Nantettatte AKB48

{{Infobox album

| name = Nantettatte AKB48

| type = studio

| artist = AKB48

| cover = AKB48 - Nantettatte AKB48.png

| alt =

| caption = Digital cover

| released = December 25, 2024

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = J-pop

| length = 56:50

| language = Japanese

| label =

| producer = Yasushi Akimoto

| prev_title = Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake o Shitteiru

| prev_year = 2018

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Nantettatte AKB48

| type = album

| single1 = Nantettatte Idol

| single1date = November 19, 2024

}}

{{nihongo|Nantettatte AKB48|なんてったってAKB48||{{lit|After all, it is AKB48}}|lead=yes}} is the seventh studio album by Japanese girl group AKB48. It was released on December 25, 2024, through EMI Records and Universal Music Japan, their first album in six years after their previous Bokutachi wa, Ano Hi no Yoake o Shitteiru (2018) and after departure from You Be Cool! and King Records in 2023.

Titled after Kyoko Koizumi's 1985 single "Nantettatte Idol" and based on the concept "idol time machine", the album comprises covers of idol songs from three different eras of Japan: Shōwa, Heisei, and Reiwa. Commercially, Nantettatte AKB48 debuted atop the Oricon Albums Chart and Billboard Japan Hot Albums, selling over 185,000 copies.

Background and release

On November 19, 2024, AKB48 announced the studio album, titled Nantettatte AKB48, to be released on December 25. To commemorate their 20th anniversary, it consists of 14 cover versions of idol songs from three different eras of Japan: seven songs from Shōwa era, five from Heisei era, and two from Reiwa era.{{cite news |title=AKB48、初のカバーアルバム12・25発売へリード曲、小泉今日子の「なんてったってアイドル」が11・20先行配信 |url=https://nishispo.nishinippon.co.jp/article/874382 |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Otto! |date=November 19, 2024 |language=ja}} The limited edition Blu-ray disc includes performances on the last day at AKB48 Theater in Don Quijote, Akihabara before temporary closing due to renovation from September 1 to December 8, 2024.{{cite news |title=AKB48カバーアルバムの収録曲明らかに「怪盗少女」「君の名は希望」「オトナブルー」など14曲 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/600070 |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Natalie |date=November 19, 2024 |language=ja}}

Promotion

Kyoko Koizumi's cover "Nantettatte Idol" was released as Nantettatte AKB48{{'}}s lead single on November 19, 2024, the same day as the album announcement. Yuiri Murayama serves as the song's choreographic center.{{cite news |title=AKB48 カバーアルバムのリード曲は小泉今日子「なんてったってアイドル」キャンディーズ、松田聖子、中森明菜らをカバー |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2024/11/19/0018359183.shtml |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Daily Sports |date=November 19, 2024 |language=ja}} Its music video, directed by Shin Ishihara, premiered on December 25, depicting the existence of idols in the 1980s.{{cite news |title=AKB48「なんてったってアイドル」MV公開村山彩希「歌うたびに元気になれる」 |url=https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/328511 |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Tokyo Sports |date=December 25, 2024 |language=ja}} The group performed "Nantettatte Idol" at 2024 FNS Music Festival on December 12, and CDTV Live! Live! on December 31.{{cite news |title=『2024 FNS歌謡祭』第2夜が本日18:30から放送。タイムテーブル&出演者&歌唱曲 |url=https://www.cinra.net/article/202412-whn-fns2_edteam |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Cinra |date=December 11, 2024 |language=ja}}{{cite news |title=CDTVライブ!ライブ! : 年越しスペシャル深夜1~2時台のタイムテーブル "とき宣""ふるっぱー"らのかわいいメドレーも |url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20241231dog00m200022000c.html |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Mantanweb |date=December 31, 2024 |language=ja-JP}} Additionally, Seiko Matsuda's "Cherry Blossom" and Morning Musume's "Love Machine" were available as a promotional singles on December 18.{{cite news |title=AKB48、カヴァー・アルバムより「チェリーブラッサム」&「LOVEマシーン」を先行配信 |url=https://www.cdjournal.com/main/news/akb48/115277 |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=CDJournal |date=December 18, 2024 |language=ja}}

Commercial performance

Nantettatte AKB48 debuted at number one on the Oricon Albums Chart with 184,764 copies, becoming AKB48's sixth consecutive number-one albums and the ninth overall.{{cite news |title=AKB48、6作連続・通算9作目のアルバム1位獲得シングル1位はGANG PARADE【オリコンランキング】 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2362767/full/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Oricon |date=January 7, 2025 |language=ja}} The album entered the Billboard Japan Hot Albums at number one, earning 190,999 physical sales and 233 downloads.{{cite news |title=【ビルボード】2024年最終週はAKB48『なんてったってAKB48』が総合アルバム首位 Mrs. GREEN APPLE/Number_iが続く |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/145197/2 |access-date=January 12, 2025 |work=Billboard Japan |date=January 9, 2025 |language=ja}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Nantettatte AKB48 track listing

| extra_column = Arrangement

| total_length = 56:50

| title_width = 37%

| lyrics_width = 21%

| music_width = 21%

| extra_width = 21%

| title1 = Toshishita no Otoko no Ko

| note1 = {{lang|ja|年下の男の子}}

| lyrics1 = Kazuya Senke

| music1 = Yūsuke Hoguchi

| extra1 = Lull

| length1 = 3:32

| title2 = UFO

| lyrics2 = Yū Aku

| music2 = Shunichi Tokura

| extra2 = Shigeo Komori

| length2 = 3:15

| title3 = Cherry Blossom

| note3 = {{lang|ja|チェリーブラッサム}}

| lyrics3 = Yoshiko Miura

| music3 = Kazuo Zaitsu

| extra3 = Kosuke Okui

| length3 = 3:21

| title4 = Toki o Kakeru Shōjo

| note4 = {{lang|ja|時をかける少女}}

| lyrics4 = Yumi Matsutoya

| music4 = Matsutoya

| extra4 = Hinano Tanaka

| length4 = 3:49

| title5 = Nantettatte Idol

| note5 = {{lang|ja|なんてったってアイドル}}

| lyrics5 = Yasushi Akimoto

| music5 = Kyōhei Tsutsumi

| extra5 = Yūki Utamaru

| length5 = 4:07

| title6 = Desire (Jōnetsu)

| note6 = {{lang|ja|DESIRE -情熱-}}

| lyrics6 = Yoko Aki

| music6 = Kisaburō Suzuki

| extra6 = {{hlist|Kazuo Shiina|Kunio Kubota}}

| length6 = 4:21

| title7 = Jā ne

| note7 = {{lang|ja|じゃあね}}

| lyrics7 = Akimoto

| music7 = Ken Takahashi

| extra7 = Tanaka

| length7 = 3:51

| title8 = Samishii Nettaigyo

| note8 = {{lang|ja|淋しい熱帯魚}}

| lyrics8 = Neko Oikawa

| music8 = Masaya Ozeki

| extra8 = K3CP

| length8 = 4:29

| title9 = Body & Soul

| lyrics9 = Hiromasa Ijichi

| music9 = Ijichi

| extra9 = Keisuke Kanesaki

| length9 = 5:04

| title10 = Love Machine

| note10 = {{lang|ja|LOVEマシーン}}

| lyrics10 = Tsunku

| music10 = Tsunku

| extra10 = Kubota

| length10 = 5:01

| title11 = Ikuze! Kaitō Shōjo

| note11 = {{lang|ja|行くぜっ!怪盗少女}}

| lyrics11 = Kenichi Maeyamada

| music11 = Maeyamada

| extra11 = Maeyamada

| length11 = 3:48

| title12 = Kimi no Na wa Kibō

| note12 = {{lang|ja|君の名は希望}}

| lyrics12 = Akimoto

| music12 = Katsuhiko Sugiyama

| extra12 = {{hlist|Sugiyama|YouSee}}

| length12 = 5:23

| title13 = Otonablue

| note13 = {{lang|ja|オトナブルー}}

| lyrics13 = Atarashii Gakko!

| music13 = Yonkey

| extra13 = YouSee

| length13 = 3:04

| title14 = Kawaikute Gomen

| note14 = {{lang|ja|可愛くてごめん}}

| lyrics14 = Shito

| music14 = Shito

| extra14 = Tanaka

| length14 = 3:38

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Nantettatte AKB48 limited A bonus track (Blu-ray)

| total_length = 102:50

| title1 = AKB48 Theater Final Performance Before the Renovation: Record of the Day 6,843

| note1 = {{lang|ja|AKB48劇場リニューアル前最終公演~6843日目の記録~}}

| length1 =

| title2 = Reset (AKB48 Theater Final Performance Before the Renovation: Thank You for the Memories of 6,843 Days and 6,552 Performances)

| note2 = {{lang|ja|RESET (AKB48劇場リニューアル前最終公演~6843日6552公演の思い出をありがとう。~)}}

| length2 =

| title3 = Theater no Megami (AKB48 Theater Final Performance Before the Renovation: Thank You for the Memories of 6,843 Days and 6,552 Performances)

| note3 = {{lang|ja|シアターの女神 (AKB48劇場リニューアル前最終公演~6843日6552公演の思い出をありがとう。~)}}

| length3 =

| title4 = Mokugekisha (AKB48 Theater Final Performance Before the Renovation: Thank You for the Memories of 6,843 Days and 6,552 Performances)

| note4 = {{lang|ja|目撃者 (AKB48劇場リニューアル前最終公演~6843日6552公演の思い出をありがとう。~)}}

| length4 =

| title5 = Sakura no Hanabiratachi (AKB48 Theater Final Performance Before the Renovation: Thank You for the Memories of 6,843 Days and 6,552 Performances)

| note5 = {{lang|ja|桜の花びらたち (AKB48劇場リニューアル前最終公演~6843日6552公演の思い出をありがとう。~)}}

| length5 =

}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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{{album chart\|Oricon\|1\|date=2025-01-06\|rowheader=true\|access-date=January 12, 2025}}
scope="row"\| Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon){{cite web \|title=Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2025-01-06 \|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/coa/w/2025-01-06/ \|publisher=Oricon \|access-date=January 12, 2025 \|language=ja \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250107042938/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/coa/w/2025-01-06/ \|archive-date=January 7, 2025}} \| 1
scope="row"\| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan){{cite web\|url=https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2025&month=01&day=06\|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of January 1, 2025\|website=Billboard Japan\|language=ja\|access-date=January 12, 2024}} \| 1

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|+ Weekly chart performance for Nantettatte AKB48

! scope="col"| Chart (2024–2025)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Oricon|1|date=2025-01-06|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2025}}

scope="row"| Japanese Combined Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2025-01-06 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/coa/w/2025-01-06/ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=January 12, 2025 |language=ja |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250107042938/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/coa/w/2025-01-06/ |archive-date=January 7, 2025}}

| 1

scope="row"| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan){{cite web|url=https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2025&month=01&day=06|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of January 1, 2025|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=January 12, 2024}}

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=Monthly charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Monthly chart performance for Nantettatte AKB48 ! scope="col"\| Chart (2024) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web \|title=Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2024-12 \|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2024-12/ \|publisher=Oricon \|access-date=January 12, 2025 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250108043002/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2024-12/ \|archive-date=January 8, 2025 \|language=ja}} \| 3

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|+ Monthly chart performance for Nantettatte AKB48

! scope="col"| Chart (2024)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web |title=Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2024-12 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2024-12/ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=January 12, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250108043002/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/m/2024-12/ |archive-date=January 8, 2025 |language=ja}}

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Nantettatte AKB48}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|artist=AKB48|title=なんてったってAKB48|award=Gold|certyear=2024|certmonth=12|access-date=January 15, 2025|note=Physical}}

Release history

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scope="row" \| Various \| rowspan="2" \| December 25, 2024 \| {{hlist\|Digital download\|streaming}} \| Standard \| rowspan="2" \| {{hlist\|EMI\|Universal Japan}} \| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" \| {{cite web \|title=【AKB48 10thアルバム】アルバムタイトル・リード曲・収録内容が決定	\|url=https://www.akb48.co.jp/news/detailpage/330420477 \|website=AKB48 Official Website \|access-date=January 12, 2025 \|language=ja \|date=November 19, 2024}}
scope="row" \| Japan \| rowspan="2" \| {{hlist\|CD\|CD+Blu-ray}} \| {{hlist\|Standard\|limited\|official shop}}

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|+ Release dates and formats for Nantettatte AKB48

! scope="col" | Region

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Format

! scope="col" | Version

! scope="col" | Label

! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" | Various

| rowspan="2" | December 25, 2024

| {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}}

| Standard

| rowspan="2" | {{hlist|EMI|Universal Japan}}

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | {{cite web |title=【AKB48 10thアルバム】アルバムタイトル・リード曲・収録内容が決定

|url=https://www.akb48.co.jp/news/detailpage/330420477 |website=AKB48 Official Website |access-date=January 12, 2025 |language=ja |date=November 19, 2024}}

scope="row" | Japan

| rowspan="2" | {{hlist|CD|CD+Blu-ray}}

| {{hlist|Standard|limited|official shop}}