ORICON ROUNDUP

Please note: The charts below are accumulative sales from the past 2 weeks as Oricon forgoes weekly ranks for the week over the new year.

CHARTS:

Singles:

01 stay with me Koda Kumi 58,108 NEW
02 Days / GREEN Hamasaki Ayumi 40,003
03 Aino Mamade... Akimoto Junko 37,591
04 Yowamushi SANTA Shuuchishin 28,231
05 Koyoi, Tsuki ga Miezutomo Porno Graffitti 23,537
06 Nocturne / Campanula no Koi Hirahara Ayaka 22,342
07 Sheryl no Uchu Kyoudaibune Nado Nome Sheryl 18,284 NEW
08 Ranka & Bobby no SMS Shoutai no Uta nado Nakajima Megumi 16,980 NEW
09 fairytale Kalafina 15,984 NEW
10 Nihon no Mikata -Nevada Kara Kimashita- Yazima Beauty Salon 15,532

Albums:

01 My song Your song Ikimoni Gakari 242,691 NEW
02 EXILE BALLAD BEST EXILE 190,213
03 GIRL NEXT DOOR GIRL NEXT DOOR 171,165 NEW
04 SUPERMARKET FANTASY Mr.Children 166,095
05 ai no Uta 2 Various Artists 55,048

Also, I forgot to post the Oricon charts for the last week of December -_-; (sorry) so here they are (12/21):

CHARTS:

Singles:

01 Days / GREEN Hamasaki Ayumi 127,650 NEW
02 Yowamushi SANTA Shuuchishin 33,249
03 Koyoi, Tsuki ga Miezutomo Porno Graffitti 20,905
04 Aino Mamade... Akimoto Junko 17,608
05 HEAVEN BUCK-TICK 14,724 NEW
06 Tomorrow Yukari Tamura 10,691 NEW
07 Nocturne / Campanula no Koi Ayaka Hirahara 10,332
08 Friend / Sugao no mama Rina Aiuchi 9,573 NEW
09 Sunao ni Naretara JUJU feat. Spontania / I can be free JUJU 9,182
10 White Xmas KAT-TUN 7,790

Albums:

01 SUPERMARKET FANTASY Mr.Children 177,581
02 EXILE BALLAD BEST EXILE 147,454
03 LOVE LETTER Otsuka Ai 104,232 NEW
04 BLEACH BEST TUNES Various Artists 52,835 NEW
05 ai no Uta 2 Various Artists 24,740

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CHARTS:

Singles:

01 Yowamushi SANTA Shuuchishin 152,260
02 Koyoi, Tsuki ga Miezutomo Porno Graffitti 81,907
03 White Xmas KAT-TUN 19,962
04 Aino Mamade... Akimoto Junko 17,550
05 Heart of Winter Yamazaki Masayoshi 14,206
06 Eien no Ashita DEEN 13,898
07 Tobira GReeeeN 13,235
08 CROSS GAME alice nine. 12,703
09 Minna no Tamago Shugo Chara Egg! 12,587
10 PAPERMOON Tommy heavenly6 11,838

Albums:

01 SUPERMARKET FANTASY Mr.Children 707,763
02 EXILE BALLAD BEST EXILE 257,760
03 VOICE Nakashima Mika 33,920
04 Enka Meikyoku Collection 9 - Aishu no Mizuumi - Hikawa Kiyoshi 28,765
05 ai no Uta 2 Various Artists 28,125

40 Abe Natsumi Best Selection 15 Shoku no Nigaoe Tachi Abe Natsumi 5,206
66 Pucchi Best 9 Various Artists 3,354
122 MEGA MELON Melon Kinenbi 1,477
132 Hello! Project Special Unit MEGA Best Various Artists 1,349
148 Taiyo to Ciscomoon (T&C BOMBER) MEGA Best T&C Bomber 1,172
164 Hello! Project Shuffle Unit MEGA Best Various Artists 1,102
168 Tanpopo / Pucchimoni MEGA Best Tanpopo / Pucchimoni 1,084
171 Country Musume MEGA Best Country Musume 1,073
182 Legend Nakazawa Yuko 1,020

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CHARTS:

Single:

