Best of AKB48 Groups 2021

2021 Major Single Releases (Group Wise) 

AKB48 (1 Single)

"Ne mo Ha mo Rumor" (根も葉もRumor) 

58th Single released on September 29, 2021

Label: You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

Opening Week Sales: 350,677 copies 

Total Reported Sales: 412,201*

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 9

Rating: 3 Stars

Best Songs: 

"Ne mo Ha mo Rumor" (3 Stars)

SKE48 (2 Singles)

“Koi Ochi Flag" (恋落ちフラグ) 

27th Single released on February 3, 2021

Label: avex trax

Opening Week Sales: 190,570 copies

Total Reported Sales: 267,089 copies

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 14

Rating: 4 Stars

Best Songs:

• “Koi Ochi Flag" (4 Stars)

• "Memories 〜Itsu no Hi ka Aeru Made〜" (3.5 Stars)
• "Oto no Wareta Chime" (4 Stars)

"Ano Koro no Kimi wo Mitsuketa" (あの頃の君を見つけた) 

28th Single released on September 1, 2021

Label: avex trax

Opening Week Sales: 187,267 copies

Total Reported Sales: 261,258 copies

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 12

Rating: 3 Stars

Best Songs:

• "Ano Koro no Kimi wo Mitsuketa"

HKT48 (1 Single)

Kimi to Doko ka e Ikitai (君とどこかへ行きたい)

14th Single released on May 12, 2021

Opening Week Sales: 141,792 copies

Total Reported Sales: 177,413 copies

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 12

Label: EMI Records/Universal Music Japan

Rating: 3 Stars

Best Songs:

• Kimi to Doko ka e Ikitai

STU48 (2 Singles)

"Hitorigoto de Kataru Kurainara" (独り言で語るくらいなら)

6th Single released on February 17, 2021

Opening Week Sales: 175,092 copies

Total Reported Sales: 236,317 copies

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 13

Label: You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

Rating: 4 Stars

Best Songs:

• "Hitorigoto de Kataru Kurainara"

• "Boku wa Kono Umi wo Nagameteru"

"Hetaretachi yo" (ヘタレたちよ)
7th Single released on October 20, 2021

Opening Week Sales: 185,975 copies

Total Reported Sales: 214,212 copies

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 7

Label: You, Be Cool!/KING RECORDS

Rating: 4 Stars

Best Songs:

• "Hetaretachi yo"

• Ki ni Naranai Kodoku

NMB48 (1 Single)

"Shidare Yanagi" (シダレヤナギ)

25th Single released on June 16, 2021

Opening Week Sales: 133,931 copies

Total Reported Sales: 158,667 copies

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 12

Label: laugh out loud records

Rating: 3 Stars

Best Songs:

• "Shidare Yanagi"

NGT48 (2 Singles)

Awesome (シャーベットピンク)

6th Single released on June 23, 2021

Opening Week Sales: 76,530 copies

Total Reported Sales: 134,990 copies

Total of weeks charting inside Top 200: 13

Label: EMI RECORDS/Universal Music Japan

Rating: 3.5 Stars

Best Songs:

• Awesome (シャーベットピンク)

Ponkotsu na Kimi ga Suki da (ポンコツな君が好きだ)

7th Single released on December 22, 2021

Opening Day Sales: 54,193 copies

Label: EMI RECORDS/Universal Music Japan

Rating: 3 Stars

Best Songs:

• Ponkotsu na Kimi ga Suki da (ポンコツな君が好きだ)