March 13, 201213 yr I think Japan are in the top 5 biggest markets. (I'm sure I've read somewhere they're above the UK actually - I THINK I remember reading it was 01. USA, 02. Japan, 03. Germany and 04. UK) Could be wrong on all of this (probably am wrong) but I am sure I remember reading something like that. It's fantastic news for her, either way!
March 13, 201213 yr International chart? Is that the Japan Hot 100, because on Wiki it says #18 at the moment, and they're normally quick to update. Only 2 British artists and 1 other international artist have ever got #1 there (Leona, Mika, Lady Gaga), so if Pixie is #1 there that'd be the 4th. But if it's just an international chart, good achievement, not AS great though. I can't find anything else about it online. :unsure: Japan are a huge music market though, definitely in the top 5, and it's notoriously hard for international artists to break, so that's excellent.
March 13, 201213 yr I remember reading sales from Japan's chart and they were way above the Uk's Sales! Anyway who would have thought All About Tonight would crack Japan, gives hope for it hitting America now! She's not even performed in Japan yet! Lets hope the album goes top 10 though!
March 13, 201213 yr OCC definately said that the UK is the second biggest music market in the world at the moment, and if you look at some of the sales i.e Adele - 4million copies sold here, Take That - 2.8million copies sold in the UK, Michael Buble - 2million+, Leona - 3 million copies sold, Susan Boyle etc they would look to be right. Only America can rival sales like that Edited March 13, 201213 yr by jay727
March 13, 201213 yr @pixiesongs (her official Twitter) tweeted it, I think they mean the Oricon chart, which does have a site but all in Japanese (which is probably why it can't easily be found by googling. Anyway, 1 on the official chart doesn't necssacarily mean a high overall position, as their market is dominated by Japanese acts, and the odd Korean act, mostly.
March 13, 201213 yr What is this..? *Oricon mode on* All About Tonight has no way broke through Japan. iTunes Japan comprises of literally nothing in Japan. Also Japan is the second largest music market in the world. 1 normal album in Japan price=around £35-£45 1 normal album in UK price=around £10 Not to mention the PHYSICAL single sales there are ENORMOUS. This just show why western artists want to come to Japan and break through the market. 1 normal edition single in Japan=£15-20. Unless you are the likes of Lady Gaga or Avril Lavigne, you haven't made it in Japan yet. If you're not cute or not extravagant they won't like you. Simple as. Or if you're not an idol group. All About Tonight hasn't even charted in the Oricon singles chart ever since I began tracking the chart. Has it even been released in the physical format? It hasn't charted on Recochoku Chaku-Uta or Recochoku Chaku-Uta Full or even digitally at the RIAJ chart yet. ----------- People underestimate the Japanese market. -_-
March 13, 201213 yr Oricon, has Pixie not charted on the International Chart at all? I remember I Wanna Go topped that but got to like #75 or something ridiculous so I don't find it too difficult to believe All About Tonight could get to #1 on there and not reach the proper chart. And yes, the markets go like: 1. USA 2. Japan 3. Germany 4. UK 5. France
March 13, 201213 yr Oricon, has Pixie not charted on the International Chart at all? I remember I Wanna Go topped that but got to like #75 or something ridiculous so I don't find it too difficult to believe All About Tonight could get to #1 on there and not reach the proper chart. And yes, the markets go like: 1. USA 2. Japan 3. Germany 4. UK 5. France I Wanna Go hasn't topped Billboard Japan Hot 100, the only songs to do that were Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love, Mika's Blame It On Me and Lady Gaga's Born This Way. Billboard Japan Hot 100 also doesn't even count digital sales making the entire chart format ridiculous. Digitally Japan I read somewhere has the largest digital market in the world. Even Ringtone sales have gone passed 2,000,000 downloads and they're expensive as hell as well. All About Tonight wasn't released in the physical format so it could not have charted in Oricon Singles Ranking at all. Not to mention it's extremely hard to get into it. Lady Gaga's Born This Way physically only just about managed to go Top 10 and that was because she was in Japan promoting further on the line to stabilize the sales. That's because western single physical CD lacks one thing, PICTURES/BOOKLETS/LEAFLETS/POSTCARDS/TRADING CARDS. They have 0 goods in them so people aren't inclined to buy the single for nothing. As example would be Japan's current top girl group, AKB48 which usually releases 4 editions combined with a fifth theatre edition. They attached to them handshake events, meet and greet and concert tickets at their local theatre which they would perform regularly every week which attracts many male fans to buy the single just to enter the lottery to win one of them prizes. Western artists who release singles there lack this thus underperform in the single chart. I still can't understand how Pixie got #18 with All About Tonight. 0 Physical Single Release, downloads uncounted. That means she charted due to airplay?