01 White Xmas KAT-TUN 250,106
02 Tobira GReeeeN 42,394
03 Prototype Ishikawa Chiaki 29,402
04 Kimagure Romantic Ikimono Gakari 23,662
05 NAKED LOVE Nightmare 22,030
06 Aino Mamade Akimoto Junko 21,664
07 Sunao ni Naretara JUJU feat. Spontania / I can be free JUJU 18,145
08 Jesus Gackt 15,900
09 Last Christmas EXILE 13,662
10 Tsunagari Sunset Dragon Ash 12,441

29 Screen Abe Natsumi 4,848

Album:

01 EXILE BALLAD BEST EXILE 943,901
02 Macross F / Macross Frontier: Nyantama TVSoundtrack 86,450
03 VOICE Nakashima Mika 61,049
04 ai no Uta 2 Various Artists 39,120
05 Circus Britney Spears 30,340

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CHARTS:

Singles:

01 Last Christmas EXILE 200,255
02 Everyday/Can't Get Back w-inds. 48,303
03 Jigsaw Acid Black Cherry 42,896
04 Hakanaku mo Towa no GALAXY UVERworld 27,275
05 FOREVER LOVE C-ute 26,603
06 Sunao ni Naretara JUJU feat. Spontania / I can be free JUJU 25,736
07 24 Xmas time Kuraki Mai 21,002
08 Hurry Xmas L'Arc~en~Ciel 20,381
09 Aino Mamade Akimoto Junko 17,420
10 Bouken Suisei Kurumi Enomoto 13,697

Albums:

01 VOICE Nakashima Mika 155,502
02 Umbrella Shumizu Shota 56,442
03 ai no Uta 2 Various Artists 51,498
04 Unreal flumpool 45,203
05 Chinese Democracy Guns N' Roses 39,095

27 COVER YOU Morning Musume 9,824

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CHARTS:

Singles:

01 Hakanaku mo Towa no GALAXY UVERworld 118,852
02 Dream Fighter Perfume 70,873
03 Jyonetsu no Daisho / ESCAPE GIRL NEXT DOOR 22,117
04 Beautiful Days ARASHI 16,102
05 ”ShoukuGyou: Idol” Idoling!!! 14,670
06 Tsuretette Tsuretette DREAMS COME TRUE 14,419
07 17 Sai Ginkgo BOYZ 13,819
08 Ashita no Sora SPEED 12,926
09 Kitei no Tsurugi ALI PROJECT 12,054
10 ORION Mika Nakashima 11,787

Albums:

01 color NEWS 180,380
02 Unreal flumpool 110,832
03 Chinese Democracy Guns N' Roses 57,683
04 MY SHORT STORIES YUI 38,169
05 Personal Soundtracks Noriyuki Makihara 36,832

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Singer/Songwriter YUI took the top spot on the album charts this week with, her b-side collection, MY SHORT STORIES. The album, which sold 173K, is her 3rd no.1 album coming off I LOVED YESTERDAY's success earlier this year. YUI was unchallenged at the top of the charts, holding the no.1 spot on the daily ranks all week.
Kato Miliyah's BEST DESTINY dropped only 1 place to no.2 this week, selling 55K, bringing her total sales to just under 150K.

The singles chart was much more competitive this week, with DREAMS COME TRUE, the GazettE and ARASHI all holding daily no.1 rankings, but it was DREAMS COME TRUE who nudged their way into the top spot. Tsurette Tsurette sold 46K, 5K more than the GazettE and SPEED who sat in 2nd and 3rd positions.
ARASHI charted at 4th this week with Beautiful days selling just under 36K.

Two H!P artists managed to make the top 10 this week. Satoda Mai's Mou Sugu Christmas (with Gouda Kyodai) was 7th with a little under 26K while Buono!'s Lotta Love Lotta Love charted one place lower at 8th. Buono!'s sale numbers of 22K continue the trend of declining H!P single sales in recent times. Morning Musume, Berryz and now Buono! have seen their latest singles sell lower than the previous.
Berryz Koubou meanwhile dropped to 50th in their second week with sales of 2K.

