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Charts: Itano Tomomi, JUJU, Gantz
Posted on July 20, 2011 by tokyograph
AKB48’s Itano Tomomi scored her first #1 with her second solo single, “Fui ni.” It sold more than 90,000 copies, but that was far short of her first single “Dear J” that debuted at #2 in February with an initial 163,000 copies sold. Itano is now the second AKB48 member to top the charts as a solo artist, after Maeda Atsuko did so last month.
GACKT’s new single “Episode.0” entered the charts at #3, marking his 39th Top 10 single. Among male solo artists, he has now set a new record for “most Top 10 singles,” surpassing Tahara Toshihiko’s previous record of 38 set in 1992.
Itano Tomomi – Fui ni – 90,103
Kaoru to Yuki, Tama ni Mook – Maru Maru Mori Mori! – 66,549
GACKT – Episode.0 – 28,643
ViViD – BLUE – 18,391
Not yet – Naminori Kakigoori – 18,229
KARA – GO GO Summer! – 17,268
Takamiy – Ougon Ryuou – 16,699
BREAKERZ – LAST PRAY / Zettai! I LOVE YOU – 15,721
Kato Miliyah x Shimizu Shota – BELIEVE – 12,090
Miyano Mamoru – Orpheus – 8,999
In the album rankings, JUJU took #1 with her 4th original album, “YOU,” selling nearly 112,000 copies. Counting last year’s cover album “Request,” this is her second consecutive #1.
JUJU – YOU – 111,560
Arashi – Beautiful World – 67,748
Lady Gaga – Born This Way – 47,488
Shoujo Jidai – GIRLS' GENERATION – 19,210
Nishino Kana – Thank you, Love – 17,678
Negoto – ex Negoto – 15,216
Superfly – Mind Travel – 13,097
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas – NEXTREME – 12,126
DREAMS COME TRUE – THE SOUL FOR THE PEOPLE ~Higashi Nihon Daishinsai Shien Best Album~ – 9,328
Tokyo Jihen – Daihakken – 9,021
The live-action movie “GANTZ” ranked #1 overall in both DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, which has never been done before by a Japanese film. It sold 35,000 DVDs and 22,000 BDs. The sequel, “GANTZ: PERFECT ANSWER,” will be released on DVD and BD on October 14.
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Charts: NMB48, JUJU, Lady Gaga, AKB48
Posted on July 27, 2011 by tokyograph
AKB48’s Osaka-based sister group NMB48 released their debut single “Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo” last week, and it made it to the top of the weekly charts at 218,000 copies sold. This is a new record for first week sales by a female artist’s debut single (not including soloists or sub-units of an existing group), surpassing Sawajiri Erika’s “Taiyou no Uta” (150,000) in 2006.
NMB48 is only the second female group to reach #1 in the first week with a debut single, after idol group PASSPO? did so in May.
NMB48 – Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo – 218,441
Tohoshinki – Superstar – 158,870
Kaoru to Yuki, Tama ni Mook – Maru Maru Mori Mori! – 48,797
Yusuke – Zenbu Suki – 44,485
Ikimonogakari – Warattetainda / NEW WORLD MUSIC – 32,743
ONE OK ROCK – Re:make / NO SCARED – 28,771
ST?RISH – Maji LOVE 1000% – 18,910
Sakanaction – Bach no Senritsu wo Yoru ni Kiita Sei Desu – 14,871
KARA – GO GO Summer! – 14,185
GReeeeN – Sorashido – 12,914
JUJU topped the album rankings for the second week in a row with “YOU,” selling 71,000 copies.
Meanwhile, Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” reached 510,000 total copies sold in its 9th week, surpassing Shoujo Jidai’s “GIRLS' GENERATION” (502,000) for best-selling album by a foreign artist in 2011. She now has two consecutive original albums that have sold half a million each, making her the first foreign artist to achieve that since Avril Lavigne in 2007.
JUJU – YOU – 71,488
Lady Gaga – Born This Way – 30,720
TUBE – RE-CREATION – 25,859
Arashi – Beautiful World – 25,742
Shoujo Jidai – GIRLS' GENERATION – 21,093
Nishino Kana – Thank you, Love – 12,908
Che’Nelle – Love Songs – 10,170
Aoki Ryuji – Lien – 10,121
40mP feat. Hatsune Miku – Chiisana Jibun to Ookina Sekai – 9,286
Superfly – Mind Travel – 9,232
On the DVD charts, AKB48’s “AKB ga Ippai ~The Best Music Video~” ranked #3 and sold 10,000 more copies, putting its total sales to date at 324,000. Earlier this month, it became the best-selling music video DVD ever by a female artist, but now it also holds the record for best-selling music DVD (counting concert DVDs) by a female artist. The previous record was held by Koda Kumi’s 2005 release “secret ~FIRST CLASS LIMITED LIVE~” at 322,000 copies.
