Weekly Oricon Chart: Albums/Singles/Music-DVDs
Popular singer, Koda Kumi has topped the albums chart with "JAPONESQUE," her 10th original studio album, making this her 6th consecutive no.1 studio album since "Black Cherry" (released in December 2006). Since 2005, Koda has also had no.1 album for 8 consecutive years. For female soloists, she is now tied at 3rd place with Matsuda Seiko (1981-88), Nakamori Akina (1982-89), and Watanabe Misato (1986-93). At 1st place is Matsutoya Yumi (18 years in a row from 1981-98), while Hamasaki Ayumi is at 2nd place (13 years in a row from 1999-2011). For female artists who debuted post-2000, Koda records the highest no.1 album in consecutive years surpassing BoA (7 years in a row from 2002-2008).
In the singles chart, AKB48's sister group from Sakae (Nagoya), SKE48 achieved their 4th no.1 single with their 8th single, "Kataomoi Finally." This is the first time they have reached the 400k mark since debuting in 2009. Excluding AKB48, this is the highest first week sales by a 48-related group/sub-unit/soloist to date. The first time they reached the no.1 spot was in March 2011 with "Banzai Venus."
Posting the top 30 albums/singles and the top 10 music-DVDs. The second column in the top 10 refers to sales in 2012. New release in bold.
Oricon Weekly - Albums (23/1/2012~29/1/2012)
*1 *93,835 *93,835 Koda Kumi - JAPONESQUE
*2 *48,330 *48,330 Sonar Pocket - Sonapokeism ③ ~Kimi to no 365 Nichi~
*3 *32,968 669,790 EXILE / EXILE ATSUSHI - EXILE JAPAN / Solo
*4 *30,840 119,388 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - BEST HIT AKG
*5 *17,177 *95,251 Yuki Saori & Pink Martini - 1969 (Total since 11/12/12: 162,676)
*6 *14,013 *92,331 Tokyo Jihen - color bars
*7 *13,148 *13,148 lecca - Step One
*8 *12,725 *12,725 CHEMISTRY - Trinity
*9 *12,209 *12,209 Various Artists - Inazuma Eleven GO Character Song Original Album
10 *11,578 *11,578 Galileo Galilei - PORTAL
11~30:
11 *11,204 KARA - Super Girl
12 *10,147 Various Artists - EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Vocalodream feat. Hatsune Miku
13 **8,951 BIGMAMA - Kimi ga Mata Blouse no Button wo Tomeru Made
14 **7,827 Shoujo Jidai - GIRLS' GENERATION
15 **7,253 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - FUNKY MONKEY BABYS 4
16 **6,719 Matsuyama Chiharu - 35th Anniversary Matsuyama Chiharu no Sekai Chiharu Matsuyama Selection
17 **6,455 Sawano Hiroyuki - Guilty Crown Original Soundtrack
18 **5,847 Houkago Tea Time / DEATH DEVIL - Houkago Tea Time in MOVIE
19 **5,812 The Mirraz - Iitaikoto wa Nakunatta
20 **5,612 JUN SKY WALKER(S) - B(S)T
21 **5,188 Kato Tatsuya - TV Anime 『Kyokaisenjo no Horizon』 ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK
22 **5,135 Uemura Kana - Te to Te
23 **4,829 The Cro-magnons - ACE ROCKER
24 **4,746 Kuraki Mai - OVER THE RAINBOW
25 **4,725 B1A4 - Let's Fly / it B1A4
26 **4,562 Adele - 21
27 **4,410 Kubota Toshinobu - THE BADDEST ~Hit Parade~
28 **4,199 SE7EN - SOMEBODY ELSE
29 **3,682 Lady Gaga - BORN THIS WAY
30 **3,648 Golden Bomber - Golden Album
Oricon Weekly - Singles (23/1/2012~29/1/2012)
*1 495,809 495,809 SKE48 - Kataomoi Finally
*2 100,110 100,110 Kim Hyun Joong - KISS KISS / Lucky Guy
*3 *31,094 *31,094 Morning Musume。 - Pyoko Pyoko Ultra
*4 *27,416 176,169 BUMP OF CHICKEN - Good Luck
*5 *16,135 *16,135 BREAKERZ - Miss Mystery
*6 *13,140 *13,140 Zweiwing (Mizuki Nana & Takayama Minami) - Senki Zesshou Symphogear Character song series 1 (Gyakkou no Flugel)
*7 *12,110 *12,110 AFTERSCHOOL - Rambling girls / Because of you
*8 *10,443 *10,443 Matsushita Yuya - Kimi e no Love Song ~10 nen Saki mo~
*9 *10,191 *10,191 9nine - Shoujo Traveler
10 **9,470 **9,470 Takeuchi Mariya - Inochi no Uta
11~30:
11 **9,227 JUJU - sign
12 **9,043 Toyosaki Aki - music
13 **8,055 Acid Black Cherry - Yes
14 **5,826 Mizuki Nana - Synchrogazer
15 **5,449 KinKi Kids - Kawatta Katachi no Ishi
16 **4,894 ALI PROJECT - Kyomu Densen
17 **4,843 Ikimonogakari - Itsudatte Bokura wa
18 **4,476 Milky Holmes - Nazo! Nazo? Happiness!!
19 **3,998 Tagawa Toshimi - Muteki
20 **3,945 Astronauts - Giant Step
21 **3,837 SKE48 - Oki Doki
22 **3,775 JAM Project - Waga Na wa Garo
23 **3,707 Kawanaka Miyuki - Hana Bouro ~Muhyou no Yado~
24 **3,646 NYC / Nakayama Yuma - Wonderful Cupid / Garasu no Mahou
25 **3,564 AYABIE - Merry-go-round
26 **3,385 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Tsukema Tsukeru
27 **3,352 Saito Kazuyoshi - Yasashiku Naritai
28 **3,030 Yasuna to Sonya (Akasaki Chinatsu, Tamura Mutsumi) - Kill Me no Baby! / Futari no Kimochi no Honto no Himitsu
29 **2,992 KOKIA - New Day, New Life
30 **2,809 Faylan - Dead END / Soukyuu no Hikari
Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (23/1/2012~29/1/2012)
*1 *12,564 *12,564 Hexagon All Stars - Hexagon Family Concert WE LiVE HEXAGON 2011
*2 **7,739 **7,739 Imai Tsubasa - TSUBASA IMAI LHTOUR 2011 Dance&Rock Third Floor ~DiVeIN to SExaLiVe
*3 **3,879 *56,283 V6 - V6 live tour 2011 Sexy.Honey.Bunny!
*4 **3,811 126,731 Shoujo Jidai - JAPAN FIRST TOUR GIRLS' GENERATION
*5 **3,285 *51,745 RADWIMPS - Zettai Enmei
*6 **2,716 *94,804 AKB48 - AKB48 Yossha ~Ikuzo~! in Seibu Dome Special BOX
*7 **2,622 123,211 Amuro Namie - namie amuro LIVE STYLE 2011
*8 **2,368 *24,554 AKB48 - AKB48 Yossha ~Ikuzo~! in Seibu Dome Digest Edition
*9 **2,093 *85,941 Ketsumeishi - Ketsu no Kiwami ~MV Shu~
10 **1,995 *21,847 AKB48 - AKB48 Yossha ~Ikuzo~! in Seibu Dome Dai San Kouen DVD
Congrats to Kuu and Sonar Pocket, and happy to see EXILE and BOC still doing well. And EXILE JAPAN's 5th week sales have yet again surpassed the 5th week of Negai no Tou! :)
Slow week for music-DVDs though...
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