Thanks again for the list! Waiting for the official Oricon list is getting to be frustrating :)

Thanks for sharing!

WOW! Erika is the only female in the top 10 singles and the only female to pass 400,000 copies!

Agreed! Too many best-ofs! :eviltongu

WOW. look at all those Johnny Ent. singles! :O Kame has 3 in the top 5 alone (Real Face, Seishun Amigo, & SIGNAL)! it's really JE's year for singles. :] even T&T and TOKIO managed to get hits, even though they're not big-sellers.

i hope m(u) will still be in the top 10 before the year ends! hopefully Secret will do the same or perhaps get even higher sales.

looking at that chart.. it seems ayu had a bad year... it's just me.. at least both singles are in the top 50.

Oh CRAP. One more week and Ultra Blue will climb to (m)u's spot. Hopefully Secret's release will create a resurgence in sales.

thx for the info

IMO, Ayu's song quality has not gone down at all..

Her fanbase just isn't as big..

^ yea....plus...more people are just d/ling instead of buying, doesn't mean they don't want to though....plus all the overseas buyers :) (my secret buy won't count :(...-sigh-)

but wow...Startin' sold THAT LITTLE? ...it's like..my fav single since 'is this LOVE?'

Well, the main reason to why people buying actual CDs has reduced is because of digital purchases.

I believe her album will sell over 2 million copies, in digital downloads, or something.

Chaku-Uta full song downloads (certified by RIAJ):

STEP you, fairyland, HEAVEN, Startin', BLUE BIRD were certified 'Gold' which means between 100,000-249,000 downloads. It's kind of strange since Ayu hasn't even got 1 song that was certified 'Platinum' yet Kuu (obviously), Ai and most surprisingly, BoA did.

Did oricon start with their Chaku-Uta charts yet, or are those numbers from RIAJs certifications?

Thanks for the numbers. Didn't INSPIRE sell around 650k or something? Seems like a huge drop for the 2005/2006 singles.

Bleh. Supposedly in Chaku-Uta, HEAVEN and CAROLS got a million :|

http://www.riaj.or.jp/whatsnew/w060920_3.html

But whatever really. -smacks up something-

^But those are only ringtones.... And the 650k for ringtones might have also included ringtones as well.

My guess to when Oricon will start showing a chart of DLs would be whenever their new year starts.

When is it supposed to end/start, if it isn't extended?

^(Start dates) Normally, Nov. 22. With the extension I think it's either Dec. 6th or the 13th.

I wish Ayu's stats were higher...too bad. but go Ayu anyways!

i believe that ayu can recover next year

and wow

ub is so close to (m)u

Number 7 album of the year is quite good.Well done Ayumi..

Thank you for posting.

the bad year thing has been constantly been said already...o well, koda is doing very well there,,,Ayu ganbatte nxt year!..

I think Secret must bring back the people's interest in buying her CDs again...i hope its gonna be a great album (of coz i will like it no matter wad)...but it must bring back some confidence...i think B&D really blow hard