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B’z achieves 70th #1, total sales of 80 million
Posted on August 1, 2011 by tokyograph
Last week, rock duo B'z released their 18th original album “C'mon.” According to Oricon sales numbers released today, it sold 272,000 copies in its first week to become their 70th release to reach #1 on the charts (counting singles and albums). In addition, their total lifetime sales has surpassed 80 million, a first in Oricon history.
Since their debut in 1988, B’z has sold 35,255,000 copies of their singles and 44,791,000 copies of their albums, adding up to a current total of 80,046,000. So far, they have had 15 singles and 19 albums (including best albums) that have sold more than a million copies.
Mr.Children is currently in second place at 54,979,000 copies, while Hamasaki Ayumi is in third at 49,577,000 copies.
B’z also extended their record for “most #1 albums” to 25, widening the gap between them and Matsutoya Yumi (21 #1 albums). Added to their 45 #1 singles, they are the first artist in Oricon history to have 70 #1 releases, far more than Hamasaki Ayumi who is in second place with 54.
It is widely recognized that the late enka singer Michiya Mihashi reached 100 million copies of his works in 1983, but a significant portion of his career took place before Oricon started compiling sales charts in 1968.
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Charts: B’z, SKE48, KinKi Kids
Posted on August 3, 2011 by tokyograph
As announced earlier this week, rock duo B'z ranked #1 this week with their album “C'mon,” reaching a milestone of 70 total number-ones and more than 80 million albums and singles sold.
B'z – C'mon – 272,397
JUJU – YOU – 48,496
Momoiro Clover Z – Battle and Romance – 23,697
Lady Gaga – Born This Way – 22,152
Kariyushi58 – Kariyushi58 Best – 21,281
Makihara Noriyuki – Heart to Heart – 20,108
MISIA – SOUL QUEST – 19,894
Various Artists – Rurouni Kenshin Complete Collection – 19,202
Shoujo Jidai – GIRLS' GENERATION – 17,547
Arashi – Beautiful World – 13,251
In singles, AKB48’s sister group SKE48 achieved their second #1 with the single “Pareo wa Emerald,” their first release since moving to Avex. At nearly 379,000 copies sold, they now hold the record for the best first week sales by an AKB48-related artist, not including AKB48 themselves.
SKE48 – Pareo wa Emerald – 378,747
Amuro Namie – NAKED / Fight Together / Tempest – 60,254
Idoling!!! – Don't think. Feel!!! – 38,999
FTIsland – Let it go! – 33,418
Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook – Maru Maru Mori Mori! – 33,056
flumpool – Donna Mirai ni mo Ai wa Aru / Touch – 32,029
D?DATE – DAY BY DAY – 16,677
Sphere – LET ME DO!! – 15,231
NMB48 – Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo – 14,421
AK-69 – 69 (P.O.R.S.C.H.E. MUSIC) – 14,248
KinKi Kids also made sales chart headlines for their latest concert DVD, “KinKi Kids 2010-2011 ~Kimi mo Domoto FAMILY~.” It sold roughly 80,000 copies to take #1 in the rankings and to set a new record for most music DVDs to top the overall charts. They were previously tied with Utada Hikaru and Arashi at 8 DVDs.
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Charts: Kis-My-Ft2, Yamashita Tatsuro, ZARD
Posted on August 17, 2011 by tokyograph
The Johnny's group Kis-My-Ft2 finally released their first single after years as an undebuted group. “Everybody Go” took #1 in the rankings at nearly 316,000 copies sold. Excluding artists who debuted after being part of a debuted group, Kis-My-Ft2 is now #3 on Oricon’s all-time list of highest first-week sales for a debut single. They are surpassed only by fellow Johnny’s groups KAT-TUN (“Real Face,” 754,000) and Arashi (“A·RA·SHI,” 557,000).
Kis-My-Ft2 is the 12th male group in Oricon history to reach #1 with a debut single. They also have the honor of setting the record for first-week sales by a debut artist this year, beating out NMB48’s “Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo” (218,000).
Another single that set a record this week is the hit song “Maru Maru Mori Mori!” by 7-year-old child stars Ashida Mana and Suzuki Fuku. The song rose two spots to #5 and claimed its 12th consecutive week in the Top 10. Among singles that have included an artist under 10 years old, “Maru Maru Mori Mori!” now has the longest Top 10 streak, passing the 2007 song “Gake no Ue no Ponyo” that featured Ohashi Nozomi, who was 9 years old at the time.
