Oricon 2022 Thread

[kevinpr9]

6 hours ago, abra said:

No notable Kohaku buffs this year?

I like to take a look at the current weekly top 50 Singles Rankings when Kohaku was aired (here's the link)

The only notable Kohaku buffs I saw are the idol songs (Snow Man, SixTones, Nogizaka46, Sakurazaka46, Hinatazaka46). There's also Bump of Chicken at #8 but the single was just released last week before Kohaku, so I'm not too sure if there's a boost on that.

So I think the only music artist I saw in the chart that is getting a boost is LiSA, even though it's just a slight boost. The single itself was released on November and it went back to top 20.

Meanwhile the other music artists have a huge boost on digitals and streaming than physicals. Just take a look at this Japan's iTunes link and notice how many songs there are that were performed on Kohaku. 

Edited January 7, 2022 by kevinpr9

[kevinpr9]

100k+ for a debut album and it's not even a week yet. That's really incredible for Ado!

Edited January 28, 2022 by kevinpr9

[kevinpr9]

Ado scores 142k at debut week. And with these numbers:

- She's the first female soloist to have a #1 debut album since miwa with her debut album "guitarissimo" on Apr 2011

- She's also the first female soloist to have a debut album scoring 100k+ copies on debut week since Superfly's self-titled album on May 2008

- If we exclude K-pop and the idols, the last time a debut album reaching 100k+ copies on 1st week was "Ano.. Konnan Dekimashita Kedo" by Yusuke on December 2009

She has accomplished three feats that were last achieved more than 10 years ago. This is really incredible!

Edited February 1, 2022 by kevinpr9

[kevinpr9]

Top 10 best-selling first week album (studio + greatest hits) by a 2010s- & 2020s-debuted female soloist (oricon numbers):

1. Ado - Kyougen (142,041 copies sold in first week; released on Jan 26, 2022)

2. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Nanda Collection (126,074; Jun 26, 2013)

3. Aimyon - Oishii Pasta ga Aru to Kiite (120,169; Sep 9, 2020)

4. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Pamyu Pamyu Revolution (71,179; May 23, 2012)

5. miwa - Delight (69,066; May 22, 2013)

6. LiSA - LEO-NiNE (66,066; Oct 14, 2020)

7. Aimyon - Shunkanteki Sixth Sense (61,654; Feb 13, 2019)

8. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - KPP Best (52,275; May 25, 2016)

9. Sayaka Yamamoto - RAINBOW (50,375; Oct 26, 2016)

10. miwa - Oneness (50,255; Apr 8, 2015)

[kevinpr9]

2 hours ago, abra said:

When you put it like that it is truly remarkable.

I wouldn't expect her to outsell Aimyon

She also outsells Kyary's biggest album in 1st week!

[kevinpr9]

2 minutes ago, abra said:

Yeah but I didn't think Kyary would be ahead of Aimyon either! 

I was surprised because I only recognized her name from Usseewa but looking at her youtube view numbers she seems to have several big songs. I didn't love Usseewa but I should get around to checking her album out soon.

Remember when Usseewa got controversial because of the lyrics? Ado went on to have a #1 debut album with 140k+ copies 

[kevinpr9]

18 hours ago, Josaline said:

I'm trying to find out how much the single "Face to Face", which Yamashita Tomohisa released on February 16, sold. It is said to have sold around 40K but does anyone know the exact number?

42075 copies