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Since Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, cell phone download site “mu-mo” has released the results for the “Powerful love song you want to send to your Valentine” survey.

Furthermore, if you answered mu-mo’s survey then they will help you with your Valentine confession and give you 400 points for 1 Chaku Uta Full® (worth 420 yen). This is ( Read more... )

Japan’s largest rental DVD, CD, game and book store, TSUTAYA, has released the result of “CD Rental Ranking Yearly Best 10.” The annual list below ranks the top Japanese CDs from January 1 to December 22, 2010.

Albums
1. “FUNKY MONKEY BABYS BEST” - FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
2. “Hajimari no Uta” - Ikimonogakari
3. “to LOVE” - Nishino Kana
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Recochoku (mobile music download service) has announced the results of its yearly ranking! Below is the Top 10 of each category based on the number of downloads. (Time perod: 12/1/2009 ~ 11/30/2010)

Recochoku Ranking (Chaku-uta Full + Chaku-uta Full Plus) ※”Chaku-uta Full” is ring tone for a full song, and “Chaku-uta Full Plus” is also ring tone ( Read more... )

TV Asahi has announced the lineup for its annual "MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2010," scheduled to be held at the Makuhari Messe on December 24 and broadcast live on television.

A total of 33 artists will perform, listed in Japanese alphabetical order:
* aiko
* Arashi
* Ikimono Gakari
* AKB48
* EXILE
* KAT-TUN
* KARA
* Kanjani8
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The winners for the 52nd Japan Record Awards have been announced. Ikimono Gakari's "Hajimari no Uta" has been chosen as Best Album, while Masahiko Kondo was named Best Singer.

Two more awards will be announced during the awards show on December 30. The grand prize (the Japan Record Award) will be chosen from one of the ten Best Song winners, which ( Read more... )

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