Kis-My-Ft2 – Everybody Go – 315,781
DiVA – Cry – 56,053
Choshinsei – Kimi Dake wa Hanasanai – 35,518
765PRO ALLSTARS – READY!! – 26,446
Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook – Maru Maru Mori Mori! – 22,551
Choshinsei – Meki?Love – 21,113
Berryz Koubou – Aa, Yoru ga Akeru – 16,307
Lead – HURRICANE – 16,146
KAT-TUN – RUN FOR YOU – 14,469
Sata Andagi – Kimi ga Tsuji / Yume no Tobira – 13,502
Yamashita Tatsuro released his first original album in 6 years, titled “Ray of Hope.” With sales close to 105,000 copies, he topped the charts (singles or albums) for the first time in 8 years and 9 months. Counting only original albums, this is his first in 13 years. He is just the 4th artist to have a #1 album in 4 consecutive decades (from the ’80s to the ’10s), after Matsutoya Yumi, Tokunaga Hideaki, and Kuwata Keisuke.
Yamashita Tatsuro – Ray of Hope – 104,548
Kato Miliyah – M BEST – 61,923
BEAST – SO BEAST – 50,819
SCANDAL – BABY ACTION – 37,803
Various Artists – ZONE Tribute ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ – 27,288
Suga Shikao – Sugarless II – 20,569
B'z – C'mon – 19,095
JUJU – YOU – 16,555
Shoujo Jidai – GIRLS' GENERATION – 14,846
Lady Gaga – Born This Way – 14,802
In DVDs, “ZARD What a beautiful memory ~forever you~” sold 8,373 copies to capture #1 on the general charts. The DVD contains footage from the memorial concert on May 27 of this year, said to be the final one held in her honor. ZARD’s last chart-topping DVD was “ZARD Le Portfolio 1991-2006” in October 2006, about half a year before her death.
Since Oricon began publishing DVD sales rankings in 1994, this is just the second time that a deceased artist has topped the overall category (Michael Jackson was the first). In Oricon’s earlier video rankings, Ozaki Yutaka and hide also topped the charts after their deaths. |
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Charts: Kanjani8, SMAP, “Ashita no Joe”
Posted on August 24, 2011 by tokyograph
Johnny's artists took the top spots on the music sales charts this week, with Kanjani8 at #1 in singles and SMAP at #1 in albums. Kanjani8's latest single, “Tsubusani Koi,” sold almost 153,000 copies to become their 4th number-one for the year. It is also their 6th consecutive chart-topping single, and their 14th overall.
Kanjani8 – Tsubusani Koi – 152,859
Kuwata Keisuke – Ashita e no March / Let's try again ~kuwata keisuke ver.~ / Hadaka DE Ondo ~Matsuri da!! Naked~ – 91,690
SDN48 – MIN·MIN·MIN – 72,584
2PM – I'm your man – 69,383
Kis-My-Ft2 – Everybody Go – 56,238
Koda Kumi – 4 TIMES – 54,773
AFTERSCHOOL – Bang! – 23,760
Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook – Maru Maru Mori Mori! – 20,195
w-inds. – You & I – 18,988
RO-KYU-BU! – SHOOT! – 17,392
SMAP earned their #1 with the charity album “SMAP AID,” selling nearly 283,000 copies. The album is a limited-time release that will only be on sale until the end of December, and 200 yen from each sale is going towards the tsunami relief efforts. For SMAP, this is their 6th consecutive #1 album (12th overall), but this is the first time in more than 5 years that they have sold more than 250,000 copies in the initial week.
SMAP – SMAP AID – 282,905
Yamashita Tatsuro – Ray Of Hope – 36,060
Kato Miliyah – M BEST – 31,489
Cocco – The Best Ban – 22,917
HOTEI with FELLOWS – ALL TIME SUPER GUEST – 21,665
Che’Nelle – Love Songs – 14,780
Shoujo Jidai – GIRLS' GENERATION – 14,070
Lady Gaga – Born This Way – 12,058
B'z – C'mon – 11,748
Various Artists – ZONE Tribute ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ – 11,633
On the DVD charts, the premium edition of the “Ashita no Joe” live-action movie (starring NEWS member Yamashita Tomohisa) was #1 overall at around 11,000 copies sold, and the Blu-ray version was #2 on the Blu-ray charts at just over 7,000 copies sold.
Meanwhile the box set for the AKB48 television drama “Majisuka Gakuen 2” ranked #2. With 10,000 in sales, it far surpassed the first “Majisuka Gakuen” series, which sold only 3,000 copies in its first week and never ranked higher than #32.
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Charts: Fukuyama Masaharu, Hamasaki Ayumi, Sphere
Posted on September 7, 2011 by tokyograph
Fukuyama Masaharu’s 27th single “Kazoku ni Narou yo / fighting pose” ousted AKB48’s “Flying Get” from the #1 spot on the charts this week. The single sold more than 155,000 copies, and it pushed Fukuyama’s all-time sales to a new record for a male solo artist.
