Not Yet (band)

Not Yet
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Pop
Years active	2011 (2011)–present
Labels	Nippon Columbia
Associated acts	AKB48
Website	columbia.jp/notyet/
Members
Yuko Oshima Rie Kitahara Rino Sashihara Yui Yokoyama

Not Yet (stylized Not yet) is a sub-unit of the all-female Japanese pop group AKB48.

History

The formation of Not Yet was announced at AKB48's Request Hour Set List Best 100 2011 on January 21, 2011.^[1] Their producer Yasushi Akimoto, who is also the producer of AKB48, revealed he named the group "Not Yet" because the members' dancing and singing skills are were, as he described, not very good yet.^[1] They released their debut single "Shūmatsu Not Yet (週末Not yet^?, "Weekend Not Yet") on March 16, 2011.^[2] The song, written by Akimoto, is about lovers who cannot wait for the weekend.^[1]

Discography

Singles

Release	Title	Copies Sold	Chart positions			Album
			Oricon Singles Charts [3]	Billboard Japan Hot 100 [4]	RIAJ digital tracks* [5]
2011	"Shūmatsu Not Yet" (週末Not yet?, "Weekend Not yet")	156,283	1	1	2	TBA
	"Naminori Kakigōri" (波乗りかき氷?)	229,471	1	1	6
	"Perapera Perao" (ペラペラペラオ?)	171,827	2

*RIAJ Digital Tracks established April 2009.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "AKB48大島優子率いる新ユニット「Not yet」デビュー決定！" (in Japanese). Oricon. January 21, 2011. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/84095/full/. Retrieved February 7, 2011. 
2. ^ "AKB48からまたも新ユニット誕生、Not yetが3/16デビュー" (in Japanese). Barks. January 24, 2011. http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000067201. Retrieved February 7, 2011. 
3. ^ "アーティスト：Not yet" (in Japanese). Oricon. Oricon Style. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/free_contents/search/search.asp?artcd=534214&artist=%82m%82%8F%82%94%81%40%82%99%82%85%82%94&ordt=sle&bs=all&bs2=1. 
4. ^ "Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard. http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/. 
5. ^ "有料音楽配信チャート" (in Japanese). RIAJ. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/weekly_chart/index.html.