Tower Records Japan Half-Year Sales Charts (Japanese / Western / DVD)

[Ryusenkai]

Today Tower Records, one of the largest physical music retailers in Japan, released the sales rankings for Japanese albums, Western albums, and Music DVDs released in the first half of 2014.  The top spot on the domestic chart was taken by Bump of Chicken's "RAY", the peak point on the Western chart going to the soundtrack of the movie "Frozen", and top honors on the Music DVD chart going to Arashi's "ARASHI Arafes '13 NATIONAL STADIUM 2013".  The full Top 10s can be viewed below.

 

Japanese Albums

 

1. RAY - BUMP OF CHICKEN

2. TREE - Tohoshinki

3. Ballada - Amuro Namie

4. Tales of Purefly - MAN WITH A MISSION

5. Tsugi no Ashiato - AKB48

6. HUMAN - Fukuyama Masaharu

7. HIT! HIT! HIT! - Kis-My-Ft2

8. Keeper Of The Flame - the HIATUS

9. Awa no You na Ai Datta - aiko

10. Shinsekai - Yuzu

 

Western Albums

 

1. Frozen Soundtrack - Various Artists

2. GIRL - Pharrell Williams

3. Midnight Memories - One Direction

4. Ghost Stories - Coldplay

5. Yours Truly - Ariana Grande

6. XSCAPE - Michael Jackson

7. TRUE - Avicii

8. Random Access Memories - Daft Punk

9. Recess - Skrillex

10. The Hunting Party - Linkin Park

 

Music DVDs

 

1. ARASHI Arafes '13 NATIONAL STADIUM 2013 - Arashi

2. KANJANI8 LIVE TOUR JUKE BOX - Kanjani8

3. JAPAN ARENA TOUR SHINee WORLD 2013 ~Boys Meet U~ - SHINee

4. Perfume Clips - Perfume

5. namie amuro FEEL tour 2013 - Amuro Namie

6. BIGBANG JAPAN DOME TOUR 2013~2014

7. SNOW DOME no Yakusoku IN TOKYO DOME 2013.11.16 - Kis-My-Ft2

8. Perfume 4th Tour in DOME "LEVEL3" - Perfume

9. One Direction THIS IS US Blu-ray and DVD Set - One Direction

10. Honoo to Mori no Carnival in 2013 - SEKAI NO OWARI

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Source:  http://tower.jp/article/campaign/2014/07/15/01

[DocumentaLy]

I would've expected the Yuzu album to be higher.

[Ryusenkai]

I would've expected the Yuzu album to be higher.

 

So would I really, considering how well its sold and continuing to sell.  It's possible that it's just really evenly distributed (or they have a lot of fans that prefer smaller stores), but there's really no way to know that unless HMV wanted to release physical store numbers as well so I could have a valid comparison (and believe me, I've tried searching for those).

[dream]

Ariana's new album is gonna slay in Japan.

[Nemono]

why is shinee dvd selling more than bigbangs?

[Kyutiemir22]

TVXQ :')

[kish]

1. RAY - BUMP OF CHICKEN <---- I bet this because of Hatsune Miku

2. TREE - Tohoshinki

3. Ballada - Amuro Namie

4. Tales of Purefly - MAN WITH A MISSION

5. Tsugi no Ashiato - AKB48

6. HUMAN - Fukuyama Masaharu

7. HIT! HIT! HIT! - Kis-My-Ft2

8. Keeper Of The Flame - the HIATUS

9. Awa no You na Ai Datta - aiko

10. Shinsekai - Yuzu
 

why is shinee dvd selling more than bigbangs?

in Japan, SHINee has more fans than BIGBANG these days... plus they are more productive in Japan than BIGBANG since last year

[Ryusenkai]

 

1. RAY - BUMP OF CHICKEN <---- I bet this because of Hatsune Miku

2. TREE - Tohoshinki

3. Ballada - Amuro Namie

4. Tales of Purefly - MAN WITH A MISSION

5. Tsugi no Ashiato - AKB48

6. HUMAN - Fukuyama Masaharu

7. HIT! HIT! HIT! - Kis-My-Ft2

8. Keeper Of The Flame - the HIATUS

9. Awa no You na Ai Datta - aiko

10. Shinsekai - Yuzu

 

in Japan, SHINee has more fans than BIGBANG these days... plus they are more productive in Japan than BIGBANG since last year

 

 

As to the first ... not really.  Bump have always been a big band in CD stores, and 14 years post-debut, that still hasn't changed.  Honestly, the Miku thing was a promotion primarily aimed at digitally selling a certain song, which did succeed.  I doubt it really bolstered physical numbers though, especially considering the version of the song with her on it isn't even on the record.

[DocumentaLy]

LOL!