Being a guest at Kiyoshi Sakamoto's solo concert is not only a great honor, but also a great opportunity to promote himself to the public.

As the chief producer and project director of Nogizaka, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is naturally happy to see that Nogizaka 46, a new idol girl group, can be recognized by the public.

After all, to recognize Nogizaka 46 is to recognize his production ability...

In the brief appearance of the thanksgiving festival, Nogizaka 46 appeared on the Yahoo real-time search list on the second day, and the ranking also jumped to the third place, second only to the two hot search words "Sakamoto Kiyoshi Thanksgiving Festival" and "Sakamoto Kiyoshi 8th Anniversary".

In the overwhelming publicity that followed, Nogizaka 46's first single also ushered in the day of official release.

Like the day of his debut in the previous life, Nogizaka 46, who has changed a producer in this life, made his official single debut on February 22nd!

It's just that the debut single is not the "curtain song" "ぐるぐるカーテン" (surrounded by curtains), but "So long!"

Boxes of neatly bound records were shipped to major record stores in Tokyo.

At the suggestion of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a confident producer, the first batch of CDs shipped a staggering 250,000 copies!

This kind of shipment is a level that no one can reach in the entire Sony, except for Kiyoshi Sakamoto and THE SUN!

Even the veteran Japanese band of the same company as Nogizaka, L'Arc~en~Ciel (Rainbow Band), released a single "CHASE" at the end of last year, and sold more than 70,000 copies in the first week!

In terms of shipments, there is a strong contrast, as well as another new singer under Sony, Aimer, who released a single on the same day!

Sony's mysterious singer who officially debuted last year, Aimer has become a new star in the music industry with her faceless and recognizable voice.

However, the shipment of her third single "Snow の降る街/冬のダイヤモンド" is only 5,000 copies!

A big company like Sony Music,The new singers launched,It's like this.,You can see from the side.,Today's Japanese music scene,How bad is the physical sales of SOLO singers.。。。

It has to be said that SOLO singers' record sales are outrageously low, big singers and established bands are barely making ends meet, and idol groups dominate the record market – this is the current state of the Japanese music scene.

Judging from last year's annual chart, both the singles chart and the album chart were monopolized by idol groups led by AKB and Arashi.

Only THE SUN relied on a movie theme song to become the only non-idol singer group in the top 10 of the singles annual chart.

In this music scene, which is known as the "idol Warring States period", Nogizaka's future is still very bright.

Although judging from the market research of the Ministry of Statistics and the data expected by the public trust chart the day before the release, Nogizaka's first single should be able to sell more than 150,000 copies in a single week.

However, it seems a bit reluctant to reach 250,000 copies sold in a single week.

You must know that in the context of the continuous shrinking of the physical record market, in today's Japanese music scene, physical singles, if they can sell more than 50,000 copies in a single week, are enough to be called a big hit.

Not to mention 100,000 copies in a single week, or 780,000 copies, it is enough for Nogizaka 46 to successfully win the top of the weekly list of singles on the public trust chart!

Not to mention 150,000 sheets!

It can be seen from this that Yasushi Akimoto's AKB48 has sold more than one million copies in the first week in a row, how terrifying it is!

However, even if other first-line singers and bands are completely destroyed, they can't hide the reality that Nogizaka was pressed to the ground by AKB and rubbed.

After all, Nogizaka's opponent, AKB48's single, starts with a million casually!

More than 100,000, less than a fraction of people's homes...

However, what the public and Sony didn't expect was that they still underestimated the influence of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, and also underestimated Nogizaka 46, an idol girl group called "AKB Formula Rival"...

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A week later, on Tuesday, the day the sales of the public trust list are updated.

Sony Music Headquarters Building.

All the members of Nogizaka's management were gathered in the conference room.

Unconsciously, almost everyone held their breath and stared closely at Yoshio Konno, who was holding the form, waiting for him to announce the sales figures for Nogizaka's debut single.

Only Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting on a chair with his hands on his chest, only had a strong confidence in his eyes.

Judging from his expression, he seems to be very confident about Nogizaka's single sales.

Also, whether it is the reaction to the concert or the praise of various music critics, it is an indication that the sales of Nogizaka's single will not be low.

In that case, what else is he worried about?

Yoshio Konno, who received attention, did not make everyone wait too long:

"The first week of sales of 'So long!' was... ”

"230,000 tickets! ranked first on the public trust list!!

Because of the recognition of Yasusu Akimoto's handshake rolls, raw photos and other means of attracting fans, Sakamoto Kiyoshi is also very cheeky to put this set on Nogizaka's body.

Nogizaka 46's single disc is almost the same as AKB, and it is also divided into several versions such as Type-A and Type-B, which also comes with handshake rolls, raw photos and other fan-attracting tools.

Judging from the feedback from various stores, the number of people who went to buy Nogizaka 46 singles was not a few.

In addition to being curious and wanting to see what level of idol house the new idol girl group produced by Kiyoshi Sakamoto is, there is a very interesting data that makes the operators of Nogizaka look at Kiyoshi with respect and shoot at Kiyoshi Sakamoto with an indifferent face.

That is: more than half of the customers who go to buy the single are fans of Kiyoshi Sakamoto!

In other words, a large part of the credit for being able to have such amazing sales should be credited to Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the producer!

This is why Kiyoshi Sakamoto is so confident.

Because, he's not Yasu Akimoto, he's a superstar with huge influence and millions of fans...

Kiyoshi Sakamoto!

Judging from the fame and sales bonus given to the group by the producer alone, Sakamoto Kiyoshi finished exploding Yasuya Akimoto!

The name "Kiyoshi Sakamoto" alone is enough to make Nogizaka's single sales skyrocket.

Not to mention, Kiyoshi Sakamoto did everything he could, not only letting Nogizaka 46 serve as the spokesperson of LINE, but also making them a stage for the disclosure of new songs at their own thank-you festival!

This kind of treatment is simply envious of the girls of other female idol groups in the entertainment industry...

Looking at your own producers, and then comparing them with other producers, you can't help but bow your head and sigh.

"Alas... ”

Why is the gap between people so big?

It's also because of this.,When it came to the selection of Nogizaka second students,The number of applicants,It's also a new high.。。。

Of course, that's another story.