Nantettatte AKB48
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| Released | December 25, 2024 | |||
| Genre | J-pop | |||
| Length | 56:50 | |||
| Language | Japanese | |||
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| Producer | Yasushi Akimoto | |||
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Nantettatte AKB48 (Japanese: なんてったってAKB48; lit. 'After all, it is AKB48') 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.