Fukuyama has had 25 singles and 14 albums that ranked on the Oricon charts, and those works have sold a combined 21.271 million copies (13.167 million singles, 8.103 million albums). The previous record for a male solo artist was held by Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi, who has sold 21.224 million copies so far.
Fukuyama now also has a total of 13 number-one singles, surpassing Tahara Toshihiko (12 number-ones) and putting him in 2nd among male solo artists behind Kondo Masahiko (16 number-ones). Among male and female singer-songwriters, he is now in 1st, ahead of Utada Hikaru (12 number-ones).
Fukuyama Masaharu – Kazoku ni Narou yo / fighting pose – 155,405
AKB48 – Flying Get – 98,939
SHINee – JULIETTE – 53,789
Tackey & Tsubasa – Journey Journey ~Bokura no Mirai~ – 35,705
AAA – CALL / I4U – 35,451
the GazettE – REMEMBER THE URGE – 32,636
Ichinose Tokiya – Uta no Prince-sama Maji LOVE 1000% Idol Song Ichinose Tokiya – 14,974
Kis-My-Ft2 – Everybody Go – 12,357
GARNET CROW – Misty Mystery – 11,889
Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook – Maru Maru Mori Mori! – 11,381
Hamasaki Ayumi reached #1 on the album charts for the 18th time with her mini-album “FIVE.”
Hamasaki Ayumi – FIVE – 127,024
Red Hot Chili Peppers – I’m With You – 73,941
UNICORN – Z II – 34,403
SMAP – SMAP AID – 24,236
YUKI – megaphonic – 18,038
CNBLUE – 392 – 14,654
Che’Nelle – Love Songs – 11,500
Yamashita Tatsuro – Ray Of Hope – 10,478
Shinsei Kamattechan – 8 Gatsu 32 Nichi e – 10,115
Kato Miliyah – M BEST – 9,515
Meanwhile, voice actress unit Sphere also had a big week, as their Blu-ray release “Sphere Live 2010 sphere ON LOVE, ON Nippon Budokan LIVE Blu-ray” sold 6,081 copies to rank #1 on the general Blu-ray charts. This surpasses their last Blu-ray release, which only reached as high as #3.
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“Himizu” and “KOTOKO” achieve firsts for Japan at Venice Film Festival
Posted on September 11, 2011 by tokyograph
Two Japanese films took home prizes at the 68th Venice Film Festival, which concluded on September 10th. Sometani Shota (19) and Nikaido Fumi (16), the co-stars of Sono Sion’s adaptation of the manga “Himizu,” both received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress, while Tsukamoto Shinya’s “KOTOKO” received the Orizzonti Award in the full-length film category.
This is the first time that a Japanese person has won the Marcello Mastroianni Award, which was established in 1998.
“KOTOKO,” starring singer Cocco in her first lead role, is also the first Japanese film to win the Orizzonti Award.
“Himizu” and “KOTOKO” are both scheduled to make their theatrical premieres in Japan next spring.
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Charts: J Soul Brothers, Hamasaki Ayumi
Posted on September 14, 2011 by tokyograph
Sandaime J Soul Brothers achieved their first #1 on the weekly sales charts with “FIGHTERS,” their 4th single. The song sold over 83,000 copies to beat the latest release from KinKi Kids member Domoto Tsuyoshi.
Sandaime J Soul Brothers – FIGHTERS – 83,048
Domoto Tsuyoshi – Niji no Uta – 76,124
AKB48 – Flying Get – 44,845
flumpool – Akashi – 34,167
Fukuyama Masaharu – Kazoku ni Narou yo / fighting pose – 33,361
°C-ute – Sekaiichi HAPPY na Onna no Ko – 16,638
NIGHTMARE – SLEEPER – 16,417
Alice Nine – Heart of Gold – 13,399
BRAHMAN – Hekireki – 10,061
Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook – Maru Maru Mori Mori! – 9,912
In albums, Hamasaki Ayumi kept the #1 spot from last week, selling 30,000 more copies of her mini-album “FIVE.” Her last album to spend two consecutive weeks at #1 was “(miss)understood” in 2006.
Hamasaki Ayumi – FIVE – 30,264
KREVA – GO – 28,132
Red Hot Chili Peppers – I’m With You – 23,021
Kusuo – Koi ga Best Desubai – 15,643
SMAP – SMAP AID – 14,162
Hanaregumi – Oasis – 13,779
Che’Nelle – Love Songs – 13,402
Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events
Kegawa no Maries – THE END – 11,159
Various Artists – THE IDOLM@STER ANIM@TION MASTER 02 – 9,102
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