Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game weekly Oricon ranking

Morning Musume's 44th single, Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game, received a weekly ranking of #6 and sold a total of 42,405 copies.

It's a little off from my predicated sales, but it is still a solid number, especially for one week. Sales aren't as high as I had hoped, but Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game is Morning Musume's highest selling first week since Shougani Yume Oibito and sold higher in its first week than nine of their last thirteen singles (that's four years worth of singles).

This single is definitely a success in my opinion and we haven't even gotten into its second week. There is still a Music Japan performance on Sunday, which will help boost second week sales. Even though they didn't reach 48,000 - 50,000 in the first week as I had hoped, Morning Musume can certainly get to that mark in their second week and possibly even surpass it.

Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game is a great way to end the year for Morning Musume.

Also, just in case anyone is interested in how the other artists stacked up against Morning Musume this week, here is the top six ranking.

1. KAT-TUN (230,829)
2. SKE48 (119,913)
3. Kobukuro (82,143)
4. Arashi's single's 2nd week (50,229)
5. AAA (46,014)
6. Morning Musume (42,405)