What singer or band is on top in Japan at the moment?

[Shigatsu]

Originally posted by Gubidxa
Who can tell me about Megumi Hayashibara? is she good?

She is the best- been my favorite since she first came out in her first role in Masion Ikkoku- then I followed her through Ranma, SMJ, Slayers, and the list goes on and on.

She's my idol next to Tomoko from The Brilliant Green (WHO ROCKS LIKE WHOA.)

 

[Monophobia]

Re: Re: What singer or band is on top in Japan in this moment???

Originally posted by Gaki
Easiest way to find out would be to check the Oricon Charts, or to buy the magazine called "Whats In".

I checked Oricon but my browser doesn't show kanji!!!!!

p.s where can i get this Whats In magazine? it sounds like a dream come true...

 

[Yokan]

I know this thread is very old. but in a matter of interest, who is top at the minute? at number one and the top jrock band. >_<

 

[Nana007]

Here are the end of the year for 2005 top 30 on the Oricon charts. The in 100k yen confuses me cause I dont know it means how much money in yen that artist profitted in Japan (which is what it seems) or if it is talking bout sales.

TOP 30 BEST SELLING ARISTS (in 100K yen):
1 ORANGE RANGE 143,511
2 Ketsumeishi 84,049
3 Koda Kumi 76,349
4 Hamasaki Ayumi 69,083
5 Southern All Stars 67,964
6 EXILE 66,410
7 Mr.Children 64,088
8 Hirai Ken 56,032
9 BoA 45,971

10 KinKi Kids 43,495
11 Yuzu 38,915
12 Otsuka Ai 38,764
13 TO -digest- (western music) 38,394
14 Def Tech 31,435
15 Nakashima Mika 29,609
16 B'z 27,331
17 Porno Graffitti 26,012
18 UMK -digest- (western music) 25,761
19 SMAP 25,173
20 Oda Kazumasa 25,011
21 L'Arc~en~Ciel 24,784
22 GLAY 22,617
23 DREAMS COME TRUE 22,600
24 O-ZONE 21,365
25 Hirahara Ayaka 20,952
26 Destiny's Child 20,686
27 aiko 19,909
28 RIP SLYME 19,903
29 THE YELLOW MONKEY 19,026
30 Do As Infinity 18,459

