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Streaming to be included in the UK Official Chart: CONFIRMED
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/...g-plays-spotify The charts are essentially a measure of commercial success. The mechanism used to give an appropriate weighting to streaming is the key issue here. I have no figures, but my guess is that streaming still only contributes a very modest amount to the revenue received by rights holders. If, say, streaming contributes 3% to the revenue flow then 3% is the weighting it should get in the charts.
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Japanese singles and albums
In the short to medium term I think the best we can hope for is a separate weekly chaku uta full chart with real sales numbers. Oricon wanted to start publishing three weekly download charts as of 4th quarter 2006 (ringtones, chaku uta full and PC downloads). However this was blocked (I've never discovered the full details of why or by whom). But it seems that currently, at least one vested interest does not want the real download sales numbers in the public domain. For the moment we have monthly rankings from RIAJ for the three download formats combined, but with separate certifications for each format. For eample, last month's certifications for chaku uta full included: one million downloads Kobukuro - Tsubomi 500,000 downloads Ai Otsuka - Peach Mika Nakashima - Life Yuna Ito - Endless Story These certifications are, at the moment, the only verified numbers we are getting for download sales.
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The new technology Japan has embraced is the so called 'chaku uta full' format. Pop hits are being downloaded to mobile phones in huge numbers. Numerically, paid for downloads to mobile phone now outstrip both CD single sales and downloads to PC by a considerable margin.
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Japanese singles and albums
Japanese singles and albums for week ending 2008-03-10 Romanised Top 30's (without any sales figures) are available from Oricon: [singles | albums] ~Singles~ *1 -- 230,186 *,230,186 *1 NEWS 「太陽のナミダ」 *2 -- 120,562 *,120,562 *1 EXILE 「Pure/You're my sunshine」 *3 -- *81,730 *,*81,730 *1 YUI 「Namidairo」 *4 *2 *43,921 *,277,400 *6 青山テルマ feat.SoulJa 「そばにいるね」 *5 *4 *35,859 *,*70,653 *2 ジェロ 「海雪」 *6 -- *29,086 *,*29,086 *1 ℃-ute 「LALALA 幸せの歌」 *7 *5 *28,739 *,*56,559 *2 清水翔太 「HOME」 *8 -- *28,442 *,*28,442 *1 DREAMS COME TRUE 「またね featuring ルフィ,ゾロ,ナミ,ウソップ,サンジ,チョッパー,ロビン,フランキー,ヒルルク,くれは」 *9 *1 *24,115 *,348,338 *2 嵐 「Step and Go」 10 -- *22,112 *,*22,112 *1 AKB48 「桜の花びらたち2008」 11 -- *19,621 *,*19,621 *1 チャットモンチー 「ヒラヒラヒラク秘密ノ扉」 12 -- *18,689 *,*18,689 *1 東方神起 「If...!?