Billboard challenges Oricon
Sitting people: Debbie Gibson, Chaka Khan, Lady HY, Exile person, OGURA-SAN, ladies idk, Nick Carter
Billboard's status in Japan took another stride forward as an arbiter of what's hot in Japanese music with its second annual award ceremony at Roppongi's Tokyo Midtown on Sunday.
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In the last few years Billboard has gained a foothold in Japan, where the dominate local chart compiler Oricon has come under fire for alleged fixing in recent years, leading to an ugly court battle with a writer who dared to question their integrity, which was settled out of court in 2009.
The music industry in Japan has given more credence to Billboard and the 2010 awards saw leading acts from classical, jazz, pop and independent music take their seats.
The awards are split into three, those based entirely on chart success -- with boy band Arashi winning Single of the Year for "Troublemaker" -- those chosen by Billboard and one by public vote.
Read more: Stars roll out for second annual Billboard Awards | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/play/billboard-awards-120790#ixzz1DKGib6MV
Billboard counts radio airplay, and took sales from Soundscan (which exclude online sales. LAME) and STILL NO DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. If they want to beat Oricon, digital download count is a must. Also I personally don't like how Billboard/MTV blackballed did not include Johnny's in their line-up of award performers just so they'd look cool. "arbiter of what's hot" my ass (OP is butthurt)