TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsGuess what?: JKT48 rules Indonesia's iTunes chart
Kapanlagi
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Kapanlagi.com
JAKARTA: Idol group JKT48's debut album, Gingham Check, has made it to the number two spot on Indonesia's iTunes chart. 'All of the six songs in JKT48's mini album have received a lot of hits from its fans. During the album's launch on June 11, it even managed to get the number two spot in the Indonesia iTunes chart,' Inside digital music distribution head Chika Maryana told Kapanlagi.com.
Maryana added that the most requested song from the album was the title track.
JKT48 also won two awards during the recent 2014 Indonesia Music Awards (AMI).
The group won the best producer category for Yasushi Akimoto and for the best performance.
JKT48 is a local version of Japan-based idol group AKB48. It has a cult following of adult and middle-aged men fascinated with the cute group.