CHARTS:

Singles:

01 Tsuretette Tsuretette DREAMS COME TRUE 46,452
02 LEECH the GazettE 41,200
03 Ashita no Sora SPEED 40,058
04 Beautiful days ARASHI 35,931
05 Oshare Banchou feat. SOY SAUCE ORANGE RANGE 30,845
06 ORION Mika Nakashima 27,046
07 Mou Sugu Christmas Satoda Mai with Gouda Kyodai 25,788
08 Lotta Love Lotta Love Buono! 22,484
09 Toki no Ashioto KOBUKURO 18,164
10 Sky High GOSPELLERS 13,735

Albums:

01 MY SHORT STORIES YUI 173,741
02 BEST DESTINY Kato Miliyah 55,239
03 I am ... Sasha Fierce Beyonce 42,037
04 UROBOROS DIR EN GREY 37,588
05 Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits Christina Aguilera 29,416

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Well ARASHI are just blitzing the charts this year, aren't they? Beautiful days is ARASHI's 4th single of the year and their 4th no.1 hit of the year. They hold the top 2 positions in the yearly sales ranks, with truth/Kaze no Mukou e at the top followed by One Love. Step and Go is in the top 10, while Beautiful days is 12 on first week sales alone. The ballad sold 351K and charted at the top of the charts all week long.
Fellow Johnny's group Kanjani8 fell from the top spot to 7th selling close to 22K. Sales are up from the previous singles' second week sales.

Urgh, another BEST album selling well? Actually not really ... you see Kato Miliyah's BEST DESTINY isn't really a typical BEST album, as the majority of the album is new material. The album is a collaborative effort which sees Kato-san sample other artists' material in each of her songs and is comprised of 4 singles from throughout her career plus a whole bunch of new songs. Either way, it sold well raking in 92K, up from Kato's last album TOKYO STAR.
Kings of the chart last week, Porno Graffitti saw both their BEST albums fall outside the top 5, ranking at 6 and 7 with sales above 20K each.

Berryz Koubou's newie MADAYADE failed to live up to expectations, halting the recent rise of the Berryz' girls. Coming off receiving one of the New Artist awards in Korea, you would have thought they would have gained on their past singles' sales but instead they sold over 7K less first week sales than their last single Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance. The single charted at a respectable 6th for the week, but sales of only 22.8K were disappointing.

CHARTS:

Singles:

01 Beautiful days ARASHI 351,860
02 Shish Kebab Yuzu 52,271
03 Toki no Ashioto Kobukuro 33,477
04 Kyou mo Dokoka de Oda Kazumasa 28,672
05 Wakaba Spitz 27,364
06 MADAYADE Berryz Koubou 22,861
07 Musekinin Hero Kanjani8 21,723
08 Nihon no Mikata -Nevada Kara Kimashita- Yajima Biyoushitsu 20,111
09 Angelic Smile / WINTER PARTY BREAKERZ 19,142
10 Somaru Yo chatmonchy 17,586

Albums:

01 BEST DESTINY Kato Miliyah 92,423
02 Surf Bungaku Kamakura ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION 56,110
03 Expressions Takeuchi Mariya 30,592
04 DJ KAORI'S JMIX II (Various Artists) 28,838
05 WE LOVE HEXAGON Hexagon All Stars 28,317

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Porno Graffitti ruled the Album Charts this week with their joint release BEST ACE and BEST JOKER scoring sales of over 100K each to take the top 2 positions. Coming off their single Love, Too Death, Too, which placed no.2 on the Oricon Charts, the album is their first no.1 album since 2005's THUMP x.
Last week's no.1 WE LOVE HEXAGON, fell to no.4 but still managed sales over 50K. The album fell down on the daily charts due to the new releases, but saw itself reclaim the top spot over the weekend and going into its 3rd week on the charts.

Kanjani8 unsurprisingly hit the top of the Singles Chart for their 5th consecutive no.1 single. What might be a surprise is the huge sales of 347K, up over 150K from their last single Wahaha's debut sales. Musekinin Hero's incredible sales just firmly cements Kanjani8's growing popularity in the Japanese single's market.
Hey! Say! JUMP drops to 7th spot from last week's no.1, with sales of 23K, pretty much on par with their previous singles' 2nd weeks.

MilkyWay's TanTanTaan had a bit of a disappointing debut, only managing to sell 16.6K and charting at no.8 on the Singles Chart. This is down 11K from their debut Anataboshi however it is up 4K from Koharu Kusumi's Papancake's dismal sales.

