Oricon Roundup 8/5: F is for FICTION…

G is for GIFT

ORICON ROUNDUP: Two high selling artists dominate the charts this week with Amuro Namie’s BEST FICTION topping the Album chart while Mr.Children’s GIFT is the no.1 single.

Amuro Namie’s achievement is stellar this week and the Queen of Hip-Pop continues to climb the road to glory in Japan. While most other artists are sliding down, Amuro is forever improving in popularity and sales. BEST FICTION, Amuro’s 3rd Best-of Album sets the record for the best first week sales of any album this year with over 681K copies sold (and you thought EXILE’s 400K last week was impressive). EXILE is continuing to sell, ranking 2nd with 80K sales, while GReeeeN and Kimaguren’s albums stick to the top five along with the Koi no Uta compilation which refuses to die.

The singles' chart this week also has 2 big sellers with Mr.Children and Aladdin scoring sales over 150K. GIFT, Mr.Children’s 32nd single took a hefty 194K and top spot on the charts while Aladdin sold 151K. Coincidently, Satoda Mai almost sold more albums with this one single than she had in her entire stint in County Musume (not quite but VERY close). The Studio Ghibli theme Gake no Ue no Ponyo continues to sell in its 7th week, posting its best sales yet of 40K.

C-ute’s Edo no Temari Uta II is at no.5 with sales just under 28K, slightly lower than their previous singles’ but with sales events in the 2nd week, it will reach the 30K mark with ease and may surpass the past few.

Last week’s no.1 Hey! Say! JUMP is at no.8 this week with 19K, while my pick for Single of the Week is at no.10, Kalafina’s sprinter / ARIA selling just under 14K (I personally think it deserved better but they aren’t too well known, I guess).

CHARTS:

Singles:


01: GIFT Mr.Children 194,144
02: Hi wa, Mata Noboru Aladdin 151,597
03: Gake no Ue no Ponyo Fuijioka Fujimaki & Oohashi Nozomi 40,574
04: Tsukihime Takamizawa Toshihito 31,960
05: Edo no Temari Uta II C-ute 27,805
06: Motto Tooku e / Orchestra Remioromen 25,653
07: Taiyou to Bikini RIP SLYME 22,495
08: Your Seed / Boukan Rider Hey! Say! JUMP 19,145
09: Waga Routashi Aku no Hana ALI PROJECT 16,439
10: sprinter / ARIA Kalafina 13,833

Albums:


01: BEST FICTION Amuro Namie 681,187
02: EXILE ENTERTAINMENT BEST EXILE 80,995
03: A, Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu. GReeeeN 28,548
04: ZUSHI Kimaguren 22,092
05: Koi no Uta (Various Artists) 19,780