Kiseki

I'm a bit swamped this week as I am up to my eyes in coursework, so I haven't done a write-up, but here are the top 20 Singles/Albums Singles *1位：25,333 AAA *2位：24,604 すぎもとまさと *3位：*8,383 秋川雅史 *4位：*7,777 遊吟 *5位：*7,295 RAG FAIR *6位：*6,008 『らき☆すた』 *7位：*5,946 コブクロ『蕾』 *8位：*5,146 SMAP *9位：*5,062 『仮面ライダー電王』 10位：*4,053 KAT-TUN 11位：*3,961 おしりかじり虫 12位：*3,808 西方裕之 13位：*3,782 V6 14位：*3,675 NEWS 15位：*3,618 水森かおり 16位：*3,451 Mr.Children 17位：*3,389 Hey!Say!JUMP 18位：*3,330 川中美幸 19位：*3,059 KOH+ 20位：*3,038 笹川京子 vs 三浦ハル *1位：111,643 コブクロ *2位：*72,027 浜崎あゆみ *3位：*70,916 MISIA *4位：*61,276 EXILE *5位：*28,143 DREAMS COME TRUE *6位：*26,246 徳永英明『VOCALIST 3』 *7位：*23,699 『アイのうた』 *8位：*21,787 コブクロ『ALL SINGLES BEST』 *9位：*20,593 徳永英明『VOCALIST』 10位：*19,204 徳永英明『VOCALIST 2』 11位：*19,033 BUMP OF CHICKEN 12位：*15,713 『R35 Sweet J-Ballads』 13位：*15,603 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS 14位：*13,976 小田和正『自己ベスト-2』 15位：*13,944 のだめカンタービレ 16位：*13,784 Radiohead 17位：*11,154 Sweet Box 18位：*10,434 倉木麻衣 19位：**6,681 EXILE『EXILE EVOLUTION』 20位：**5,915 『What's Up? Hip-Hop/R&B -Anniversary-』

Damn, the industry is screwed up lately...すごいい *.*

In what way do anti-whaling activists have any right to go aboard any ship, whether the Japanese ship was in Australian waters or not? O.o

That's actually the chart for non-Japanese acts D:

that's awful o: Sony BMG really are an awful label - what a disgusting way to treat one of your most established and long serving artists.

Artists usually create PVs for album tracks to help promote the album - for 'GUILTY' Ayu made extra videos for 'Marionette' & '[Don't] Leave Me Alone' :D

and it was #1 on the independant chart, so it wasn't really THAT much of a flop. When is Brooke coming to the UK omg! O:

No, 'GUILTY' is the new album. Her last single was 'Talkin' 2 Myself' which was released a few months ago 6N5MzYX41os

Eugh, what ever happened to the Janet that was able to make hard hitting social commentaries and yet still pull off amazing songs. None of this 'Asian Persuasion' $h!t

It's amazing how high the album sales were yet single sales were so low

In Japan, up to a million it goes in 250Ks for platinum, however, after that every other million = platinum. For example, the biggest selling album [utada Hikaru - First Love] sold 10 million copies. 1 million = 4x platinum, then the other 9 million equal a platinum shipment each.

Sure, all subjects require time and effort, but there are more traditional subjects which are obviously more respectable, more reliable on fact and less of opinion. Some are just bits and pieces of ''real'' subjects e.g business and accountancy = economics. Mabye it's just me, but i'd rate subjects like maths/science/languages are more suitable

I thinkit's disgusting the way people who work in call centers are treated. No wonder they feel like $h!t, even people on here admit to giving them abuse. As if that's going to help you |= In the end they're just doing their job, they don't deserve what they get, Indian or not.

