Not Yet (band)
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Not Yet is a sub-unit of the all-female Japanese pop group AKB48
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, who is also the producer of AKB48, revealed he named the group "Not Yet" because the members' dancing and singing skills are were, as he described, not very good yet. They released their debut single on March 16, 2011. The song, written by Akimoto, is about lovers who cannot wait for the weekend.
* RIAJ Digital Tracks established April 2009.
AKB48
AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart...
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History
The formation of Not Yet was announced at AKB48's Request Hour Set List Best 100 2011 on January 21, 2011. Their producer Yasushi AkimotoYasushi Akimoto
is a Japanese television writer, lyricist, record producer, professor and vice president at Kyoto University of Art and Design. He also created some of Japan's top idol groups, Onyanko Club and the AKB48 franchise.- Career :...
, who is also the producer of AKB48, revealed he named the group "Not Yet" because the members' dancing and singing skills are were, as he described, not very good yet. They released their debut single on March 16, 2011. The song, written by Akimoto, is about lovers who cannot wait for the weekend.
Singles
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Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... Singles Charts |
Billboard Japan Hot 100 Japan Hot 100 The Japan Hot 100 is a music singles chart in Japan. It is compiled by Billboard and Hanshin Contents Link ever since February 2008. The chart is updated every Wednesday at billboard-japan.com and every Thursday at billboard.com .... |
RIAJ RIAJ Digital Track Chart The is chart ranks the best selling digital singles in Japan, provided by the Recording Industry Association of Japan since April 2009. The chart measures cellphone downloads .... digital tracks* |
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2011 | align="left"| | 156,283 | 1 | 1 | 2 | TBA |
229,471 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
171,827 | 2 | 14 |