"Sustainable" (サステナブル, Sasutenaburu) is the 56th single by Japanese idol group AKB48. It was released in Japan by King Records on September 18, 2019, in seven versions.[1] It debuted at number one on the Oricon Singles Chart and Billboard Japan Hot 100, with over 1.6 million copies sold in Japan in its first week, making it the highest weekly sales of the year.[2] It was the best-selling single of 2019 in Japan.[3]
The lead performer for the main track is Moeka Yahagi, and this is also her last single as well.
This single is released in four physical different version, Type A, Type B, Type C and Theater Edition.
"Sustainable" is the 43rd consecutive single by AKB48 to debut at number one.[4] It is AKB48's first single of the Reiwa period and first release in six months.
^"AKB48、初週売上138万枚で43作連続1位 今年度最高シングル売上を記録【オリコンランキング】" [AKB48, first week sales of 1.38 million, 43 consecutive works No. 1 record of highest single sales this year [Oricon ranking]]. Oricon. September 24, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.