March 13, 201213 yr @jay727 Here is evidence in WHY Japan is the second biggest music market and only just behind US. Germany and the UK are far well behind. http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj181/NSS7/b780x450.jpg ALSO... 2011 Yearly Top 20 PHYSICAL SINGLES chart 1 Physical Single CD = £12-20 *1 1,585,988 ***,734 Everyday、カチューシャ / AKB48 11/05/25 *2 1,585,709 **1,466 フライングゲット / AKB48 11/08/24 *3 1,414,167 **5,111 風は吹いている / AKB48 11/10/26 *4 1,079,460 ***,*** 桜の木になろう / AKB48 11/02/16 *5 *,625,935 ***,*** Lotus / 嵐 11/02/23 *6 *,608,806 **6,324 迷宮ラブソング / 嵐 11/11/02 *7 *,493,927 **4,600 マル・マル・モリ・モリ！ / 薫と友樹、たまにムック。 11/05/25 *8 *,464,212 **1,596 パレオはエメラルド / SKE48 11/07/27 *9 *,441,070 ***,573 Everybody Go / Kis-My-Ft2 11/08/10 10 *,427,334 **5,968 オキドキ / SKE48 11/11/09 11 *,312,666 ***,*** Let's try again / チーム・アミューズ！！ 11/05/25 12 *,308,622 **1,389 オーマイガー！ / NMB48 11/10/19 13 *,303,504 **1,656 Rising Sun/いつかきっと･･･ / EXILE/EXILE ATSUSHI 11/09/14 14 *,297,781 ***,*** OVER / Hey! Say! JUMP / 11/06/29 15 *,285,051 ***,*** Why？(Keep Your Head Down) / 東方神起 11/01/26 16 *,274,973 ***,*** バンザイVenus / SKE48 11/03/09 17 *,263,187 ***,418 絶滅黒髪少女 / NMB48 11/07/20 18 *,257,932 ***,*** T.W.L/イエローパンジーストリート / 関ジャニ∞ 11/04/20 19 *,253,692 ***,553 Magic Power / Hey! Say! JUMP / 11/09/21 20 *,253,309 **2,035 家族になろうよ/fighting pose / 福山雅治 11/08/31 2011 Yearly Top 20 PHYSICAL ALBUMS chart 1 Physical Album CD = £30-45 (with some special editions reaching up to £100) *1 *,903,336 *31,815 Beautiful World / 嵐 11/07/06 *2 *,826,676 **2,442 ここにいたこと / AKB48 11/06/08 *3 *,741,426 **1,636 願いの塔 / EXILE 11/03/09 *4 *,655,220 **3,272 BORN THIS WAY / Lady Gaga 11/05/23 *5 *,637,955 **3,132 GIRLS' GENERATION / 少女時代 11/06/01 *6 *,483,801 ***,503 Checkmate！ / 安室奈美恵 11/04/27 *7 *,414,725 ***,*** MUSICMAN / 桑田佳祐 11/02/23 *8 *,413,134 ***,801 SMAP AID / SMAP 11/08/17 *9 *,395,220 **2,267 いきものばかり～メンバーズBESTセレクション～ / いきものがかり 10/11/03 累計1,301,976 10 *,382,360 ***,968 C'mon / B'z 11/07/27 11 *,373,195 ***,475 まとめⅠ / aiko 11/02/23 12 *,371,278 *96,072 スーパーガール / KARA 11/11/23 13 *,367,706 ***,665 Goodbye Lullaby / Avril Lavigne 11/03/02 14 *,345,978 ***,658 Mind Travel / Superfly 11/06/15 15 *,344,481 **1,051 Thank you, Love / 西野カナ 11/06/22 16 *,341,830 ***,394 まとめⅡ / aiko 11/02/23 17 *,340,365 ***,*** COSMONAUT / BUMP OF CHICKEN 10/12/15 18 *,325,895 **1,460 YOU / JUJU 11/07/13 19 *,304,129 ***,560 M BEST / 加藤ミリヤ 11/08/03 20 *,291,455 **1,756 TONE / 東方神起 11/09/28 --------- Comparison now: --SINGLES-- In the UK the best selling single of 2011 was Adele's Someone Like You with 1,242,000 roundabouts. In Japan the best selling single of 2011 was AKB48's Everyday, Katyusha with 1,585,988 roundabouts. 1 download in the UK = £0.99 thus gathering £1,229,580 1 single cd in the Japan = £12 (cheapest price) this gathering £19,031,856 --THIS EXCLUDES DIGITAL DOWNLOADS OF RESPECTIVE SONGS/SINGLES IN JAPAN OF THE SAME NAME. --ALBUMS-- In the UK the best selling album was Adele's 21 with 3,772,346 roundabouts. In Japan the best selling album was Arashi's Beautiful World with 903,336 roundabouts. 1 album in the UK = £10 (roughly for new ones) thus gathering £37,723,460 1 album in Japan = £30 (cheapest price for new ones) thus gathering £27,100,080 roundabouts. --On average, the UK's album sales #1 yearly were not this high and Adele was an exception. The #2 sold somewhere around in 1-2 million boundary --2011 was the only year since Japan had below 1 million albums sold since heck knows. --In comparison, Adele's 21 in Japan sold below 70,000 in the year 2011. -Let's not count DVDs and Blu-Rays of MUSIC CONCERTS, Arashi DVDs sell around 500,000 and they are priced at around £50 each. The UK is a different story when it comes to music conert dvds, it's practically non existent. ---------------------------------------------- Oh geez I sound like Bre now with all this chart stuff :drama: Edited March 13, 201213 yr by Oricon