/Rainy Night(JUNSU from 東方神起)」 13 -- *16,046 *,*16,046 *1 Superfly 「愛をこめて花束を」 14 *3 *13,640 *,*62,070 *2 宇多田ヒカル 「HEART STATION/Stay Gold」 15 11 *12,973 *,*66,899 *4 木山裕策 「home」 16 -- *12,445 *,*12,445 *1 加藤ミリヤ 「19 Memories」 17 19 **9,952 *,295,010 45 すぎもとまさと 「吾亦紅」 18 *7 **9,844 *,*86,512 *3 氷川きよし 「玄海船歌」 19 -- **9,360 *,**9,360 *1 三枝夕夏 IN db 「雪どけのあの川の流れのように」 20 -- **8,987 *,**8,987 *1 アンティック-珈琲店- 「Cherry咲く勇気!!」 21 18 **8,881 *,*24,498 *4 天童よしみ 「幸せはすぐそこに…」 22 10 **8,840 *,407,146 *4 KAT-TUN 「LIPS」 23 *8 **8,775 *,*55,793 *3 湘南乃風 「黄金魂」 24 *6 **8,388 *,*31,988 *2 平井堅 「キャンバス/君はス・テ・キ♡」 25 17 **5,910 *,*26,770 *3 melody. 「遥花 ~はるか~」 26 -- **5,721 *,**5,721 *1 喜多修平 「Breakin' through」 27 -- **5,652 *,**5,652 *1 RIKI 「紅のバックファイヤー」 28 *9 **5,280 *,*18,756 *2 BENNIE K 「モノクローム」 29 12 **5,247 *,*79,965 *3 ポルノグラフィティ 「あなたがここにいたら」 30 16 **4,788 *,132,442 24 SoulJa 「ここにいるよ feat.青山テルマ」 31 -- **4,689 *,**4,689 *1 上杉香緒里 「おけさ海峡」 32 15 **4,664 *,*53,837 *3 the GazettE 「紅蓮」 33 -- **4,625 *,**4,625 *1 ROLLYと絶望少女達 「マリオネット」 34 -- **4,011 *,**4,011 *1 不二周助&手塚国光 「ここで僕らは出会ってしまった」 35 27 **3,693 *,*33,231 *4 九州男 「1/6000000000 feat.C&K」 36 -- **3,654 *,**3,654 *1 清水博正 「雨恋々」 37 -- **3,605 *,**3,605 *1 SCREW 「RAGING BLOOD」 38 22 **3,432 *,*64,379 *4 大橋卓弥 「はじまりの歌」 39 -- **3,389 *,**3,389 *1 HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR 「フラッシュバック/木漏レビノ歌」 40 33 **3,244 *,**7,312 *2 神野美伽 「若狭の女」 41 13 **3,191 *,*13,999 *2 BoA 「be with you.」 42 -- **2,981 *,**2,981 *1 北島三郎 「忠治流れ旅/こぼれ紅」 43 30 **2,959 *,118,414 *6 ケツメイシ 「出会いのかけら」 44 -- **2,933 *,**2,933 *1 原田悠里 「恋ごころ」 45 -- **2,910 *,**2,910 *1 和田アキ子 「幸せのちから」 46 35 **2,894 *,*51,904 *4 水樹奈々 「STARCAMP EP(Astrogation/COSMIC LOVE/Dancing in the velvet moon/空時計)」 47 41 **2,880 1,200,012 73 秋川雅史 「千の風になって」 48 23 **2,828 *,*77,208 *4 ゆず 「ストーリー」 49 28 **2,758 *,*44,663 *4 the brilliant green 「Ash Like Snow」 50 -- **2,524 *,**2,524 *1 白河ななか(茅原実里) 「D.C.Ⅱ ~ダ・カーポⅡ~ キャラクターソング Vol.3 白河ななか(CRESCENDO)」 ~Albums~ *1 -- 110,653 *,110,653 *1 BoA 「THE FACE」 *2 *1 *42,405 *,134,331 *2 the brilliant green 「the brilliant green complete single collection '97-'08」 *3 -- *34,223 *,*34,223 *1 セリーヌ・ディオン 「コンプリート・ベスト」 *4 98 *25,815 *,*33,008 *5 サラ・ブライトマン 「神々のシンフォニー」 *5 *4 *25,410 *,148,935 *3 いきものがかり 「ライフアルバム」 *6 *5 *21,536 *,145,043 *3 m-flo 「Award SuperNova -Loves Best-」 *7 *2 *20,918 *,105,922 *2 Acid Black Cherry 「BLACK LIST」 *8 *3 *20,874 *,*69,969 *2 伊藤由奈 「WISH」 *9 -- *19,839 *,*19,839 *1 JANET(ジャネット・ジャクソン) 「ディシプリン」 10 *7 *19,146 *,*55,885 *3 マイケル・ジャクソン 「スリラー25周年記念リミテッド・エディション」 11 -- *17,724 *,*17,724 *1 10-FEET 「VANDALIZE」 12 -- *17,516 *,*17,516 *1 田村ゆかり 「十六夜の月、カナリアの恋。」 13 14 *13,939 *,*88,878 *5 V.A. 「ラブリィ! Cute & Sweet J-Ballads」 14 10 *13,335 *,*69,415 *3 平原綾香 「Jupiter ~平原綾香ベスト~」 15 13 *13,232 1,296,344 11 コブクロ 「5296」 16 -- *12,974 *,*12,974 *1 アイドリング!!! 「だいじなもの」 17 15 *12,251 *,318,237 13 V.A. 「アイのうた」 18 12 *11,497 *,572,834 *5 倖田來未 「Kingdom」 19 22 *11,483 *,791,465 45 V.A. 