It's another big week for J-pop music, AKB 48's new single catapults atop the chart with stellar sales north of one million and rock-duo B'z catapults easily to the summit of the current Global Album Chart with their 19th studio recording 'Epic Day'. According to Oricon the set found 210.000 buyers in its initial week. B'z is Japan's most successful music act with more than 80 million albums and singles sold. The band's former studio album was released nearly four years ago and went also at no.1 globally with start sales of 272.000 copies in the week 32, 2011. Last week's chart-leader, the soundtrack to 'Fifty Shades Of Grey', slides one slot at no.2 and sold 150.000 copies, a 14% loss compared to the previous week. Noel Gallagher, lead guitarist and vocalist of the legendary British rock band Oasis, flies high with his side project High Flying Birds. 'Chasing Yesterday', the second album of that act, rockets to no.3 with 143.000 copies sold globally, the lion's share of it comes from United Kingdom with 87.400 units, following by the USA with 13.900 sales and Germany with estimated 10.000 sales. Ex 'American Idol' winner Kelly Clarkson storms at no.4 with her seventh studio album 'Piece By Piece' and 115.000 units sold (82.900 of it in the USA and 13.500 in United Kingdom). Some additional sales stats: 'My Everything' by Ariana Grande sold 18.000 copies last week and reaches a total of 1.363.000 so far, 'Four' by One Direction sold 16.000 units last week, 2.627.000 so far, 'The Pinkprint' by Nicki Minaj sold also 16.000 units last week and has a total of 742.000 copies so far, 'The Endless River' by Pink Floyd sold 2.236.000 copies so far, 'Cheek To Cheek' by Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa 971.000, and the soundtrack to 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' 1.840.000.
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