GoldenRule 741 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 With over 250,000 domestic physical sales, Utada Hikaru's new album, "Fantome," has debuted at #1 on the Billboard JP and Oricon weekly album rankings. The album is Utada's 8th consecutive debut at #1 and the highest opening week sales for a female solo artist this year. This is particularly strong opening week given there's only one regular edition to buy (no bonuses, deluxe editions, etc. as is common for Japanese albums). And the album remains the #1 best-seller on Amazon Japan and at Tower Records shops, hinting at a strong second-week showing. Utada's success hasn't been limited to Japan: she's been the #1 trend on Melon, South Korea's biggest digital music store. The album also went #5 on iTunes US - the highest peak ever for a Japanese-language album - and charted even higher in other countries' digital music stores. Oricon doesn't track digital or international sales, so her actual first-week number is much higher than the reported 253,000. (Edit: I just found out she's #2 on Billboard's World Albums chart, behind Got7 which got #1. Congrats to them!) Congratulations to Utada on her continued success! Click here to view the Tweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakura // TaeTae 3,967 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 so nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gallant 288 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 I'm glad she's being well-received after a long hiatus. Honestly, it makes me nostalgic for my J-Pop days when Utada, Ayumi and Namie dominated my playlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAUCY 44,499 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 planning on buying the album soon. so happy she's back and doing well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenRule 741 Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share Posted October 4, 2016 I'm glad she's being well-received after a long hiatus. Honestly, it makes me nostalgic for my J-Pop days when Utada, Ayumi and Namie dominated my playlist. The Three Queens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuyukaiDesu 476 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Ugh now I feel bad for ever thinking EXILE would beat her lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31415 38 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 So happy for her!! She totally deserves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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