March 13, 201213 yr It was Pixie's Japanise Label that tweeted her, All About Tonight will only continue to rise!
March 13, 201213 yr Oricon, has Pixie not charted on the International Chart at all? I remember I Wanna Go topped that but got to like #75 or something ridiculous so I don't find it too difficult to believe All About Tonight could get to #1 on there and not reach the proper chart. And yes, the markets go like: 1. USA 2. Japan 3. Germany 4. UK 5. France She defo got to #18 on the Japan Billboard 100, Congrats to her!
March 13, 201213 yr It was Pixie's Japanise Label that tweeted her, All About Tonight will only continue to rise! It's not even on the charts at the moment, how is it rising Lee.. Did we REALLY need all that Japanese charts crap? Yes, I only provided statistics to say people are wrong :D She defo got to #18 on the Japan Billboard 100, Congrats to her! That's true, but that chart means nothing though so interpret it as you wish :lol:
March 13, 201213 yr It's not even on the charts at the moment, how is it rising Lee.. Yes, I only provided statistics to say people are wrong :D That's true, but that chart means nothing though so interpret it as you wish :lol: I said " it will only continue to rise" ? Well the higher it goes on the charts will eventually lead to more sales! Hoping she promotes soon. It's encouraging though at the end of the day, and has done better than The Wanted etc in Japan...
March 13, 201213 yr I said " it will only continue to rise" ? Well the higher it goes on the charts will eventually lead to more sales! Hoping she promotes soon. It's encouraging though at the end of the day, and has done better than The Wanted etc in Japan... I can get you but The Wanted hasn't even got an official release yet in Japan, whereas Pixie has All About Tonight sent to the radios clearly (that's the only way I could find in why it charted in the Billboard J-Hot 100). There is also no sales to be picked up from going higher as the chart doesn't calculate digital sales and All About Tonight hasn't got a physical single release there. I'm not trying to hate on Pixie, I'm just trying to explain something.
March 13, 201213 yr I can get you but The Wanted hasn't even got an official release yet in Japan, whereas Pixie has All About Tonight sent to the radios clearly (that's the only way I could find in why it charted in the Billboard J-Hot 100). There is also no sales to be picked up from going higher as the chart doesn't calculate digital sales and All About Tonight hasn't got a physical single release there. I'm not trying to hate on Pixie, I'm just trying to explain something. But the fact that it's getting good airplay will more or less mean that it will get a physical single release.
March 13, 201213 yr Not always, plus a physical single release from a Western artist doesn't do justice there. It practically won't sell over 10k :| Plus if Pixie wants to break into Japan, she needs to actually promote there for a long period of time, have a ton of billboards and have things attached to her album and single release (if she's ever going to do that). It doesn't matter if the song is a hit on airplay or digitally, to get physical sales is purely 90% fanbase so she'll need a hardcore fanbase there to start off with. Edited March 13, 201213 yr by Oricon
March 14, 201213 yr It's not even on the charts at the moment, how is it rising Lee.. Yes, I only provided statistics to say people are wrong :D That's true, but that chart means nothing though so interpret it as you wish :lol: And made yourself look stuck up in the process. There wasn't really any need for all those stats, you could simply have said the info givne was wrong.
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