Weekly Oricon Chart: Albums/Singles/Music-DVDs
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In the albums chart, popular techno-pop unit, Perfume reached the no.1 spot with "Perfume Global Compilation "LOVE THE WORLD"". This is their 4th consecutive no.1 album. The last time a female group achieved 4 no.1 albums in a row was SPEED with "Carry On My Love" (December 1999), 12 years and 9 months ago. Since Perfume will embark on an Asia Tour starting next month, this album with danceable pop songs is to introduce them to foreign fans.
Meanwhile, Johnny's 5-member group, A.B.C-Z achieved their 3rd consecutive no.1 DVD with "Zutto LOVE." Since the music-DVD ranking being included in April 1999, A.B.C-Z is only the 2nd group to have reached the top spot 3 times in a row in the same year after AKB48. As for male groups, they are only the 3rd group to have achieved consecutive no.1 ranking since debut after KinKi Kids and KAT-TUN.
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 (10/9/2012~16/9/2012)
*1 118,186 *,118,186 Perfume - Perfume Global Compilation "LOVE THE WORLD"
*2 115,298 *,510,755 Kobukuro - ALL SINGLES BEST 2
*3 *53,517 *,221,229 Nishino Kana - Love Place
*4 *52,803 *,*52,803 ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION - Landmark
*5 *49,749 *,*49,749 Tackey & Tsubasa - TEN
*6 *14,416 *,*14,416 Morning Musume。 - ⑬ Colorful Character
*7 *11,030 *,*11,030 T.M.Revolution - T.M.R. LIVE REVOLUTION 11-12 -CLOUD NINE-
*8 *10,228 *,*10,228 Kotobuki Minako - My stride
*9 **9,870 *,**9,870 Stardust Revue - B.O.N.D.
10 **9,299 1,002,041 AKB48 - 1830m
11~30:
11 **8,219 KARA - KARA Collection
12 **7,970 Che’Nelle - Believe
13 **6,040 Kuwata Keisuke - I LOVE YOU -now & forever-
14 **5,355 Sukima Switch - DOUBLES BEST
15 **4,834 Takahashi Mariko - No Reason 3 ~Yogaku Omoi~
16 **4,648 Sata Andagi - Sata Andagi 2 Yuimaru
17 **4,483 SMAP - GIFT of SMAP
18 **4,218 ONE DIRECTION - Up All Night
19 **3,993 Hiromi The Trio Project - MOVE
20 **3,732 PES - Suteki na Koto
21 **3,379 HOME MADE KAZOKU - 3RISE
22 **3,356 Dragon Ash - LOUD&PEACE
23 **3,294 BENI - COVERS
24 **3,119 John Frusciante - PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone
25 **3,078 NO DOUBT FLASH - HIGH ROLLER
26 **2,993 Tokyo Jihen - Shinya Waku
27 **2,967 FTISLAND - FIVE TREASURE BOX
28 **2,899 Various Artists - Westup-TV DVD-MIX 06 mixed by DJ FILLMORE+“NEW GENERATIONS“
29 **2,751 GILLE - I AM GILLE.
30 **2,564 Aqua Timez - because you are you
Oricon Weekly - Singles (10/9/2012~16/9/2012)
*1 157,059 *,157,059 KAT-TUN - Fumetsu no Scrum
*2 *78,936 *,*78,936 BUMP OF CHICKEN - firefly
*3 *32,005 *,376,506 NMB48 - Virginity
*4 *22,377 *,176,419 EXILE TRIBE - 24karats TRIBE OF GOLD
*5 *19,712 1,255,538 AKB48 - Gingham Check
*6 *19,583 *,*19,583 2AM - For you ~Kimi no Tame ni Dekiru Koto~
*7 *16,941 *,224,980 Kanjani∞ - Aoppana
*8 *14,498 *,*14,498 Ieiri Leo - Bless You
*9 *11,300 *,*11,300 SCANDAL - Pih Heel Surfer
10 *10,049 *,*10,049 Taketatsu Ayana - ♪no Kuni no Alice
11~30:
11 **9,378 Shimizu Shota feat. Naksone Izumi (HY) - 366 Nichi
12 **8,529 Hyuga Junpei (Hosoya Yoshimasa) - TV Anime 『Kuroko no Basuke』 Character Song SOLO SERIES Vol.6 (CLUTCH TIME)
13 **8,027 Izuki Shun (Nojima Hirofumi) - TV Anime 『Kuroko no Basuke』 Character Song SOLO SERIES Vol.7 (KI.TA.KO.RE)
14 **7,338 Nogizaka46 - Hashire! Bicycle
15 **6,871 YUI - fight
16 **6,222 Momokurotei Ichimon - Nippon Egao Hyakkei
17 **5,971 Koganei Shinji (Eguchi Takuya) - TV Anime 『Kuroko no Basuke』 Character Song SOLO SERIES Vol.8 (Heibon Elegy)
18 **5,818 miwa - Hikari e
19 **4,966 ONE OK ROCK - The Beginning
20 **4,715 HILCRHYME - Jigsaw Puzzle
21 **4,660 Kis-My-Ft2 - WANNA BEEEE!!! / Shake It Up
22 **4,398 Hana wa Saku Project - Hana wa Saku
23 **4,371 chatmonchy - Convenience Honeymoon
24 **4,132 Mizumori Kaori - Hitori Nagaragawa
25 **4,066 UVERworld - THE OVER
26 **3,873 BIGMAMA - Fusen Fufu no Fukan show
27 **3,794 Sakanaction - Yoru no Odoriko
28 **3,683 abingdon boys school - WE aRE
29 **3,635 Station♪ - LOVE Happy Station♪
30 **3,245 LiSA - crossing field
Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (10/9/2012~16/9/2012)
*1 23,414 23,414 A.B.C-Z - Zutto LOVE
*2 *9,330 *9,330 the HIATUS - The Afterglow-A World Of Pandemonium-
*3 *5,199 *5,199 Kikkawa Koji - KIKKAWA KOJI LIVE 2011「KEEP ON KICKIN’ & SINGIN’」~Nihon Isshin~
*4 *4,103 52,257 AKB48 - Maeda Atsuko Namida no Sotsugyou Sengen! In Saitama Super Arena ~Gyomu Renraku。 Tanomuzo, Katayama Buchou!~ Special BOX
*5 *3,844 *3,844 MUCC - -MUCC 15th Anniversary Year Live-「MUCC vs MUCC vs MUCC」Fukanzen Ban「Misshitsu」
*6 *3,489 *3,489 BIGMAMA - Haha ga Mata Haha no Hi wo Oeru Made
*7 *3,433 *3,433 TM NETWORK - TM NETWORK CONCERT -incubation Period-
*8 *2,987 19,784 Momoiro Clover Z - Momokuro no Haru no Ichidaiji 2012 ~Miwataseba Dai Panorama Jigoku~
*9 *2,498 18,262 Momoiro Clover Z - Momokuro no Haru no Ichidaiji 2012 ~Momokuro☆All Stars
10 *2,411 *2,411 Crazy Ken Band - NAKAYOSHI 2011
Happy to see Kobukuro already surpassed 500k! :) Kana is holding on well too. Also congrats to BOC! Waiting for their upcoming album, hope they'll announce it soon! XD
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