[8/5] Country Girls 2nd single - Wakatteiru no ni gomen ne/Tamerai Summertime

[Amped]

1st week
weekly rank #5
total sales 30,087

4 11 6 4 9 12 *5

1.Kanjani - 282,644
2.DANCE EARTH PARTY feat. Skatalites+Imaichi Ryuji from Sandaime J Soul Brothers - 48,503
3.SUPER JUNIOR K.R.Y. - 34,152
4.The Idolm@ster Cinderella Project - 32,059
5.Country Girls - 30,087
6.Shiina Ringo - 26,949
7.flumpool
8.Silent Siren
9.T.M. Revolution

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2015-08-17/

[Nayoko-Kihara]

I was wondering if they'd be able to make the top 5. Good for them.

[aerosuffly]

~15,000 drop without Uta. That is not so bad.

[jeiwa42]

33% drop o.o
30k is still good though! Considering all that's happened, as well as, imo, the first single having overall better songs.

[otaku_blue]

that's actually a lot better than I was expecting with how they went on oricon this week.

I'm so relieved!

[Mixi]

Who said there's no way they'd drop under 40k?

It makes me sad Utaloss had such a negative impact on their sales.

[Menno]

I doubt the drop was down to just Uta's departure, there are more reasons to consider.

What will happen if they continue to do only this kind of cute songs? It will be hard to keep the sales up with the H!P core fan base being more into the up tempo / cool / quirky / dance songs which H!P is known for. Especially with the factories also new on the block, they will have to work hard to compete for the support of the fans. That are already 2 other different possible reasons for the drop.

It going to be interesting to see what Up Front has in store for them next. Will Momoko keep her roll in the group? Will we see some visible input from Satoda Mai into the group? Will they stay cute or will they switch up their style? Country Musume also did very diverse songs, it's not like they will be going against their roots if Up Front throws a cool dance track into the mix if they continue to drop further.

[CaptainBerryzGiraffe]

Wow!
I'm quite happy they sold this much. *relief!*
I can still happily say that every H!P group sells 30k+, which is still amazing in the idol world. xD

[Amped]

30k is a step backward imo. lesser known idol groups are selling 30k easily. H!P is past that bump in the road and selling at least 40k. 40k is the new 30k.

[Shoujo Q]

It was a cute single and it's laid back but not very memorable at all. It didn't have any punch.