Silent Majority (song)
2016 single by Keyakizaka46
"Silent Majority" (サイレントマジョリティー, Sairento Majoritī) is the debut single by the Japanese female idol group Keyakizaka46. It was released in Japan on 6 April 2016 on the label Sony Records.
The center position in the choreography for the title song is held by Yurina Hirate.
The single was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, with 261,580 copies sold, which is the No.1 debut song for female artist. It was also number-one on the Billboard Japan weekly chart and number-ten in yearly chart. It also has spent 149 weeks on the chart, which makes it sixth among the most weeks spent on the chart.
Release history
In February 2016 it was revealed that Keyakizaka46 would release their first single on April 6, 2016. Its title was later revealed to be "Silent Majority". It was also revealed that the title song would be used in a TV commercial for a mobile application named Mechakari.
The single was released in four versions: Type-A, Type-B, Type-C, and a "Regular edition".
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