CHARTS:

Singles:

01 Musekinin Hero Kanjani8 347,735
02 Toki no Ashioto Kobukuro 136,111
03 Nihon no Mikata -Nevada Kara Kimashita- Yajima Biyoushitsu 38,844
04 Monochrome no Kiss SID 36,982
05 36ºC WaT 33,389
06 Sou ~new love new world~ Fukuyama Masaharu 24,425
07 Mayonaka no Shadow Boy Hey! Say! JUMP 23,499
08 Tan Tan Taan! MilkyWay 16,667
09 Ame ga Furu Sakamoto Maaya 13,825
10 motto☆Hadenine! Tomatsu Haruka 11,505

Albums:

01 PORNO GRAFFITTI BEST ACE Porno Graffitti 104,747
02 PORNO GRAFFITTI BEST JOKER Porno Graffitti 102,931
03 Kaze no Chroma Remioromen 55,229
04 WE LOVE HEXAGON Hexagon All Stars 54,978
05 DJ KAORI'S JMIX II (Various Artists) 44,207

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Quiz! Hexagon, the popular variety show, has scored the no.1 album this week with We Love Hexagon. The album features Pabo (with Country Musume's Satoda Mai), Shuuchishin, misono and other celebrities on the show, collectively known as the Hexagon All Stars. The show's popularity soared the album to the top of the charts with a whopping 270K sold.
Last week's no.1 Expressions dropped down to second after a 3 week reign at no.1. Takeuchi Mariya's best-of has now garnered close to 600K in sales.

Hey! Say! JUMP unsurprisingly leap frogged their way past any opposition, easily taking the top spot on the singles chart with 211K. Mayonaka no Shadow Boy continues their string of no.1 singles since their debut (4th) and their first week sales are up over 50K from their previous single.
Fukuyama Masaharu sold over 110K to take second position while AKB48 has eclipsed their previous singles' first week sales to take 3rd with 48K.
Tohoshinki, who held the top spot last week with Jumon -MIROTIC-, had a huge fall to no.25 only managing to sell 5K in their second week.

CHARTS:

Singles:

01 Mayonsaka no Shadow Boy Hey! Say! JUMP 211,322
02 Sou ~new love new world~ Fukuyama Masaharu 110,598
03 Oogoe Diamond AKB48 48,258
04 Shiawase ni Narou mihimaru GT 15,002
05 Kirei à La Mode Nakagawa Shouko 13,758
06 The Birthday ~Ti Amo~ EXILE 13,584
07 Vanilla Salt Horie Yui 13,099
08 Akai Ito Aragaki Yui 12,776
09 Hyakunen no Kodoku GARNET CROW 12,344
10 Itsuka Lee Byung-Hun 12,293

Albums:

01 WE LOVE HEXAGON Hexagon All Stars 270,310
02 Expressions Takeuchi Mariya 82,733
03 Akuma no Koori (Black Ice) AC/DC 19,246
04 12 Love Stories Dohzi-T 17,061
05 SHAKALABBITS SHAKALABBITS 14,672

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Tohoshinki top the Oricon Singles Chart for the 4th time in their career, with their past 3 releases all no.1 hits. They have certainly cemented their place in the Japanese entertainment industry and with Jumon -MIROTIC- posting sales of 70K (up marginally from their previous no.1s) they seem to be forever gaining in popularity.

Interestingly, 3 of the top 5 positions on the singles chart were filled by Korean artists; Along with Tohoshinki, Lee Byung-Hun and Ryu Siwon also had good opening weeks to place in at 2nd and 4th.
Last week's no.1, TABOO, fell to no.13 with sales of only 9K.

Takeuchi Mariya has the no.1 selling album again this week, her 3rd straight week atop the charts. Expressions has now sold in excess of 500K and still looks to be selling well going into its 4th week.

