100 songs, thousands of obsessed fans, one chaotic idol democracy in action.
AKB48 Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011 is AKB48's 4th Request Hour. A voting ticket was included in Beginner's limited edition. All songs out at the time of voting were available to vote, with the exception of the medleys in A3 and K3, Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008, the Baby! Baby! Baby! remixes, AKB's cover of Idoling!!!'s Moteki no Uta, Ganbare!, 3seconds, Love Wars, and Stargazer.
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100 costume changes, zero breaths taken.
Direction
Camera work that knows exactly who's getting promoted.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Request Hour was peak AKB48 empire-building—this 2011 edition captured the group at maximum cultural saturation, months before the 'Flying Get' sales explosion.
Voting tickets came packaged with 'Beginner' singles, meaning fans literally bought hundreds of CDs to rig rankings—this was the era that broke Oricon tracking.
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