The Johnny's group Kis-My-Ft2 finally released their first single after years as an undebuted group. “Everybody Go” took #1 in the rankings at nearly 316,000 copies sold. Excluding artists who debuted after being part of a debuted group, Kis-My-Ft2 is now #3 on Oricon’s all-time list of highest first-week sales for a debut single. They are surpassed only by fellow Johnny’s groups KAT-TUN (“Real Face,” 754,000) and Arashi (“A・RA・SHI,” 557,000).
Kis-My-Ft2 is the 12th male group in Oricon history to reach #1 with a debut single. They also have the honor of setting the record for first-week sales by a debut artist this year, beating out NMB48’s “Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo” (218,000).
Another single that set a record this week is the hit song “Maru Maru Mori Mori!” by 7-year-old child stars Ashida Mana and Suzuki Fuku. The song rose two spots to #5 and claimed its 12th consecutive week in the Top 10. Among singles that have included an artist under 10 years old, “Maru Maru Mori Mori!” now has the longest Top 10 streak, passing the 2007 song “Gake no Ue no Ponyo” that featured Ohashi Nozomi, who was 9 years old at the time.
- Kis-My-Ft2 – Everybody Go – 315,781
- DiVA – Cry – 56,053
- Choshinsei – Kimi Dake wa Hanasanai – 35,518
- 765PRO ALLSTARS – READY!! – 26,446
- Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook – Maru Maru Mori Mori! – 22,551
- Choshinsei – Meki☆Love – 21,113
- Berryz Koubou – Aa, Yoru ga Akeru – 16,307
- Lead – HURRICANE – 16,146
- KAT-TUN – RUN FOR YOU – 14,469
- Sata Andagi – Kimi ga Tsuji / Yume no Tobira – 13,502
Yamashita Tatsuro released his first original album in 6 years, titled “Ray of Hope.” With sales close to 105,000 copies, he topped the charts (singles or albums) for the first time in 8 years and 9 months. Counting only original albums, this is his first in 13 years. He is just the 4th artist to have a #1 album in 4 consecutive decades (from the ’80s to the ’10s), after Matsutoya Yumi, Tokunaga Hideaki, and Kuwata Keisuke.
- Yamashita Tatsuro – Ray of Hope – 104,548
- Kato Miliyah – M BEST – 61,923
- BEAST – SO BEAST – 50,819
- SCANDAL – BABY ACTION – 37,803
- Various Artists – ZONE Tribute ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ – 27,288
- Suga Shikao – Sugarless II – 20,569
- B'z – C'mon – 19,095
- JUJU – YOU – 16,555
- Shoujo Jidai – GIRLS' GENERATION – 14,846
- Lady Gaga – Born This Way – 14,802
In DVDs, “ZARD What a beautiful memory ~forever you~” sold 8,373 copies to capture #1 on the general charts. The DVD contains footage from the memorial concert on May 27 of this year, said to be the final one held in her honor. ZARD’s last chart-topping DVD was “ZARD Le Portfolio 1991-2006” in October 2006, about half a year before her death.
Since Oricon began publishing DVD sales rankings in 1994, this is just the second time that a deceased artist has topped the overall category (Michael Jackson was the first). In Oricon’s earlier video rankings, Ozaki Yutaka and hide also topped the charts after their deaths.
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