CHARTS:

Singles:

01 Jumon -MIROTIC- Tohoshinki 70,655
02 Itsuka Lee Byung-Hun 37,836
03 Akai Ito Aragaki Yui 34,236
04 Kimi to Boku Ryu Siwon 20,687
05 Planetarium Ikimono Gakari 20,017
06 Fujisawa Loser ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION 19,837
07 The Birthday ~Ti Amo~ EXILE 16,750
08 Tegami ~Haikei Juugo no Kimi e~ Angela Aki 13,835
09 Uma Nami de. / Zekkomon Sendai Kamotsu 12,046
10 Saiai KOH+ 11,894

13 TABOO Koda Kumi 9,239

Albums:

01 Expressions Takeuchi Mariya 72,450
02 VAMPIRE 9mm Parabellum Bullet 30,131
03 FIRE AGE The Cro-Magnons 26,603
04 Best Rappin 1996-2008 EGO-WRAPPIN' 26,347
05 Macross Frontier O.S.T.2 Nyan TRA☆ (Various Artists) 23,301

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Koda Kumi's 41st single, TABOO struggled on the charts but managed to just edge out Porno Graffitti to take top honours. TABOO is Kuu's 5th no.1 single despite selling 66.5K, more than twenty thousand copies less than her previous single MOON. In contrast, Porno Graffitti's Love too, Death too's sales were up slightly from their previous single, selling 60K.
GIRL NEXT DOOR's Drive Away / Shiawase no Jouken scored third place but sales were down 10K from their debut's first week.

Takeuchi Mariya's EXPRESSIONS continues to leave its mark on the Album Charts, no.1 for the second week in a row with 132.7K copies sold. The album's sales edge closer towards the half a million mark, hitting just under 438K in only two weeks. Not bad, not bad at all.

CHARTS:

Singles:

01 TABOO Koda Kumi 66,569
02 Love,too Death,too Porno Graffitti 60,155
03 Drive Away / Shiawase no Jouken GIRL NEXT DOOR 21,081
04 The Birthday ~Ti Amo~ EXILE 20,687
05 Sai Ai KOH+ 19,749
06 Happy Birthday NEWS 18,301
07 Tegami ~Haikei Juugo no Kimi e~ Angela Aki 14,487
08 Anata to ayaka x Kobukuro 13,778
09 Aishuu no Mizuumi Hikawa Kiyoshi 12,307
10 Forever Song Hata Motohiro 10,700

Albums:

01 Expressions Takeuchi Mariya 132,772
02 Macross Frontier O.S.T.2 Nyan TRA (Various Artists) 102,331
03 Dig Out Your Soul Oasis 27,763
04 The BEst of melody. Timeline melody. 22,226
05 12 Love Stories DOHZI-T 21,403

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ALBUMS

Takeuchi Mariya's best album Expressions stormed to the top of the album's chart this week with incredible sales of over 350K. The popular singer who debuted back in the 70s as an idol, remained at the top of daily charts the whole week and was never threatened of being knocked off the top. Expressions, a 3CD+Karaoke CD compilation of Takeuchi's greatest hits, joins a number of other best of albums charting extremely well this year.

SINGLES



NEWS unsurprisingly debuted at no.1 on the Singles Chart this week, continuing their run of 10 straight no.1 singles since debut. The Johnnys' group scored just over 200K sales with Happy Birthday, their lowest first week yet, but still sold far in front of 2nd ranked Mizuki Nana.

HELLO! PROJECT / TNX



Morning Musume's Pepper Keibu stayed solid on the Singles Chart in their 2nd week, scoring a top 20 placing at no.19. Despite this relatively high rank, the single only managed to sell 4K, lower than a lot of their recent 2nd week sales. The single has now sold close to 43K in total.

CHARTS:

Singles:

01 Happy Birthday NEWS 201,304
02 Trickster Mizuki Nana 57,201
03 The Birthday ~Ti Amo~ EXILE 54,005
04 Aishuu no Mizuumi Hikawa Kiyoshi 51,063
05 Sai Ai KOH+ 43,217
06 Anata to ayaka x Kobukuro 27,428
07 Ashiato BAReeeeeeeeeeN 21,878
08 Natsu no Kakera Aqua Timez 18,286
09 Tegami ~Haikei Juugo no Kimi e~ Angela Aki 18,180
10 UNI-VERSE ASKA 16,009

19 Pepper Keibu Morning Musume 4,243

Albums:

01 Expressions Takeuchi Mariya 305,082
02 Dig Out Your Soul Oasis 69,696
03 12 Love Stories Dohzi-T 34,089
04 A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~ Hamasaki Ayumi 33,261
05 B'z The Best "ULTRA Treasure" B'z 27,733