Here is also the top 100 Singles but it isn't in romaji.
TOP 100 BEST SELLING SINGLES:
01 945,315 青春アミーゴ / 修二と彰
02 942,675 さくら / ケツメイシ
03 924,379 四次元 Four Dimensions / Mr.Children
04 628,329 ＊～アスタリスク～ / ORANGE RANGE
05 537,783 SCREAM / GLAY x EXILE
06 525,905 Anniversary / KinKi Kids
07 505,649 OCEAN / B'z
08 447,393 ラヴ・パレード / ORANGE RANGE
09 427,043 ファンタスティポ / トラジ・ハイジ
10 423,593 GLAMOROUS SKY / NANA starring MIKA NAKASHIMA
11 417,464 お願い! セニョリータ / ORANGE RANGE
12 410,924 キズナ / ORANGE RANGE
13 401,461 NO MORE CRY / D-51
14 396,749 BANG! BANG! バカンス! / SMAP
15 376,904 ここにしか咲かない花 / コブクロ
16 371,706 愛と欲望の日々/ＬＯＮＥＬＹ ＷＯＭＡＮ / サザンオールスターズ
17 365,011 友だちへ～Ｓａｙ Ｗｈａｔ Ｙｏｕ Ｗｉｌｌ～ / SMAP
18 348,682 Dreamland / BENNIE K
19 345,340 STEP you/is this LOVE? / 浜崎あゆみ
20 345,112 ENDLESS STORY / REIRA starring YUNA ITO
21 338,147 花 / ORANGE RANGE
22 321,977 月光花 / ジャンヌダルク
23 320,591 HEAVEN / 浜崎あゆみ
24 319,120 ビロードの闇 / KinKi Kids
25 316,663 fairyland c/w alterna / 浜崎あゆみ
26 308,388 SMILY/ビー玉 / 大塚 愛
27 293,572 愛のバクダン / B'z
28 290,571 ツバサ / アンダーグラフ
29 290,369 トンガリキッズⅠ / トンガリキッズ
30 288,629 恋におちたら / Crystal Kay
31 278,989 マツケンサンバⅡ 松平 健
32 261,584 チェリッシュ NEWS
33 259,109 BOHBO No.5/神の島遥か国 サザンオールスターズ
34 242,322 TEPPEN NEWS
35 241,423 プラネタリウム BUMP OF CHICKEN
36 236,096 好きやねん、大阪。/桜援歌(Oh！ ENKA)/ 無限大 関ジャニ∞
37 235,751 Link L'Arc～en～Ciel×P'UNK～EN～CIEL
38 227,819 ネオメロドラマティック/ROLL ポルノグラフィティ
39 224,413 初恋列車 氷川きよし
40 223,208 PRIDE HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR
41 215,114 プラネタリウム 大塚 愛
42 214,098 Jupiter 平原綾香
43 211,682 Story AI
44 206,658 キラキラ aiko
45 198,409 POP STAR 平井 堅
46 196,667 泣いたりしないで/RED × BLUE 福山雅治
47 195,004 EXIT EXILE
48 194,514 Pecori Night Gorie with Jasmine & Joann
49 193,772 Killing Me L'Arc～en～Ciel
50 191,366 何度でも DREAMS COME TRUE
51 183,181 New World L'Arc～en～Ciel
52 181,997 HERO EXILE
53 177,528 WISH 嵐
54 176,028 vestige -ヴェスティージ- T.M.Revolution
55 172,737 サクラ咲ケ 嵐
56 172,207 僕のキモチ WaT
57 171,804 東 京 福山雅治
58 169,542 DO THE MOTION BoA
59 167,925 over... K
60 162,850 UTAO-UTAO V6
61 161,031 桜 コブクロ
62 156,709 Metamorphoze ～メタモルフォーゼ～ Gackt
63 156,512 恋文/good night Every Little Thing
64 156,172 君は僕に似ている See‐Saw
65 155,915 青いベンチ サスケ
66 154,080 未来の地図 Mi
67 151,201 ホワイトロード GLAY
68 149,134 黒毛和牛上塩タン焼680円 大塚 愛
69 145,718 叙情詩 L'Arc～en～Ciel
70 143,916 Be My Last 宇多田ヒカル
71 140,969 Wings of Words CHEMISTRY
72 139,338 桜 リュ・シウォン
73 139,283 初花凜々 SINGER SONGER
74 136,725 メリクリ BoA
75 135,898 僕たちの行方 高橋 瞳
76 126,885 世界はそれを愛と呼ぶんだぜ サンボマスター
77 126,712 全力少年 スキマスイッチ
78 126,338 realize/Take a Chance melody.
79 124,344 仮面／未来航海 タッキー＆翼
80 124,010 ハナミズキ 一青 窈
81 121,960 車輪の唄 BUMP OF CHICKEN
82 119,841 Life Goes On 有坂美香
83 119,737 面影の都 氷川きよし
84 119,533 ギター侍のうた 波田陽区
85 118,738 Butterfly 倖田來未
86 118,350 さくらんぼ 大塚 愛
87 117,299 リルラ リルハ 木村カエラ
88 116,348 五能線 水森かおり
89 115,911 NaNaNa サマーガール ポルノグラフィティ
90 114,787 うすゆき草 川中美幸
91 111,632 let go m-flo loves YOSHIKA
92 111,324 ネコに風船 大塚 愛
93 110,284 大阪レイニーブルース 関ジャニ∞(エイト)
94 109,578 明 日 平原綾香
95 107,930 feel my soul YUI
96 106,099 flower 倖田來未
97 105,631 桜色舞うころ 中島美嘉
98 104,030 超特急/陽はまた昇る ゆず
99 103,104 D-tecnoLife UVERworld
100 102,733 WANT ME, WANT ME 安室奈美惠

