Wed, October 14, 2009 (2:05am EDT)
YUI is on top of the singles chart again, with her latest release "It's all too much / Never say die" selling over 75,000 copies in its first week. She is now just the third female singer-songwriter to achieve three consecutive #1 singles, after Yumi Matsutoya and Hikaru Utada.
The #2 single of the week was "BEFORE I DECAY" by the GazettE, followed by new singles from UNICORN, THE ALFEE, and Ryu Si-won. The Cro-Magnons also had a new song in the top ten.
On the albums chart, the duo Yuzu claimed victory with close to 115,000 copies of their "FURUSATO." Including singles, this is their first #1 since January 2006.
Meanwhile, Ayaka's best album dropped to #2 in its second week, but it has already taken the lead for best selling album by a female artist this year. It has now sold a total of 577,000 copies.
The other new albums in the top ten were released by SEAMO, m-flo, Shion, and YU-A.
The #2 single of the week was "BEFORE I DECAY" by the GazettE, followed by new singles from UNICORN, THE ALFEE, and Ryu Si-won. The Cro-Magnons also had a new song in the top ten.
On the albums chart, the duo Yuzu claimed victory with close to 115,000 copies of their "FURUSATO." Including singles, this is their first #1 since January 2006.
Meanwhile, Ayaka's best album dropped to #2 in its second week, but it has already taken the lead for best selling album by a female artist this year. It has now sold a total of 577,000 copies.
The other new albums in the top ten were released by SEAMO, m-flo, Shion, and YU-A.
Wed, October 14, 2009 (1:26am EDT)
NTV has announced that this year's "24 Hour Television" telethon (August 29-30) raised a total of more than 951 million yen. This is the 11th largest sum in the program's 32-year history.
This year's charity T-shirts were designed by animation studio Pixar. More than 400,000 of the shirts were sold, making it the 3rd most successful design in the history of the telethon.
Since it started in 1978, "24 Hour Television" has raised more than 28.1 billion yen.
This year's charity T-shirts were designed by animation studio Pixar. More than 400,000 of the shirts were sold, making it the 3rd most successful design in the history of the telethon.
Since it started in 1978, "24 Hour Television" has raised more than 28.1 billion yen.
Wed, October 14, 2009 (1:12am EDT)
Singer-songwriter Ai Otsuka (27) has recorded her first collaborative song, titled "aisu x time." Her partner for the project is rapper SU (35) of the hip-hop unit RIP SLYME.
The song will be included on Otsuka's "LOVE is Best" compilation, which goes on sale on November 11. While selecting the tracks for the album, Otsuka came up with the idea of doing a new version of her "One x Time" with a hip-hop flavor. As a fan of RIP SLYME's music, she invited SU to do the collaboration with her.
The "aisu" in the title refers both to the song's theme of love and the names of the two artists.
Although "LOVE is Best" will not be out until next month, "aisu x time" will be available as a chaku-uta starting on October 14.
The song will be included on Otsuka's "LOVE is Best" compilation, which goes on sale on November 11. While selecting the tracks for the album, Otsuka came up with the idea of doing a new version of her "One x Time" with a hip-hop flavor. As a fan of RIP SLYME's music, she invited SU to do the collaboration with her.
The "aisu" in the title refers both to the song's theme of love and the names of the two artists.
Although "LOVE is Best" will not be out until next month, "aisu x time" will be available as a chaku-uta starting on October 14.
