Posted July 2, 200816 yr SO I'm going to start this again now I have some time D: Albums http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/4903/oricona1cl4.jpg *1 377,070 377,070 GReeeeN - A, Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu. *2 315,373 315,373 ayaka - Sing to the Sky *3 261,510 261,510 Ketsumeishi - Ketsunoporisu6 *4 153,212 714,069 B’z - B’z The Best “ULTRA Pleasure” *5 *42,043 *42,043 Jero - COVERS *6 *41,369 124,543 Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends *7 *32,682 181,155 BUMP OF CHICKEN - present from you *8 *24,832 *24,832 DJ KAORI - DJ KAORI’S RAGGA MIX *9 *24,587 108,090 Offspring - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace 10 *21,009 176,860 MINMI - MINMI BEST 2002-2008 Singles http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/999/oricons1pc7.jpg *1 313,976 313,976 Arashi - One Love *2 211,783 211,783 Shuchishin - Nakanaide *3 *61,232 *61,232 Porno Graffitti - Itai Tachiichi *4 *46,637 *46,637 Yuzu - Yesterday and Tomorrow *5 *34,501 *34,501 Ranka Lee (Megumi Nakajima) - Seikan Hikou *6 *23,990 *23,990 DREAMS COME TRUE - MERRY-LIFE-GOES-ROUND / TRUE,BABY TRUE. *7 *22,961 368,916 GReeeeN - Kiseki *8 *21,978 *21,978 chatmonchy - Kaze Fukeba Koi *9 *14,354 406,629 Shuchishin - Shuchishin 10 *12,870 *12,870 misono - Ninin Sankyaku IMO, it's been one of the most exciting chart weeks in a long time. This is especially evident in the album chart. Leading the pack is hip hop/pop/rock group GReeeeN, with their sophmore offering "A, Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu" which is riding on the success of their huge #1 "Kiseki." This isn't their first taste of success however. Last year they had one of the biggest radio hits of the year with "Ai Uta" and their debut album also has now sold in excess of 500K. The #2 spot goes to the female branded as the "Artist of the Future" - Ayaka. With her "First Message" era she had debut success not seen since the breakthrough of Utada Hikaru in 1998/99. Despite her sophmore only reaching the #2 spot, it's actually only sold about 35K less than her debut "First Message" achieved in the first week. Ketsumeishi is a surprise at a surprisingly low #3, being a huge act who many predicted would get the #1 like so many times before with their "Ketsunopolisu" series. Unfortunately however this was not to be, and they have to settle for 3rd place. B'z continue selling strong with their newest best, which is to be superceded by a collection in September of songs chosen by the fans, entitled "ULTRA TREASURE." Jero also makes a promising debut after the success of his first single, with a mini-abum of enka covers. In the singles, Arashi add yet another #1 to their ever growing belt of success, this time the songs is tied in to the "Hana Yori Dango Movie." At #2 however, we once again see the comedic boyband Shuchishin, who gave Ayumi Hamasaki a close scare earlier in the year with their debut single [which re-appears in the top 10 this week at #9.] The question is, how long will it be before they run out of steam? Their next single is set to go head to head with the behemoth that is Mr. Children, so only time will tell if they can take them on. DREAMS COME TRUE score another top 10 hit, which follows onto the surprising success of their last album "AND I LOVE YOU" although I would have hoped for higher single sales. Though like Utada, thy are very reliant on their tie-ins, and the tie in for this strong was not strong. GReeeeN are still going strong at #7 with their highest selling single yet, nd at #10 we see younger sister of Koda Kumi, misono take on the top 10, which is one of her first tastes of success in a long time. her sister is just one pace below her with "MOON" which originally reaced #2 just 4 weeks previously.
July 2, 200816 yr Author Oh yeah, before I forget, here are the top 100 singles/albums :D SINGLES **1 313,976 嵐 **2 211,783 羞恥心 **3 *61,232 ポルノグラフィティ **4 *46,637 ゆず **5 *34,501 ランカ・リー=中島愛 **6 *23,990 DREAMS COME TRUE **7 *22,961 GReeeeN **8 *21,978 チャットモンチー **9 *14,354 羞恥心 *10 *12,870 misono *11 *12,748 倖田來未 *12 *12,621 童子-T *13 *12,496 TUBE *14 *12,255 テゴマス *15 **8,301 UVERworld *16 **8,229 DOES *17 **7,696 可憐Girl's *18 **7,472 Aqua Timez *19 **7,435 キマグレン *20 **7,164 HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR *21 **6,498 MONKEY MAJIK *22 **6,183 GLORY HILL *23 **5,832 彩冷える-ayabie- *24 **5,798 鼠先輩 *25 **5,640 T.M.Revolution *26 **5,568 リア・ディゾン *27 **5,208 GLAY *28 **5,101 鏡五郎 *29 **4,626 秋元順子 *30 **4,402 ジェロ *31 **4,383 永井裕子 *32 **4,181 松田聖子 *33 **4,165 島谷ひとみ×相田みつを *34 **4,047 PureBOYS *35 **3,989 BAND for"SANKA" *36 **3,965 宇多田ヒカル *37 **3,932 天童よしみ *38 **3,917 Dragon Ash *39 **3,776 いとうかなこ *40 **3,681 RYO the SKYWALKER *41 **3,600 Hey!Say!JUMP *42 **3,513 TETRA-FANG *43 **3,021 清水翔太 *44 **2,995 Revo&梶浦由記 *45 **2,944 ORANGE RANGE *46 **2,849 真木ことみ *47 **2,692 谷村奈南 *48 **2,673 K *49 **2,492 絢香 *50 **2,354 LM.C *51 **2,336 堺正章 *52 **2,207 タッキー&翼 *53 **2,186 土屋アンナ feat.AI *54 **2,165 トータス松本 *55 **2,057 KAT-TUN *56 **2,038 SEAMO *57 **2,022 Micro *58 **2,014 GOLLBETTY *59 **2,003 camino *60 **1,991 milk rings *61 **1,955 竹内まりや *62 **1,936 米米CLUB *63 **1,876 ファンタズム(榊原ゆい) *64 **1,868 水森かおり *65 **1,793 高杉さと美 *66 **1,704 Lil'b *67 **1,668 大石昌良 *68 **1,657 安室奈美恵 *69 **1,631 SHIPS *70 **1,620 岩本公水 *71 **1,612 Hi-Fi CAMP *72 **1,604 シェリル・ノーム sttaring May'n *73 **1,582 大橋卓弥 *74 **1,519 V6 *75 **1,506 彩乃かなみ *76 **1,486 すぎもとまさと *77 **1,453 青山テルマ feat.SoulJa *78 **1,421 SunSet Swish *79 **1,415 柴咲コウ *80 **1,383 BoA *81 **1,359 大川栄策 *82 **1,347 JYONGRI *83 **1,328 DOPING PANDA *84 **1,262 バスタ・ライムス・フィーチャリング・リンキン・パーク *85 **1,240 清水博正 *86 **1,235 佐藤ひろ美 *87 **1,230 NEWS *88 **1,225 岡本玲 *89 **1,219 Dolly *90 **1,209 中村雅俊 *91 **1,201 坂本真綾 *92 **1,187 キャラメル *93 **1,181 ザ・チルドレン starring 平野綾&白石涼子&戸松遥 *94 **1,174 藤本美貴 *95 **1,169 COLOR *96 **1,132 杉良太郎 *97 **1,127 北川裕二 *98 **1,120 Mran *99 **1,062 BEGIN 100 **1,055 小島あやめ×山本淳一 ALBUMS **1 377,070 GReeeeN **2 315,373 絢香 **3 261,510 ケツメイシ **4 153,212 B'z **5 *42,043 ジェロ **6 *41,369 コールドプレイ **7 *32,682 BUMP OF CHICKEN **8 *24,832 『DJ KAORI'S RAGGA MIX』 **9 *24,587 オフスプリング *10 *21,009 MINMI *11 *19,765 氷室京介 *12 *19,104 Chara *13 *18,759 the pillows *14 *15,819 林原めぐみ *15 *14,026 MISIA *16 *13,926 Superfly *17 *12,707 ジューダス・プリースト *18 *11,911 デスティニーズ・チャイルド *19 *11,115 菅野こう子 *20 *10,645 鈴木雅之 *21 *10,496 マドンナ *22 *10,194 松たか子 *23 **9,784 DJ PMX *24 **9,429 宇多田ヒカル *25 **9,236 『PIANO COLLECTIONS FINAL FANTASY XI』 *26 **8,707 DOUBLE *27 **7,402 LOVE PSYCHEDELICO *28 **7,334 アッシャー *29 **7,117 フォックスボロ・ホットタブス *30 **6,836 松本人志，高須光聖 *31 **6,817 エリオット・ヤミン *32 **6,637 EXILE *33 **6,560 モトリー・クルー *34 **6,547 GReeeeN『あっ、ども。はじめまして。』 *35 **6,512 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION *36 **6,336 カール・ウルフ *37 **6,161 Perfume *38 **6,149 ザ・フラテリス *39 **6,056 MEG *40 **5,853 ウィーザー *41 **5,819 シガー・ロス *42 **5,769 ヘイリー *43 **5,698 LAST ALLIANCE *44 **5,454 詩音 *45 **5,415 霜月はるか *46 **5,399 卍LINE *47 **4,889 ザ・ミュージック *48 **4,873 N★E★R★D *49 **4,655 kiyo *50 **4,550 ザ・ティン・ティンズ *51 **4,508 『R35 Sweet J-Ballads』 *52 **4,390 『遥かなる時空の中で3 紅の月 ヴォーカル・コレクション』 *53 **4,290 絢香『First Message』 *54 **4,266 如月千早，水瀬伊織 *55 **4,252 『First Kiss-15 Special Love Songs』 *56 **4,177 マライア・キャリー *57 **4,108 KAT-TUN *58 **4,045 mihimaru GT *59 **3,917 レディオヘッド *60 **3,757 BEAT CRUSADERS *61 **3,719 吉野裕行，神谷浩史 *62 **3,698 SEAMO *63 **3,652 山下康介 *64 **3,551 柴田淳 *65 **3,540 ザ・サブウェイズ *66 **3,529 『遥かなる時空の中で 4～大地の書～』 *67 **3,506 『姫トラ・ベスト』 *68 **3,460 レオナ・ルイス *69 **3,451 青山テルマ *70 **3,340 上原ひろみ～HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM *71 **3,308 『遥かなる時空の中で4～天空の書～』 *72 **3,108 ニュートン・フォークナー *73 **3,102 ジェイソン・ムラーズ *74 **3,097 PINKLOOP *75 **3,022 サザンオールスターズ『海のYeah!!』 *76 **2,985 グループ魂 *77 **2,855 ET-KING *78 **2,769 GRAPEVINE *79 **2,758 ハーレム・スキャーレム *80 **2,712 アシャンティ *81 **2,698 HY *82 **2,617 コブクロ『ALL SINGLES BEST』 *83 **2,579 locofrank *84 **2,570 『アイのうた』 *85 **2,562 ヴァネッサ・ハジェンズ *86 **2,519 小林香織 *87 **2,505 INO hidefumi *88 **2,454 RUDEBWOY FACE *89 **2,389 キャラメル *90 **2,384 土岐麻子 *91 **2,373 柴咲コウ『Single Best』 *92 **2,243 ファイアーウインド *93 **2,212 佐藤利奈，井上麻里奈，茅原実里 *94 **2,206 神尾真由子 *95 **2,201 リアーナ *96 **2,160 DJ和 *97 **2,141 サディ *98 **2,133 『DANCEHALL LOVERS JAPAN』 *99 **2,107 LGYankees&GIPPER 100 **2,080 DEEN Much thanks to Xaoj at jpopmusic.com Edited July 2, 200816 yr by Kiseki
July 2, 200816 yr The new Fresh Billboard Japanese Airplay Chart Top 20 7/7/08: TW/LW/WOC 01 01 05 Viva La Vida - Coldplay (UK) 02 02 05 Great DJ - Ting Tings (UK) 03 13 04 Kaze Fukeba Koi - Chatmonchy 04 44 02 Naki Natsu - mihimaru GT with SOFFet 05 15 04 Merry-Life-Go-Round - Dreams Come True 06 26 04 One Love - Arashi 07 10 10 American Boy - Estelle featuring Kanye West (UK) 08 11 05 Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner (UK) 09 51 02 Itai Tachiichi - Porno Graffiti 10 29 02 Mother Mary - Foxboro Hot Tubs 11 04 10 Kiseki - GReeeeN 12 06 05 Kizuna - Hi-Fi Camp 13 23 04 Yesterday & Tommorow - Yuzu 14 49 08 Africa - Karl Wolf 15 41 05 Aitakute - Monkey Magik 16 32 12 Life - Kimaguren 17 16 04 Voice Mail - Youngshim 18 NE 01 Love The World - Perfume 19 03 03 Aiaigasa - Tegomasu 20 61 02 Play & Pray - K #1 in each major city: Tokyo: Kaze Fukeba Koi - Chatmonchy Osaka: Great DJ - Ting Tings Nagoya: Viva La Vida - Coldplay Sapporo: Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner Fukuoka: Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner
July 3, 200816 yr wow i never knew the Japanese market was THAT big! thanks for posting. i read somewhere that "radio ia a dead format in Japan".is there any truth in this?
July 3, 200816 yr Author The Japanese music market is the second largest in the world behind the US :D Yeah, radio kinda is irrelevant nowadays. I mean there are still big radio songs, like "Ai Uta" last year, but most radio stations just play very few Japanese songs and lots of American songs..and really not many people listen to it [which is why the ~billboard~ chart looks so different to the real chart.] When you can download full songs to your mobile via chaku-uta and other things there isn't a need for radio. Hope that helps :P Edited July 3, 200816 yr by Kiseki
July 3, 200816 yr New fresh GReeeen, Utada, & Blake sales information: GReeeen Sales of Kiseki: 1.95 million full song ringtones 2.1 million downloads in total 450,000 physical sales Total sales of Kiseki: 2.55 million copies. :o :o The album A Domo has also shipped 700,000 copies. Blake's Love Song has also sold 3 million downloads in Japan. Utada Hikaru: According to a new press release: Heart Station has shipped 1.16 million copies worldwide, (1.12 million shipped in Japan & 400,000 copies shipped overseas). It passes the shipment of Ultra Blue which shipped 1.15 million copies worldwide (1.1 million in Japan & 500,000 copies overseas). All of the tracks from Heart Station have now sold a combined 20 million copies in digital sales. :o HEART STATION (album): 1,160,000 ぼくはくま（シングル）：230,000 My eyes (single): 230,000 Flavor Of Life（シングル）：800,000 Flavor Of Life (single): 800,000 Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry（シングル）：380,000 Beautiful World / Kiss & Cry (single): 380000 HEART STATION / Stay Gold（シングル）：200,000 HEART STATION / Stay Gold (single): 200000 Prisoner Of Love（シングル）：150,000 Prisoner Of Love (single): 150,000 ぼくはくま（デジタル）：870,000 I BEAR (digital): 870,000 Flavor Of Life（デジタル）：8,180,000 Flavor Of Life (digital): 8,180,000 Beautiful World（デジタル）：1,760,000 Beautiful World (digital): 1,760,000 Kiss & Cry（デジタル）：1,130,000 Kiss & Cry (digital): 1,130,000 Stay Gold（デジタル）：1,050,000 Stay Gold (digital): 1,050,000 HEART STATION（デジタル）：910,000 HEART STATION (digital): 910,000 Prisoner Of Love（デジタル）：2,900,000 Prisoner Of Love (digital): 2,900,000 Fight the Blues（デジタル）：130,000 Fight the Blues (digital): 130,000 Gentle Beast Interlude（デジタル）：20,000 Gentle Beast Interlude (digital): 20,000 Celebrate（デジタル）：65,000 Celebrate (digital): 65,000 テイク５（デジタル）：40,000 Take 5 (digital): 40,000 虹色バス（デジタル）：40,000 Rainbow-colored bus (digital): 40,000 合計：20,015,000 Total: 20,015,000 ※フィジカルCD販売数は出荷数がベースとなっており、国内・海外の枚数を含む※デジタル販売数は着うた®、着うたフル®、着信ムービー、RBT、ビデオクリップ、PC配信を含む ※ physical CD sales are based on the number of shipments and the number of domestic and overseas sales, including the number of digital ※着うた®, full-song ringtone ®, the incoming movie, RBT, video clips, PC delivery Including
July 3, 200816 yr Author No worries, I don't think people realise just how big the industry there is, like i've said before it's second only to the US :D the week before B'z opened with around 570K, and the hghest of the year was just under 700K by EXILE. Good to hear GReeeeN's new album has shipped so much! :o it's such a success for them, as is Hikki's new album, she totally understands the digital market
July 6, 200816 yr Author #2. It was a B-side on the "MOON" single. In its initial week of sales it sold 88,309K, and so far has sold 120,308K :D Price ¥1,890 (tax in) (CD+DVD) ¥1,260 (tax in) (CD only) CD Tracklist 1. Moon Crying 2. That Ain't Cool feat. Fergie 3. Once Again 4. Lady Go! 5. Moon Crying (Piano Version) (first press bonus track) 6. Moon Crying (Instrumental) 7. That Ain't Cool (Instrumental) feat. Fergie 8. Once Again (Instrumental) 9. Lady Go! (Instrumental) DVD Tracklist 1. Moon Crying (PV) 2. That Ain't Cool feat. Fergie (PV) 3. Moon Crying (Making) 4. That Ain't Cool feat. Fergie (Making) 5. Moon Crying (from Live Tour 2008~Kingdom~ 2008.05.15 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium)
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