「R35 Sweet J-Ballads」 20 -- **9,837 *,**9,837 *1 セルジオ・メンデス 「モーニング・イン・リオ」 21 25 **9,798 *,833,106 29 徳永英明 「VOCALIST 3」 22 19 **9,513 *,*65,921 *5 レニー・クラヴィッツ 「ラヴ・レヴォリューション」 23 28 **9,193 *,742,722 115 徳永英明 「VOCALIST」 24 *9 **8,893 *,*34,179 *2 くるり 「Phihamonic or die」 25 20 **8,620 *,*63,089 *5 ジャック・ジョンソン 「スリープ・スルー・ザ・スタティック」 26 -- **8,366 *,**8,366 *1 Rickie-G 「am 08:59」 27 35 **8,311 *,651,354 70 徳永英明 「VOCALIST 2」 28 *6 **7,656 *,*42,240 *2 TOKIO 「sugar」 29 18 **7,627 *,*82,255 *4 DOUBLE 「10 YEARS BEST WE R&B」 30 -- **7,503 *,**7,503 *1 SOFFet 「NEW STANDARD」 31 26 **6,881 1,412,166 12 EXILE 「EXILE LOVE」 32 23 **6,766 *,*44,511 *4 シンプル・プラン 「シンプル・プラン 3」 33 30 **5,989 2,812,051 75 コブクロ 「ALL SINGLES BEST」 34 29 **5,857 *,*80,326 *7 綾小路きみまろ 「爆笑スーパーライブ第3集! 知らない人に笑われ続けて35年」 35 16 **5,627 *,*20,015 *2 SHAKALABBITS 「MUSHROOMCAT RECORD」 36 24 **5,615 *,*13,004 *2 twenty4-7 「Life」 37 -- **5,577 *,**5,577 *1 中森明菜 「歌姫伝説 ~90's BEST~」 38 32 **5,421 *,*61,204 23 エイミー・ワインハウス 「バック・トゥ・ブラック」 39 *8 **5,176 *,*30,686 *2 シド 「センチメンタルマキアート」 40 -- **5,114 *,**5,114 *1 ナイトメア 「極東シンフォニー ~the Five Stars Night~@BUDOKAN(完全予約限定盤)」 41 47 **5,087 *,**8,725 *2 V.A. 「シャイニー ガールズ・ヒット・スタイル」 42 -- **4,632 *,**4,632 *1 MEGARYU 「歌にして贈る言葉」 43 31 **4,615 *,208,810 *6 ZARD 「ZARD Request Best ~beautiful memory~」 44 27 **4,124 *,357,314 19 バックストリート・ボーイズ 「アンブレイカブル」 45 17 **4,076 *,*15,579 *2 高杉さと美 「garden」 46 36 **4,049 *,*27,556 *5 V.A. 「グラミー・ノミニーズ2008」 47 43 **4,019 *,**8,585 *2 トリスタン・プリティマン 「ハロー」 48 -- **3,942 *,**3,942 *1 東京佼成ウインドオーケストラ 「ブラバン!甲子園2」 49 45 **3,822 *,624,826 11 BUMP OF CHICKEN 「orbital period」 50 41 **3,731 *,*46,878 *4 BRAHMAN 「ANTINOMY」 Figures above are for physical CD sales only. 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Japanese Singles and Albums for week ending 2008-03-03 Romanised Top 30's (without any numbers) are available from Oricon: [singles | albums] ~Singles~ *1 -- 324,223 *,324,223 *1 嵐 「Step and Go」 *2 *4 *54,950 *,233,479 *5 青山テルマ feat.SoulJa 「そばにいるね」 *3 -- *48,430 *,*48,430 *1 宇多田ヒカル 「HEART STATION/Stay Gold」 *4 -- *34,794 *,*34,794 *1 ジェロ 「海雪」 *5 -- *27,820 *,*27,820 *1 清水翔太 「HOME」 *6 -- *23,600 *,*23,600 *1 平井堅 「キャンバス/君はス・テ・キ♡」 *7 *2 *16,621 *,*76,668 *2 氷川きよし 「玄海船歌」 *8 *6 *13,907 *,*47,018 *2 湘南乃風 「黄金魂」 *9 -- *13,476 *,*13,476 *1 BENNIE K 「モノクローム」 10 *5 *12,927 *,398,306 *3 KAT-TUN 「LIPS」 11 *7 *12,522 *,*53,926 *3 木山裕策 「home」 12 *1 *11,189 *,*74,718 *2 ポルノグラフィティ 「あなたがここにいたら」 13 -- *10,808 *,*10,808 *1 BoA 「be with you.」 14 -- **9,816 *,**9,816 *1 John-Hoon 「サクラTEARS」 15 *3 **7,657 *,*49,173 *2 the GazettE 「紅蓮」 16 27 **7,547 *,127,654 23 SoulJa 「ここにいるよ feat.青山テルマ」 17 10 **7,306 *,*20,860 *2 melody. 「遥花 ~はるか~」 18 32 **7,250 *,*15,617 *3 天童よしみ 「幸せはすぐそこに…」 19 14 **7,201 *,285,058 44 すぎもとまさと 「吾亦紅」 20 -- **7,046 *,**7,046 *1 THE ポッシボー 「ラヴメッセージ!」 