Western releases usually have a higher factor (i.e. x2).

^Why is that?

@Karen: I think it was a badp part on his record company for releasing that single. Look on the bright side, it's a top 20 hit. :yes

@riozz: Ninki is a piece of crap. Just because Nami ranked #1, didn't mean she was going to get it. Nami had tough or shall I say soft competition (sales suck this week) and she didn't seem to bring it this time like she did the last time. As someone else said, her first week sales weren't even high when she did get #1. Her record company should've waited to release her album though. .....But then again, getting a #1 basically means, the record company released it at the right time. =/ At least it was a top 20 hit. :yes I wanna hear EDEN now since austin dislikes it. :sdevil

don't worry I'm not bummed . I had a feeling that DefSTAR wanted to test to see whether how good (or in this case how bad) a recut single will do for Ken because he has never released a recut single in his 13 years in the business

Obviously it's a bad bad bad move & not to mention severe competiton ain't helping matters as well

ah well , at least fake star & Canvas / Kimi wa su.te.ki are not going down to be his worst selling singles .

Besides , his debut single Precious Junk debuted at no.50 while his subsequent 2nd - 7th singles did not chart so that's not so bad

Dunno, but it's happened to Avril Lavigne, Linkin Park, Backstreet Boys

Never underestimate the power of Perfume. Those girls have staying power on the charts like nobody's business.

I'm very quickly falling in love with Perfume myself. I'll get their GAME Album eventually.

yap, i know..
try to hear EDEN because it's very good..I love it

SINGLES
1->1->1 - Maizu Tsukasa - 8222 + 21,811 + 13,822 (x1.75) = 76,746
3->3->2 - MilkyWay - 1144 + 3,788 + 3,987 (x1.75) = 15,608

ALBUMS
1->2->2 - BENNIE K - 3,872 + 4,382 + 3,585 (x1.7) = 20,126
2->3->3 - Perfume - 3,415 + 4,221 + 2,981 (x1.7) = 18,049
4->1->1 - Madonna - 5,364 + 4,421 (x1.7) = 16,635

CATCHY BEST is up to #4, and HEART STATION is up to #6. YUI fell to #10 today. Shuchinshi fell to #4, and mihimaru GT went up to #3!

Wow....:laugh Seems like Madonna might get the #1 position this week.

Not Catchy Best again....:wtf

LF is really helping HEART STATION'S sales. I so wanna know how much it will sale this week. :bgiggle I still haven't seen LF yet though. I have to wait until next...final exams are a *****! :grumpy

Nooooooo, Shushinchi fell...:dead2 Please rise back to the top Shuchi! :cry

I didn't mGT released a single. Wow, I'm so late. :(

this week sales is so slow...

^Just like last week. Tbh, I think we wamt see any huge sales for both the single and album charts until KAT-TUN or another JE group releases somthin'. :( Well, at least this year's sales are better than last year.

NEWS is releasing next week.

^ yup! & KAT-TUN the week after.

i'm curious about both of their sales. i hope "SUMMER TIME" beats out "Taiyou no Namida" and i wonder if "DON'T U EVER STOP" will sell more than "Soba ni Iru ne". the single is only $5.

wow that's dirt cheap O_O

I do know that there will be 4 versions of DON'T U EVER STOP that will be hitting stores on the 14th

meh :o

five dollars? @_@ wow lol Are u sure? XD

hmm I hope Ai's Rocket Sneakers x One Time will do well >< ~! HOPEFULLY lol ~!

Is Perfume that good? I shall give them a try later ;D XD

yeah, the Normal Edition of DON'T U EVER STOP is $5. but the 3 Limited Editions are regularly priced.

wow O_O

JE sure do know how to make $ from fangirls :o

^ wow lol XD amazing XP ~! But then it only makes sense XD lol its actually pretty smart ._. if they sell the normal for only 5 dollars than casual listeners will buy it, and the fans will buy the limited edition XD THATS EVIL PLANNING LOL

yah.. but only for ALbum because single sales weaker than last year
last year could surpass 1 million copies. 2008 highest single sales only 400K:innocent