and the top 100 albums
TOP 100 BEST SELLING ALBUMS:
01 2,630,763 musiQ / ORANGE RANGE
02 1,915,233 ケツノポリス4 / ケツメイシ
03 1,660,885 SENTIMENLovers / 平井堅
04 1,657,631 Def Tech / Def Tech
05 1,438,889 PERFECT BEST / EXILE
06 1,207,793 BEST ~first things~ / 倖田來未
07 1,131,776 MY STORY / 浜崎あゆみ
08 1,068,773 I ♥ U / Mr.Children
09 1,060,039 BEST OF SOUL / BoA
10 1,025,091 キラーストリート / サザンオールスターズ
11 848,776 ИATURAL / ORANGE RANGE
12 809,739 DISCO-ZONE ~恋のマイアヒ~ / O-ZONE
13 635,336 Home [1997-2000) / ゆず
14 624,506 Lokahi Lani / Def Tech
15 557,783 THE CURCLE / B'z
16 545,820 MUSIC / 中島美嘉
17 544,594 KinKi Single Selection II / KinKi Kids
18 541,627 Going [2001~2005] / ゆず
19 528,360 ネヴァー・ゴーン / バックストリート・ボーイズ
20 522,800 グッジョブ! / リップスライム
21 514,746 DIAMOND15 / DREAMS COME TRUE
22 505,607 secret / 倖田來未
23 495,298 そうかな / 小田和正
24 487,051 デスティニー・フルフィルド / デスティニーズ・チャイルド
25 467,569 Early Times / LOVE PSYCHEDELICO
26 466,899 夢の中のまっすぐな道 / aiko
27 450,359 Queen of Hip-Pop / 安室奈美恵
28 423,734 ベスト・クラシック100 / Various Artists
29 416,655 THUMPx / ポルノグラフィティ
30 414,513 LOVE JAM / 大塚 愛
31 411,521 -Ballad Best Singles- WHITE ROAD GLAY
32 400,982 SAMPLE BANG！ SMAP
33 383,815 教育 東京事変
34 383,185 空創クリップ スキマスイッチ
35 378,409 MIC-A-HOLIC A. I. AI
36 369,548 SINGER FOR SINGER MISIA
37 365,138 #1's Destiny's Child
38 359,869 スーベニア スピッツ
39 358,703 AWAKE L'Arc～en～Ciel
40 345,743 Greatest Hits:My Prerogative Britney Spears
41 338,842 joy YUKI
42 334,062 BEAT SPACE NINE m-flo
43 325,783 G10ゴスペラーズ
44 296,756 Crystal Style Crystal Kay
45 294,599 Monkey Business the BLACK EYED PEAS
46 289,244 THE YELLOW MONKEY MOTHER OF ALL BEST
47 279,206 Do The A-side Do As Infinity
48 271,920機動戦士ガンダムSEED DESTINY COMPLETE BEST Various Artists
49 270,931 BLUE PERIOD 山崎まさよし
50 262,651 Have A Nice Day Bon Jovi
51 259,275 MIMI MARIAH CAREY
52 256,696 I BELIEVE Tata Young
53 256,332 Japana-rhythm BENNIE K
54 255,087 ether[エーテル] レミオロメン
55 252,399 touch NEWS
56 250,083 To All The Dreamers SOUL'd OUT
57 247,167 Songs About Jane -SP Edition- Maroon5
58 246,847 My First Love 浜田省吾
59 245,681 H album –H．A．N．D- KinKi Kids
60 244,919 傑作選 2001～2005 森山直太朗
61 244,689 Rebirth Jennifer Lopez
62 242,285 SONORITE 山下達郎
63 239,338 ODYSSEY 平原綾香
64 233,012 GREATEST HITS The Offspring
65 231,934 the ultimate collection鬼束ちひろ
66 227,637 Don't Believe The Truth OASIS
67 226,715 RIOT ON THE GRILL ELLEGARDEN
68 226,574 BEGINシングル大全集 BEGIN
69 225,717 Encore EMINEM
70 222,661 「オペラ座の怪人」オリジナル・サウンドトラック OST
71 217,902 Synchronicity BENNIE K
72 215,460 ばらいろポップ SINGER SONGER
73 205,507 Greatest Hits Sweetbox
74 201,366 イン・ザ・モーニング2 Various Artists
75 200,273 ワナビー！ Various Artists
76 199,149 サンボマスターは君に語りかける サンボマスター
77 195,581死無愚流 呼麗苦衝音+3 2001-2004 氣志團
78 191,744 ROCK THE WORLD HOME MADE 家族
79 189,293 Rose 加藤ミリヤ
80 187,299 E ～Complete A side singles～ ZONE
81 185,350 FUSE OF LOVE 倉木麻衣
82 182,899 VOCARIST 徳永英明
83 181,653 In Between Dreams Jack Johnson
84 177,142 Collision course JAY-Z/LINKIN PARK
85 176,867 Smile サスケ
86 176,753 Rio de Emocion Dragon Ash
87 174,544 自己ベスト 小田和正
88 173,324 The Voice 平原綾香
89 168,541 Hot Chemistry CHEMISTRY
90 167,551 X&Y coldplay
91 166,131 American Idiot Green Day
92 165,349 JOKER ジャンヌダルク
93 162,454 musicmind V6
94 159,025 LOVE PUNCH 大塚 愛
95 158,810 Make Progless 玉置成實
96 158,773 Listen To The Music2 槇原敬之
97 158,635 HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB U2
98 154,353 Dynamite Jamiroquai
99 149,596 P.O.A ～POP ON ARRIVAL～ BEAT CRUSADERS
100 147,970 One 嵐