21 -- **7,008 *,**7,008 *1 ACIDMAN 「式日」 22 11 **5,580 *,*60,947 *3 大橋卓弥 「はじまりの歌」 23 12 **5,369 *,*74,380 *3 ゆず 「ストーリー」 24 -- **5,282 *,**5,282 *1 RYTHEM 「首すじライン」 25 -- **5,142 *,**5,142 *1 FLOW 「ありがとう」 26 -- **4,993 *,**4,993 *1 LM.C 「JOHN」 27 18 **4,832 *,*29,538 *3 九州男 「1/6000000000 feat.C&K」 28 16 **4,293 *,*41,905 *3 the brilliant green 「Ash Like Snow」 29 -- **4,246 *,**4,246 *1 Skoop On Somebody 「Shining Days」 30 20 **4,225 *,115,455 *5 ケツメイシ 「出会いのかけら」 31 *9 **4,193 *,*20,403 *2 Every Little Thing 「サクラビト」 32 15 **4,100 *,*36,035 *3 木村カエラ 「Jasper」 33 -- **4,068 *,**4,068 *1 神野美伽 「若狭の女」 34 -- **3,759 *,**3,759 *1 キリンジ 「朝焼けは雨のきざし」 35 19 **3,736 *,*49,010 *3 水樹奈々 「STARCAMP EP(Astrogation/COSMIC LOVE/Dancing in the velvet moon/空時計)」 36 17 **3,628 *,*12,030 *2 電気グルーヴ 「モノノケダンス」 37 -- **3,294 *,**3,294 *1 伍代夏子 「京都二年坂」 38 *8 **3,102 *,*21,473 *2 東方神起 「Runaway/My Girlfriend(YUCHUN from 東方神起)」 39 -- **3,069 *,**3,069 *1 霜月はるか 「カザハネ」 40 24 **3,012 *,*13,104 *3 五木ひろし 「この愛に死んでも」 41 33 **2,627 1,197,132 72 秋川雅史 「千の風になって」 42 101 **2,489 *,*46,814 25 水田竜子 「紅花の宿」 43 -- **2,345 *,**2,345 *1 つじあやのとBEAT CRUSADERS 「ありえないくらい奇跡」 44 48 **2,331 *,*18,843 *6 服部浩子 「むらさき日記」 45 23 **2,306 *,110,430 *5 RADWIMPS 「オーダーメイド」 46 51 **2,290 *,*19,806 *9 中村美津子 「恋瀬川」 47 35 **2,243 *,*26,012 *4 いきものがかり 「花は桜 君は美し」 48 30 **2,148 *,*39,378 *4 中川翔子 「snow tears」 49 47 **2,007 *,*25,123 *9 市川由紀乃 「浮世草」 50 46 **1,965 *,**9,522 *3 角川博 「片瀬舟」 ~Albums~ *1 -- *91,926 *,*91,926 *1 the brilliant green 「the brilliant green complete single collection '97-'08」 *2 -- *85,004 *,*85,004 *1 Acid Black Cherry 「BLACK LIST」 *3 -- *49,095 *,*49,095 *1 伊藤由奈 「WISH」 *4 *2 *40,853 *,123,525 *2 いきものがかり 「ライフアルバム」 *5 *1 *37,580 *,123,507 *2 m-flo 「Award SuperNova -Loves Best-」 *6 -- *34,584 *,*34,584 *1 TOKIO 「sugar」 *7 39 *32,811 *,*36,739 *2 マイケル・ジャクソン 「スリラー25周年記念リミテッド・エディション」 *8 -- *25,510 *,*25,510 *1 シド 「センチメンタルマキアート」 *9 -- *25,286 *,*25,286 *1 くるり 「Phihamonic or die」 10 *4 *20,714 *,*56,080 *2 平原綾香 「Jupiter ~平原綾香ベスト~」 11 -- *18,413 *,*18,413 *1 Buono! 「Cafe Buono!」 12 *3 *16,932 *,561,337 *4 倖田來未 「Kingdom」 13 *5 *16,736 1,283,112 10 コブクロ 「5296」 14 *8 *16,073 *,*74,939 *4 V.A. 「ラブリィ! Cute & Sweet J-Ballads」 15 *7 *15,666 *,305,986 12 V.A. 「アイのうた」 16 -- *14,388 *,*14,388 *1 SHAKALABBITS 「MUSHROOMCAT RECORD」 17 -- *11,503 *,*11,503 *1 高杉さと美 「garden」 18 *6 *11,448 *,*74,628 *3 DOUBLE 「10 YEARS BEST WE R&B」 19 11 *11,340 *,*56,408 *4 レニー・クラヴィッツ 「ラヴ・レヴォリューション」 20 10 **9,767 *,*54,469 *4 ジャック・ジョンソン 「スリープ・スルー・ザ・スタティック」 21 -- **8,897 *,**8,897 *1 V.A. 「KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN! オープニング&エンディングテーマソングス -vsヴァリアー編までのアニメ主題歌をフルで聴け!-」 22 14 **8,409 *,779,982 44 V.A. 「R35 Sweet J-Ballads」 23 12 **8,179 *,*37,745 *3 シンプル・プラン 「シンプル・プラン 3」 24 -- **7,389 *,**7,389 *1 twenty4-7 「Life」 25 20 **7,343 *,823,308 28 徳永英明 「VOCALIST 3」 26 17 **7,301 1,405,285 11 EXILE 「EXILE LOVE」 27 21 **6,665 *,353,190 18 バックストリート・ボーイズ 「アンブレイカブル」 28 25 **6,387 *,733,529 114 徳永英明 「VOCALIST」 29 18 **6,354 *,*74,469 *6 綾小路きみまろ 「爆笑スーパーライブ第3集! 知らない人に笑われ続けて35年」 30 22 **6,307 2,806,062 74 コブクロ 「ALL SINGLES BEST」 31 13 **5,993 *,204,195 *5 ZARD 「ZARD Request Best ~beautiful memory~」 32 23 **5,980 *,*55,783 22 エイミー・ワインハウス 「バック・トゥ・ブラック」 33 -- **5,886 *,**5,886 *1 ことちゃん,ワンワン,うーたん 他 「NHKいないいないばあっ!~こんにちは!ったら ラッタンタン」 34 -- **5,818 *,**5,818 *1 JAMOSA 「CRY」 35 27 **5,717 *,643,043 69 徳永英明 「VOCALIST 2」 36 24 **5,117 *,*23,507 *4 V.A. 「グラミー・ノミニーズ2008」 37 15 **4,985 *,*40,143 *3 HOME MADE 家族 「~Heartful Best Songs~ “Thank You!!"」 38 19 **4,912 *,284,022 *6 Bank Band 「沿志奏逢2」 39 -- **4,858 *,**4,858 *1 デルタ・グッドレム 「デルタ」 40 -- **4,740 *,**4,740 *1 甲斐よしひろ 「TEN STORIES 2」 41 16 **4,729 *,*43,147 *3 BRAHMAN 「ANTINOMY」 42 -- **4,653 *,**4,653 *1 KOKIA 「The VOICE」 43 -- **4,566 *,**4,566 *1 トリスタン・プリティマン 「ハロー」 44 28 **4,019 *,*11,298 *2 PUSHIM 「PLATINUM PUSHIM」 45 31 **3,906 *,621,004 10 BUMP OF CHICKEN 「orbital period」 46 -- **3,822 *,**3,822 *1 ロイヤル・ハント 「コリジョン・コース~パラドックスⅡ」 47 -- **3,638 *,**3,638 *1 V.A. 「シャイニー ガールズ・ヒット・スタイル」 48 26 **3,596 *,*69,560 *4 CHEMISTRY 「Face to Face」 49 -- **3,559 *,**3,559 *1 Choro Club feat.Senoo,SONOROUS,牧野由依,広橋涼,新居昭乃「テレビ東京系アニメーション「ARIA The ORIGINATION」ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK tre」 50 32 **3,513 *,174,404 15 アリシア・キーズ 「アズ・アイ・アム」 Figures above are for physical CD sales only. Japanese downloads are ranked separately.
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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]
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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.
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RIAJ have just posted the monthly download chart for December 2007. http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/7943/avcd23503bve1.jpg 01 Ayumi Hamasaki - Together When ... 02 EXILE - I Believe 03 KOH+ - KISSして 04 Utada Hikaru - Stay Gold 05 Thelma Aoyama - Soba ni Irune 06 mihimaru GT - I should be so lucky 07 Kobukuro - Aoku Yasashiku 08 Masaharu Fukuyama - vs. ~chikaku to kairaku no rasen~ 09 EXILE - Lovers Again 10 Kobukuro - Tsubomi Ayu fans can take some comfort from the fact that one of the tracks from "Guilty" tops the list. Hikki and Thelma Aoyama both make the Top 5 with songs still awaiting physical release. EXILE and Kobukuro manage two Top 10 places each. There are two new gold certifications for downloads to PC: Kobukuro & Ayaka - "Winding Road" (physical release 2007-02-28)Kou Shibasaki - "Katachi Aru Mono" (physical release 2004-08-11) December downloads: 1 - 50 | 51 - 100 | certifications
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Looking at your avatar, I was reminded of how funny those drawings are. :) http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9350/hikki20070915185421yb1.th.jpg Yes, I'm looking forward to next week's releases. The first 'proper' release schedule we have had for a month. I'm expecting Tohoshinki at No.1 on the daily rankings on day one, but thereafter I'm inclined to think the top spot might be up for grabs. For the singles, NINKI have Ketsumeishi ahead of Koda Kuma and I'm inclined to think it will play out that way. But I rather like "Anytime" and would be quite happy to see it do well. I'm also curious to see how well the Thelma Aoyama single will do. The way she is being marketed implies Universal think she has a big future ahead. Other stuff on the release schedule I'm wanting to hear: Sachi Tainaka releases her 7th single "Visit of love" (with an album and DVD to follow in three weeks time). Debut single from Kalafina called "Oblivious" - this is apparently a new project from Yuki Kajiura. Rie fu has a new single "Home" released (with rumours of an English language album in the works). And Suara releases her 5th single "Wasurenaide" - I was 'blown away' (as they say) by her preformance at last summer's Animelo concert and have done some serious listening to her back catalogue since then. I'm still hurting over the announcement that Nanamusica have gone 'on hiatus'. Not been so upset about a pop group disappearing since W went down the tubes. But on the bright side, we have notice of new albums fron Mami Kawada (who is playing a concert in Taiwan today) and Eiko Shimamiya at the end of this quarter, so life isn't all bad. I'm hoping IVE Sound will have something special lined-up to celebrate their 10th aniversary this summer. And then there's that new album from Hikki ... ;)
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Oricon Chart
Early January is when Japanese singles sales hit their lowest point. With no 'major' artists releasing singles for the past three weeks, it has been left to pop group AAA and enka singer Masato Sugimoto to battle it out for the top spot. AAA carry the day by a quite narrow margin. Sugimoto's "Waremoko" was originally released in February 2007. It first entered the chart in April at the anchor position of 200, and then spent the next eight months slowly climbing the rankings, finally arriving in the Top 50 in October. But this slow-motion hit has nevertheless now booked 189k sales making it a major enka hit. That fact secured Sugimoto a place on NHK's end of year TV spectacular 'Kohaku Uta Gassen', which in turn has finally elevated the single to a Top 3 position. By contrast, album sales are currently very strong. The apparently unstoppable Kobukuro hold the No.1 position in the album chart for a fourth week. Sales of the "5296" album have reached 957k and will almost certainly pass the million mark this week. The major new release of the week "Eighth World" from MISIA lands at No.3, close on the heels of Ayumi Hamasaki's "Guilty" album, which passes the half-million sales after three weeks. EXILE drop to 4, but the cumulative total for "EXILE LOVE" (1.3 million after 5 weeks) continues to impress. And lest we forget, Kobukuro have a second album in the Top 10. Their greates hits album "All Singles Best" is at No.8 and, after 15 months on the chart, the cumulative figure now stands at 2,735,658 copies sold.
