Posted January 22, 200817 yr Albums http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6499/a2wi0.jpg *1 175,727 *,175,727 Bank Band - Soushi Souai 2 *2 108,631 1,065,759 Kobukuro - 5296 *3 101,022 *,101,022 UVERworld - PROGLUTION *4 *39,248 1,337,304 EXILE - EXILE LOVE *5 *29,172 *,*29,172 Tamio Okuda - Fantastic OT9 *6 *27,868 *,*98,784 MISIA - EIGHTH WORLD *7 *24,715 *,528,855 Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY *8 *20,450 *,221,775 V.A. - Ai no Uta *9 *19,541 *,*19,541 Kamen Rider DEN-O COMPLETE CD-BOX 10 *19,388 *,578,204 BUMP OF CHICKEN - orbital period Albums http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9439/s2ki7.jpg *1 40,033 *40,033 Tohoshinki - Purple Line *2 39,491 *39,491 Acid Black Cherry - Fuyu no Maboroshi *3 34,550 *34,550 Perfume - Baby cruising Love / Macaroni *4 28,434 *28,434 WaT - Yume no Tochuu / TOKIMEKI☆Doo Bee Doo *5 27,543 216,597 Masato Sugimoto - Waremokou *6 21,957 *21,957 GReeeeN - BE FREE / Namidazora *7 13,550 *13,550 BEAT CRUSADERS - Winterlong *8 11,778 *11,778 Yuna Ito x Celine Dion - Anata ga Iru Kagiri ~A WORLD TO BELIEVE IN~ *9 *8,975 **8,975 Natsumi Abe & Maimi Yajima (ºC-ute) - 16sai No Koi Nante 10 *7,468 **7,468 miyavi - Hi no Hikari Sae Todokanai Kono Basho de Bank Band lead the way in the album chart this week, finally pushing the unstoppable Kobukuro to #2. The album, which includes help from Salyu and JUDY & MARY comfortablly outsold it's competition. However, Kobukuro can take pride in the fact that their album passed the million sales point. It took until June last year for this to happen. UVERworld reach 100K in their first week, much to the relief of their fans. However, MISIA and Ayumi experience sharp drops. At the bottom of the top 10, BoC hold on with their latest studio release, although many expected it to have sold much more by now. The real talk of the week however is in the singles chart. Although sales are less than stellar, it marks Korean boyband Tohoshinki's first ever oricon #1, despite only being #1 for one day on the daily chart. This makes them the first Korean band to score #1 on the chart. However, they are not the first act to. That honour goes to BoA, who topped the chart in 2005 with 'DO THE MOTION.'' Nevertheless, it is still a great [and at the very least surprising] hit. Fans hope this is a good sign for the third album ''T'' this week. Acid Black Cherry have to settle for a very close runners up position. Perfume once again surprise us all with yet another hit single. It makes you wonder where the popularity surge has come from. Popular duo WaT achieve #4 after being up and down the chart all week. GReeeN, who had a huge digital/radio hit last year with 'Ai Uta' continue a popuar streak. A surprisingly low debut for Ito Yuna and Celine Dion, which doesn't bode well for Yuna's sophmore album. Finally, after the H!P infused #9 is JRock band Miyavi, with awfully low sales.
January 23, 200817 yr http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6967/odakazumasary2.th.jpg One little item of chart history that deserves a mention, Oda Kazumasa sold a further 4217 copies of his "Jiko Best" album last week, putting it at No.28 in this weeks chart. That completes 300 consecutive weeks on the album chart. Cumulative sales now at 2,447,648. There are 16 new entries in today's daily Top 20 singles rankings. :) A fun week ahead.
January 24, 200817 yr Author Oh wow, that's pretty awesome! One thing the Japanese chart lacks a lot of is real longevity, not many artists are able to have it. This week isn't there something like 36 new entries in the top 50? :lol: But at least ZARD got the daily #1, hopefully it doesn't go the same way as Soffio di Vento did in the summer and end up #2 at the end of the week. T sold the first day what most of their singles sell in the first day, hopefully it won't experience the same drop. It's a really good album, but i'll wait a while until I buy it, in a few months it'l probably be in the Spring/Summer sales, and since I want the 2CD/2DVD, I'm willing to wait and not pay £35 :P And Arctic Jim, none of her singles have sold really well, which doesn't really bode well for the album, considering there was a lot of hype around her debut. The covers leaked today as well. To say the least, they're a little bit.. err... :lol:
January 26, 200817 yr Rie fu - "Who is Rie fu?" It's confirmed. Rie fu releases her first English language album on March 3rd. Amazon are now listing the release. Born in Tokyo, Rie spent part of her childhood in the US and, more recently, three years in London studying for a fine arts degree. During that time she played a lot of small dates around London (pubs and clubs). She has had 3 albums and 10 singles released in Japan. In December, Japanese music site Barks reported that an English language album would get a European release this spring. Since then I've been waiting for confirmation from a UK retail site, which Amazon have now provided. The release is on a tiny indie lable who probably lack the means to do any real promotion, but hey, I'm excited about this. :) http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/8563/riefutobirase6.th.jpg http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9618/riefudiscomj9.th.jpg [web site] | blog] Edited January 26, 200817 yr by Quaoar
January 27, 200817 yr Author Oh wow that's pretty cool! I always like to try and support Japanese acts that release music in Europe/US, like Yaida Hitomi and Utada. Her 'Tobira' album is really nice, so i hope it's in the same vein as this :D
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