Koko ni Ita Koto
Koko ni Ita Koto (ここにいたこと, "We Were Here") is the debut studio album (third overall) by the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. "Koko ni Ita Koto" was released in Japan on June 8, 2011, by King Records. There are three versions available: Limited Edition (catalog number KIZC-90117/8), Regular Edition (KIZC-117/8), and Theater Edition (NKCD-6546).
| Koko ni Ita Koto | ||||
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Regular Edition cover | ||||
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| Released | June 8, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–2011 | |||
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| Length | 69:27 | |||
| Label | You, Be Cool! / King | |||
| Producer | Yasushi Akimoto | |||
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| Singles from Koko ni Ita Koto | ||||
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| "Ponytail to Chouchou" on YouTube | ||||
| "Heavy Rotation" on YouTube | ||||
| "Beginner" on YouTube | ||||
| "Chance no Junban" on YouTube | ||||
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Limited Edition cover | ||||
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Theater Edition cover | ||||
While all the group's albums had been almost entirely collections of previously released material, "Koko ni Ita Koto" took a different approach. Although it featured four 2010 hits, one theatre stage song, and a theme from an early 2011 movie, the rest were new songs.
It met with great commercial success, topping the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart and, with just one week of sales, placed second in the list of best selling albums of the first half of 2011 in Japan. In the same month, it was already certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of over one million copies. The IFPI ranked it as the 42nd best-selling album worldwide in 2011.