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Utada Hikaru
Hikki's official site now listing the release date for her as yet untitled 5th Japanese album as March 19th. http://www.emimusic.jp/hikki/news/news_j.php
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Oricon Downloads [September]
Congratulations to Ayaka for passing the million mark on the 着うた full. A nice way to celebrate the anniversary of the release. :) RSP's "Lifetime Respect -女編-" has not only sold in quantity but done it quickly too. Released in July, certified platinum in August and now double platinum in September. Nice to see EXILE doing well. Atsushi is a talented guy (where would the rest of them be without him?). Further down, BoA at 13 - not bad considering how modest the physical sales were. And SEAMO at 16 - people love his slower songs. I'm looking forward to the SEAMO / BoA collaboration which should be getting air time as of next week. Back to Ayaka - "Why" scores higher than "Clap & Love". I really didn't take to "Clap & Love", but "Why" has kept it's place on my playlist - I've grown to rather like it. Seems I'm not alone in prefering the 'b-side'. Much further down, at 69, Hitomi Shimatani finally makes her first appearance in the download chart with "Shinku". Well, it's a beginning. But really, revenue from her singles sales can barely cover her hairdressing bills these days ...
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Utada Hikaru
The RIAJ download chart for September is out. "Kiss & Cry" has a gold certification for downloads to PC. "Beautiful World" has the No.2 position for the month.
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Exodus' Top 50 Artists Of All Time
Ami at 47. :) She might have made up a little higher if I had a list. But maybe that would be based on sentiment rather than a rigorous evaluation of the music. I continue to hope for the best for Ami. Her voice is so much better now than in the early days with Sony and she continues to be a positive and engaging personality. I recently got hold of the Connetta DVD, the one with live performances from her 25th birthday party. Quiet accoustic versions of some of her recent songs that were really quite impressive. http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9553/ami25today10015677002xh4.th.jpg http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/3914/amisuzuki10026054915qr1.th.jpg http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6526/amisuzukianation062wk5.th.jpg http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2971/ami25today10015677049ve6.th.jpg http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/531/amisuzuki10026054913qi7.th.jpg
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