 

[Nana007]

Sorry for the double post but the first post is so long. For the most part it is J-Pop and a few J-urban bands. And all of the J-Rock bands are none VK unless you count Glay but I really don't see them as VK.

 

[elanor]

Wth. Why's Orange Range so popular? Nothing against them, but I don't find their songs that spectacular... Or am I just listening to the wrong songs (again)?

 

[rynn]

lols yeah ORANGE RANGE is pretty popular i dont find their songs that special either... but hey, to each their own~!!

:-( wuu hardly any VK jrock bands there *sniffles* i wonder if every member in this jrock forum live in Japan, would we see VK jrock bands TOPPING THE CHARTS!?!?!??! sounds goOd yeh!?

 

[elanor]

I spotted this on the list:

37 235,751 Link L'Arc～en～Ciel×P'UNK～EN～CIEL

Care to explain what "Link L'Arc～en～Ciel×P'UNK～EN～CIEL" is? Is it a L'arc song?

 

[-rika- shinya`]

Link is their new single and the soundtrack for FMA. P'UNK~EN~CIEL is their alter ego..with Tetsu p'unk on vocals, Hyde p'unk on guitar, Yukihiro p'unk on bass and Ken p'unk on drums.

 

[elanor]

Ohhhh~!! Thanks (again) Rika!

 

[-rika- shinya`]

okie.. im pretty sure that's it.. so if im wrong, pls correct

 

[UnderCover]

Koda Kumi is kicking butt right now. Don't know if she'll last though.

 

[Yokan]

okay i double posted again...sorry *waves* 'look below'

 

[Yokan]

lols yeah ORANGE RANGE is pretty popular i dont find their songs that special either... but hey, to each their own~!!

:-( wuu hardly any VK jrock bands there *sniffles* i wonder if every member in this jrock forum live in Japan, would we see VK jrock bands TOPPING THE CHARTS!?!?!??! sounds goOd yeh!?

I'm up for it if your paying! :gohan:

Koda Kumi is always kicking butt. or so it seems. from what i've heard, she is one of a kind.

 

[rynn]

lolz!! yeah right.. i can hardly get myself there yet.. hehehz ~
someday ey? some day...
yeaaa i like koda kumi~!! she's cool~!!!!! why is gackt at #62?

 

[chizuri]

lols yeah ORANGE RANGE is pretty popular i dont find their songs that special either... but hey, to each their own~!!

Hee ... well I lovelovelove Orange Range. I think their music takes some getting used to, as they seem to focus more on vocals, creating sort of a rap-ish(?) sound. (I hate rap, by the way. xD Sorreh, I do.) But the more you listen to it, the more you get the feel of the music. It's actually pretty entertaining and ... uh ... fun. xD
When coming from a J-Rock perspective, I can see how -most- people don't really like Orange Range.
For people interested in getting into Orange Range I reccommend Asterisk and 1st Contact. I don't like their new album (I think it came out in October?), Natural, but then again I haven't really listened to it much. If people are interested I can upload stuff. >_<;; But it doesn't sound like it.
I usually get flamed for saying I like Orange Range. :? People really don't like it, I guess.

 

[Nana007]

I like Orange Range, but then I am also a rap fan, and I like how Orange Range is rock but the vocals have alot of rap influences.

 

[Shiroi na Tenshi]

THere was a local US visit from ORANGE RANGE lately. I ve heard about it, but I wish it was more local. Porno Graffitti was there, I heard they kick act!