These are the Top 10's for singles and albums that Oricon will publish tomorrow, for week ending 2007-09-10.

 

~Singles~

 

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01　 112,607　 L'Arc~en~Ciel - My Heart Draws A Dream　 (112,607)

02　 *95,299　 EXILE - Toki no Kakera / 24karats -type EX-　 (95,299)

03　 *93,518　 Utada Hikaru - Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry 　 (93,518)

04　 *37,033　 Keisuke Kuwata - Kaze no Uta wo Kikasete　 (130,345)

05　 *26,110　 Mika Nakashima - Life　 (82,542)

06　 *16,685　 Park Yong Ha - Eien　 (16,685)

07　 *15,525　 aiko - Hoshi no Nai Sekai / Yokogao　 (91,930)

08　 *14,734　 Nami Tamaki - Brightdown　 (14,734)

09　 *14,548　 Kazumasa Oda - Kokoro　 (88,774)

10　 *14,423　 Masafumi Akikawa - Sen no Kaze ni Natte　 (1,060,994)

 

One of Japan's premiere rock groups takes the No.1 position in this weeks singles chart. Since their debut in 1991, L'Arc~en~Ciel have been a major force within the Japanese music industry. "My Heart Draws A Dream" is their 35th single and gives them their second No.1 hit of 2007.

 

~Albums~

 

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01　 432,841　 Ketsumeishi - Ketsunopolice 5　 (432,841)

02　 140,302　 Porno Graffitti - Porno Graffitti　 (140,302)

03　 *83,290　 Hideaki Tokunaga - Vocalist 3　 (279,827)

04　 *31,889　 Sukima Switch - Greatest Hits　 (560,297)

05　 *21,820　 Various Artists - Climax -Dramatic Songs-　 (40,724)

06　 *17,508　 Yanawaraba - Uta Gusui　 (17,508)

07　 *16,330　 Various Artists - R35 Sweet J-Ballads　 (428,262)

08　 *15,050　 Hideaki Tokunaga - Vocalist　 (414,793)

09　 *14,452　 Hideaki Tokunaga - Vocalist 2　 (348,980)

10　 *13,154　 MONKEY MAJIK - Sora wa Marude　 (236,445)

 

The holiday period is over, the kids are back at school and suddenly album sales have re-bounded. Ketsumeshi book first week sales of 432,841 to take the No.1 spot with their 5th album "Ketsunopolice 5". With all three of Hideaki Tokunaga's "Vocalist" albums now in the Top 10, Oricon has seen fit to point out that the total sales for the three albums combined has passed the million mark. Okinawan girl duo Yanawaraba make their first Top 10 appearance in any chart. None of their eight singles have graced the Top 20 but several of them have nevertheless attracted considerable attention and this has finally paid off with the release of their first full length album "Uta Gusui".

 

 

New Releases - Singles

 

Arashi - Happyness

ayaka - CLAP & LOVE / Why

Chatmonchy - Daidai

 

New Releases - Albums

 

KREVA - Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu

Yoshii Kazuya - Hummingbird in Forest of Space

Dragon Ash - The Best Of Dragon Ash with Changes vol.1

Dragon Ash - The Best Of Dragon Ash with Changes vol.2

 

Oricon:

Singles | daily rankings | weekly top 30

Albums | daily rankings | weekly top 30

 

Daily rankings are updated at noon (european time), new weekly charts are plubished each Wednesday.

Thx as usual.

 

Poor Hikki, great result for Ketsumeishi on albums.

Gutted for Hikki, so close to #2 also. I reckon she'll outsell them both in the long run though, especially with the evangelion tie-in. It managed #1 at the box office with a limited screening. Let us hope Otaku's go and buy :lol: Do you know where Aya Matsuura ended up?

 

 

Come on Arashi!! :w00t: I reckon Ayaka at #2 & Hikki at #3. Hope PUFFY can go top 20 with ''Oriental Diamond''

 

Wow at the Vocalist albums, The '3' attention must have brough more popularity to 1 & 2, considering they've been in the top 20 for a few weeks. Not much interests me album wise atm :( but there is some pretty big releases coming up soon, which should be good.

Do you know where Aya Matsuura ended up?

At No.16 with sales of 9,397.

 

Once again, ayaka has debuted at No.4. It looks as if Arashi may have outsold her nearly 20:1 for the first day. Maybe this isn't really such bad news for ayaka. Could it be that people have decided she is an 'albums' artist? If so they are simple waiting for these singles to be bundled on the next album - which will then go straight to the top.

 

Sometimes people attach too much significance to chart positions. We had an interesting chart battle between three big selling singles last week. This week it already looks as if Hikki's second week sales might see her climb to No.2, since this week's story is Arashi - and no-one else.

 

Yes, the albums are mostly low profile releases. I would be interested to hear the FreeTEMPO album, but don't expect it to shift many copies.

Edited September 5, 200717 yr by Quaoar

I was thinking that about Ayaka, her recent songs are nice, but I wouldn't say 'hit' material. Her debut has done amazingly though, so im sure her sophmore will do just as good.

 

I'm surprised Hikki has gone up :o I think this really will be a consistent seller, and imo her future releases will be this way. So happy for arashi as well, I've really gotten into them since HYD2 :lol: