These are the Top 10's for singles and albums that Oricon will publish tomorrow, for week ending 2007-09-17.

 

~Singles~

 

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01　 192,196　 Arashi - Happyness　 (192,196)

02　 *51,637　 Utada Hikaru - Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry　 (145,155)

03　 *18,584　 EXILE - Toki no Kakera / 24karats -type EX- 　 (113,883)

04　 *17,440　 Keisuke Kuwata - Kaze no Uta wo Kikasete　 (147,785)

05　 *16,372　 ayaka - CLAP & LOVE / Why　 (16,372)

06　 *16,057　 L'Arc~en~Ciel - My Heart Draws A Dream　 (128,664)

07　 *14,917　 Yuuto Sakurai & Denebu - Action-Zero　 (14,917)

08　 *14,734　 Aya Hirano - Lucky Star Character song Vol.001 Konata Izumi　 (14,734)

09　 *14,234　 Emiri Kato - Lucky Star Character song Vol.002 Kagami Hiiragi　 (14,234)

10　 *13,898　 Mika Nakashima - Life　 (96,440)

 

~Albums~

 

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01　 114,009　 Ketsumeishi - Ketsunopolice 5　 (546,850)

02　 106,409　 Dragon Ash - The Best Of Dragon Ash with Changes vol.2　 (106,409)

03　 *96,194　 Dragon Ash - The Best Of Dragon Ash with Changes vol.1　 (96,194)

04　 *91,168　 BOOWY - THIS BOOWY DRAMATIC　 (91,168)

05　 *90,285　 BOOWY - THIS BOOWY DRASTIC　 (90,285)

06　 *77,061　 KREVA - Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu　 (77,061)

07　 *49,206　 Hideaki Tokunaga - Vocalist 3　 (329,033)

08　 *46,608　 Yoshii Kazuya - Hummingbird in Forest of Space　 (46,608)

09　 *40,206　 Ken Yokoyama - Third Time's A Charm　 (40,206)

10　 *23,218　 Kome Kome Club - komedia.jp　 (23,218)

 

Boy band Arashi take top honours in the singles chart. First week sales of 192,196 for their 20th single "Happyness" gives them their 16th No.1 hit. Ketsumeishi retain the top spot in the albums chart for a second week and in so doing, sail effortlessly past the half-million mark after two weeks on the chart. Hip-hop outfit Dragon Ash and old-time rockers BOOWY jump on the current bandwagon for 'best of' compilations and in so doing occupy the No.2 to 5 positions.

 

New Releases - Singles

 

KinKi Kids - eien ni

Koda Kumi - ai no uta

Ken Harai - fake star

 

New Releases - Albums

 

V6 - Voyager

The Cro-magnons - Cave Party

Leah Dizon - Destiny Live

The Birthday - Teardrop

Anri - Tears of Anri

 

 

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.

 

Love #1, although I don't think it'll sell as high as LSS, but will hopefully have some longevity along the lines of it. Hikki did 55% of her fw and outsold the competition from last week, how awesome! and what low sales for Ayaka, although the DVD edition is released this week, which may help. glad to see Nakashima Mika hanging in there. Single sales bar #1 and #2 seem incredibly low, but I presume that's the hurricaine effect. Do you know where PUFFY 'Oriental Diamond' ended up?

 

I'm glad i'm not the only one that likes BOOWY :lol: seems the vocalist albums took a tumble this week. Not much interests me in the albums apart from those I just mentioned.

 

Future Releases

 

I hope KinKi Kids beat Kuu, considering 'Ai No Uta' defines bland. I don't like Ken Hirai's song either. I'm assuming Leah Dizon will get a top 10 placing with 'Destiny Line' although I don't want it to. Why she chose to start a singing career in japan when she knew hardly any Japanese in the beginning bewilders me, but I guess it's catchy enough.

Do you know where PUFFY 'Oriental Diamond' ended up?

Sorry to disappoint, but it looks like it's missed the Top 50.

 

Hikki did 55% of her fw and outsold the competition from last week, how awesome!

Yes, the Utada tortoise often wins the race in the end. ;)

 

I'm not really a rock fan and BOOWY are pretty much nostalgia now - but I do have a sneaking respect for Tomoyasu Hotei who is a 'cool dude'. There is a chance Namie will have made the half-million this week. She was 2,769 short last week - waiting for the number.

 

I think Kuu may have a battle on her hands to stop Ken Harai taking No.2. I'm wondering if the gossip about her romance with Masahiro Nakai will impact sales?

 

Poor PUFFY :( I don't hold big hopes for their next album in terms of sales.

 

Seems Ken isn't top 4 of the daily, surprising :o Kuu doesn't seem to have done amazingly on first days, probably sell the same as BUT. Do you think Hikki can outsell Freaky to get the second biggest female single of the year?

 

499,717 **2,486 PLAY / 安室奈美恵 07/06/27

 

I guess there's always next week.. :lol: