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's latest single, "", has sold 1,763,000 copies in its first week of release, setting not only group records, but overall records as well.On its first day on sale, the single sold 1,450,881 copies , becoming the the group's best-selling single in terms of first day sales, beating their 2012 Senbatsu single "". The single now beats their 2012 hit as the group's best-selling single in terms of first week sales."Sayonara Crawl" is AKB48's 2nd best selling single to date. With only 59,000 singles needed to beat "Manatsu no Sounds Good!", the single is expected to become the group's best selling single ever in the upcoming week.With their new single, AKB48 has set a new record for most singles sold by a female artist with 21,852,000 singles sold.previously held this record with 21,416,000 singles sold. The singer had held onto this record since February of 2006.