Albums http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3475/kbkwp8.jpg *1　454,601　*,845,485　Kobukuro - 5296 *2　432,113　*,432,113　Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY *3　314,711　1,236,780　EXILE - EXILE LOVE *4　158,337　*,539,783　BUMP OF CHICKEN - orbital period *5　155,684　*,676,737　DREAMS COME TRUE - AND I LOVE YOU *6　*99,505　*,730,027　Hideaki Tokunaga - VOCALIST 3 *7　*80,888　*,177,626　V.A. - Ai no Uta *8　*71,558　2,713,871　Kobukuro - ALL SINGLES BEST *9　*71,301　*,656,723　Hideaki Tokunaga - VOCALIST 10　*70,095　*,453,275　Kazumasa Oda - Jiko Best 2 Singles http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/9030/oricons4uj7.jpg *1　47,336　*,157,663　SMAP - Dangan Fighter *2　38,662　*,164,450　Masato Sugimoto - Ware mata kurenai *3　26,548　1,163,818　Masafumi Akikawa - Sen no Kaze ni Natte *4　24,689　*,*90,526　Kamen Rider Den-O - Climax Jump DEN-LINER form *5　22,729　*,*22,729　Lucky Star Re-Mix002 ~ Lucky Star no Kiwami, Ahh $h!teyanyo~ *6　17,542　*,444,522　KAT-TUN - Keep the faith *7　14,495　*,333,734　Hey!Say!JUMP - Ultra Music Power *8　14,108　*,123,077　V6 - way of life *9　13,571　*,136,748　KOH+ - KISS $h!te 10　12,765　*,*76,899　ZARD - Glorious Mind By far one of the most interesting chart weeks for quite some time, the new year has brought in some very unexpected surprises. Without a doubt most the majority of this lies at the top position of the albums chart, where, for the first time in her illustrious 10 year career, Ayumi Hamasaki, the 'Empress' of JPop, failed to reach the #1 spot with an origial album. Instead folk rock group kobukuro hold their second week at #1 with new album '5296.' Their previous album 'ALL SINGLES BEST' released in 2006 is still on the charts, and will most probably sell 3 million copies by the end of 2008, having sold 72K since the start of 2008 alone. AYumi's 'GUILTY' still manages to sell 432,000 copies. Fans argue that if it was the one week only chart she would have been #1. However, this would have also meant sales of just 202K. Regardless, 432K is her lowest ever first week opening. Perhaps it's the end of year specials effects, but many singles and albums are enjoying huge sales. EXILE has already outsold the #1 of 2007, DREAMS COME TRUE are having a great comeback [the new album outsold their last in its first week] and the vocalist albums are making another comeback in the chart. Further down former superstar Kuraki Mai opens at #14 with her new album, although a few weeks ago those sales would have gotten her top 3 [to put things in perspective] Single sales are pretty low. SMAP the ledgendary JE group gain yet another #1, though the most interesting act is at #3, Masafumi Akikawa. His song 'Sen no Kaze ni Natte' was the #1 single of 2007, despite being released years ago. His recent performances of the song seem to have once again, surged the popularity. Will this song ever die? The singles chart is quiet lately, as the majority of the top 10 are songs released weeks ago, such as Hey!Say!Jump, and ZARD

Her whole career is based on selling out, I don't see how this is any different. The only difference is instead of follwing a trend which has been on the underground she's clinging to the tried and tested timbaland formula

Brooke :wub: I've been a fan since 2005, looking forward to this! :D

Not necesserily though. She could always market herself as a Tori Amos style artist so she can remain with her rock sound but still be quirky. It has to be remembered sales aren't anything. I'd rather her album sell 100 copies and be as good as DELL than it sell 10 million and be like LS. Of course, diversity is good, just not selling out ~

I don't like the sound of that at all to be honest :lol: It's the type of music that's a big hit for her, but I really don't think it adds to her credibility, pluss rock Shakira always pwns :P

Albums; ZARD: Request Best ~What A Beautiful Memory~ [2CD/DVD w/ 2007 calender]

Song is $h!t ||= I like the video though, really weird aha.

Albums: DREAMS COME TRUE: ...And I Love You [CD/DVD w/ Special Packaging] - I bought for a friend to give to me since she doesn't understand how to order things online :lol: and the rest of these are gifts; Clubland 14 Leona Lewis: Spirit Fron Male Voice Choir: Encore

Well I Like him :heart: I'll buy it, and I didn't even watch a single episode of the series :lol:

Goto Maki: Paint It Gold [First Press w/ Slip Case + Poster]

Sir Paul McCartney has said he left EMI, his record label of 45 years, as it had become "boring" and he had "dreaded going to see" its executives. (BuzzJack.com) - The former member of The Beatles said that the company's handling of his music had become "symbolic of the treadmill". He recently signed a contract with Starbucks' label 'Hear Music' which has other artists such as Joni Mitchell. "Everybody at EMI had become part of the furniture. I'd be a couch; Coldplay are an armchair," Sir Paul said. "Robbie Williams, I dread to think what he was." "I could guess what they were going to say. 'Love your record, Paul.' And I'd say, 'Well what should we do with it?' "Then they'd go: 'Well, we think you ought to go to Cologne,' which is what they always say," the star explained. "You go somewhere, speak to a million journalists for one day and you get all the same questions. So I started saying, 'God, we've got to do something else.'" Sir Paul insts that although he wanted to release his music quick, this was prevented by his label who claims told him that they needed six months to properly promote his work. Sir Paul released Memory Almost Full, his first album through Hear Music, in June. The album sold more copies in the US in its first week than any of his other studio albums. Earlier this week, it was announced that the veteran performer would be recieving the 2008 Brit Award for outstanding contribution to music.

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee [bEST] All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey Fairytale Of New York - Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon & Yoko Bing Crosby - White Christmas Do They Know Its Christmas? - Band Aid/2/20 Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin Stevens I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard Last Christmas - Wham! Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses Some of those songs are random, Sugababes & Britney, but no Boney M..wth? :lol: