Charts: Madonna at #1 again after almost 18 years

Madonna’s latest album, “Hard Candy,” topped the Oricon charts this past week with 55,000 in sales. Her last #1 in Japan was the 1990 release “I’m Breathless.” The 17-year-11-month gap between the two chart-toppers is a record for a solo artist. One of the songs on the new album, “Miles Away,” is being used as the theme song for the Takuya Kimura-starring drama series “CHANGE,” which premieres on Fuji TV next Monday.

The soundtrack to the “Sushi Ouji!” was the only other new release in the Top 10, and it barely made the cut. Last week’s #1, “Dream "A" live” by Arashi, fell to #5 while BENNIE K and Perfume kept their spots at #2 and #3, respectively.

Speaking of “Sushi Ouji!,” the singles chart was led by that movie’s theme song, “No more” by Koichi Domoto (released under the name of his character, Tsukasa Maizu). It sold near 111,000 copies.

Shuchishin was able to hang on at #2 for the 4th consecutive week, outselling new releases by the new Hello! Project unit Milky Way (#3), mihimaru GT (#4), TUBE (#5), and The Possible (#10).

In the music DVD ranking, Hey! Say! JUMP sold 70,000 copies of their first DVD, making them the youngest group in history at the top of the chart.

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Oricon