national handshake meeting began to be held!
Although there is no DVD for the theater disc, there are individual handshake tickets for the theater disc and the lottery system.

These two actions undoubtedly made the nerds who want to get in touch with their idols explode with great fighting power!
With the support of a series of measures, once "Shoulou Diamondo" was released, it sold nearly [-] copies in its first move!
On the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, it reached No. 3!
This sales volume is almost the single with the highest initial sales volume since AKB has so many singles!
Even the initial sales of Kiyoshi Sakamoto's "桜の花びらたち" for AKB were higher than when he first debuted.

The gratifying sales, the most direct effect, is to keep this combination, and also let the AKB girls feel the haze that the combination may be disbanded.

Sakamoto Qingting listened to AKB's "undercover" Chiba Masaki, said that A-chan, Mayuyou, and Saxi, after learning about the sales of the single, broke the record for the highest debut in the group's history, and they were also in the practice room, weeping with joy. . .

It is not an exaggeration to say that this piece of "Loud Diamond" played a role in bringing the dead back to life!
The sharp increase in record sales has also attracted the public's attention to this large female idol group that has been rumored by many media in the first half of the year and will definitely disband.

This girl group founded by gold medal producer Yasushi Akimoto has also returned to the public's eyes with this single. . .

　Three shifts today!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)