Koko ni Ita Koto

Koko ni Ita Koto
Regular Edition cover
Studio album by
AKB48
ReleasedJune 8, 2011 (2011-06-08)
Recorded2010–2011
Genre
Length69:27
LabelYou, Be Cool! / King
ProducerYasushi Akimoto
AKB48 chronology
Set List: Greatest Songs Kanzenban
(2010) 		Koko ni Ita Koto
(2011) 		1830m
(2012)
Singles from Koko ni Ita Koto
  1. "Ponytail to Chouchou"
    Released: May 26, 2010
  2. "Heavy Rotation"
    Released: August 18, 2010
  3. "Beginner"
    Released: October 27, 2010
  4. "Chance no Junban"
    Released: December 8, 2010
Music videos
"Ponytail to Chouchou" on YouTube
"Heavy Rotation" on YouTube
"Beginner" on YouTube
"Chance no Junban" on YouTube
Alternative cover
Limited Edition cover
Alternative cover
Theater Edition cover

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.[1][2] "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).

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.[3][4]

It met with great commercial success, topping the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[5] and, with just one week of sales, placed second in the list of best selling albums of the first half of 2011 in Japan.[6] In the same month, it was already certified Million by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for shipments of over one million copies.[7] The IFPI ranked it as the 42nd best-selling album worldwide in 2011.[8]

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  2. ^ "ここにいたこと（ＣＤ＋ＤＶＤ複合）". キングレコードオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). Retrieved December 8, 2023.
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  5. ^ "ここにいたこと ＡＫＢ４８のプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  6. ^ "AKB48 ：上半期売り上げ前年2．5倍の66億円 オリコン2冠". Mainichi Shimbun Digital Co.Ltd (in Japanese). MANTANWEB. June 22, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  7. ^ ゴールド等認定作品一覧 2011年06月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (June 2011)]. RIAJ (in Japanese). July 10, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
  8. ^ "2011 music market" (PDF).