Oricon Half-Year Rankings+ The usual 3 weekly sales
 

05/25 EDIT:
Oricon celebrates its' 40th year. Here are some of the record-breakers.
Largest Single Seller (Male): B'z (33,210,000)
Largest Single Seller (Female): Hamasaki Ayumi (19,840,000)
Largest Album Seller (Male): B'z (41,450,000)
Largest Album Seller (Female): Matsutoya Yumi (29,300,000)
*Ayu is 2nd with 23,500,000*

Most #1 Singles: B'z (37)
*Ayu is 2nd with 26*
Most #1 Albums: Matsutoya Yumi (21)

Most Million Selling Singles: B'z (15)
*Ayu is tied with 9 other artists with 5*
Most Million Selling Albums: B'z (19)

(Upon Debut) Most Consecutive #1 Singles: Kinki Kids (22)
(Upon Debut) Most Consecutive #1 Albums: Kinki Kids (6)

sources:http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/22520/
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/22610/
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/ranking/22609/
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Startin'/Born To Be... 11th Week Sales
Weekly Sales: 678
TOTAL Sales: 185,780
to 200,000: 14,220

Numerical Drop: -192
Percentage Drop: -22.07%
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(miss) understood 20th Week Sales
Weekly Sales: 847
TOTAL Sales: 868,304
to 1,000,000: 131,696

Numerical Drop: -107 units
Percentage Drop: -11.2%

*(m)u is now the 2nd best selling original album*
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CountDown Live 9th Week Sales
Weekly Sales: 1,044
TOTAL Sales: 48,414
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Oricon Half Year TOP 30 (All releases up to and including from November 23rd to May 17th; Oricon Calendar: December 5th-May 29th)

SINGLE TOP 30
01 1,001,055 "Real Face" - KAT-TUN
02 *,749,556 "Konayuki" - Remioromen (Total: 843,040)
03 *,655,302 "Seishun Amigo" - Shuuji to Akira (Total: 1,600,617)
04 *,562,196 "Tada... Aitakute" - EXILE
05 *,476,674 "supernova/karma" - BUMP OF CHICKEN
06 *,383,923 "Junrenka" - Shounan Nokaze
07 *,365,878 "Dear WOMAN" - SMAP
08 *,340,768 "Triangle" - SMAP
09 *,317,397 "SNOW! SNOW! SNOW!" - Kinki Kids
10 *,306,035 "Tabibido" - Ketsumeishi
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11 *,303,597 "Shodo" - B'z
12 *,299,006 "Venus" - Tackey & Tsubasa
13 *,253,561 "Sakura" - Kobukuro (Total: 414,592)
14 *,225,660 "Yuruginaimono Hitotsu" - B'z
15 *,220,875 "I believe" - ayaka
16 *,220,092 "Sayaendou/Hadashi no Cinderella Boy" - NEWS
17 *,200,423 "Only Human" - K
18 *,190,060 "you" - Koda Kumi
19 *,185,780 "Startin'/Born To Be..." - Hamasaki Ayumi
20 *,183,552 "Taiyo no Shita" - Remioromen
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21 *,178,268 "5 Senti." - WaT
22 *,164,229 "AROUND THE WORLD" - MONKEY MAJIK
23 *,163,987 "Someiyoshino" - ENDLICHERI ENDLICHERI
24 *,160,249 "Space Sonic" - ELLEGARDEN
25 *,160,240 "Kitto Daijobu" - Arashi
26 *,159,933 "Age Age EVERY Knight" - DJ OZMA
27 *,156,184 "Champione" - ORANGE RANGE
28 *,153,652 "Frienger" - Otsuka Ai
29 *,143,910 "Mr. Travelling Man" - TOKIO
30 *,132,993 "Bold & Delicious/Pride" - Hamasaki Ayumi

ALBUM TOP 30
01 2,020,729 "Single Collection '95-'05 'UTABAKA' " - Hirai Ken
02 1,661,592 "BEST ~second session" - Koda Kumi
03 1,186,741 "B'z The Best 'Pleasure II' " - B'z
04 1,072,461 "BEST" - Nakashima Mika
05 *,877,148 "Catch The Wave" - Def Tech
06 *,868,304 "(miss) understood" - Hamasaki Ayumi
07 *,820,775 "NAMELESS WORLD" - Kobukuro
08 *,801,597 "LOVE COOK" - Otsuka Ai
09 *,708,915 "Best of KAT-TUN" - KAT-TUN
10 *,605,387 "CYCLE HIT '91-'97 Single Collection" - Spitz
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11 *,595,059 "Sora Ippai ni Kanaderu Inori" - Aqua Timez (Total: 598,823)
12 *,541,059 "BEST ~first things~" - Koda Kumi (Total: 1,748,852)
13 *,484,978 "CYCLE HIT '97-'05 Single Collection" - Spitz
14 *,473,103 "ASIA" - EXILE
15 *,453,684 "THE LOVE ROCKS" - DREAMS COME TRUE
16 *,425,938 "Curtain Call: The Hits" - EMINEM
17 *,418,685 "OUTGROW" - BoA
18 *,403,433 "Confidence" - HY
19 *,382,667 "AMARANTINE" - Enya
20 *,328,065 "Confessions on a Dancefloor" - Madonna (Total: 381,128)
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21 *,320,255 "HORIZON" - Remioromen
22 *,293,604 "Adult" - Tokyo Jihen
23 *,255,734 "Ribbon" - Yuzu
24 *,248,640 "Fun Club" - ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
25 *,247,279 "Call Me Miss..." - Crystal Kay
26 *,240,867 "Def Tech" - Def Tech (Total: 1,898,498)
27 *,240,280 "Daniel Powter" - Daniel Powter (Total: 240,839)
28 *,239,839 "Back to Bedlam" - James Blunt
29 *,211,070 "FLASH ~BEST~" - THE HIGH-LOWS
30 *,209,190 "&" - Hitoto Yo
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SINGLES
Highest Selling Male Solo Single: "Only Human" - K
Highest Selling Female Solo Single: "I believe" - ayaka (Debut)
Highest Selling Group Single: "Real Face" - KAT-TUN (Debut)

ALBUMS
Highest Selling Original Album: "Catch The Wave" - Def Tech
Highest Selling Male Solo Original Album: "Daniel Powter" - Daniel Powter
Highest Selling Female Solo Original Album: "(miss) understood" - Hamasaki Ayumi
Highest Selling Group Original Album: "Catch The Wave" - Def Tech

2006=Ayu's weakest year yet :(

Still amazingly strong considering it's years past her prime though :D

thanks for the updates

Thanks for the info!

thanks alot =]

cool...i hope Startin' can beat "you" then it will be the top female on the single list...

at least best female ORIGINAL album is still (m)u...BEST albums naturally sell well right???

I didn't even know KAT-TUN had released a BEST album....aye...

Well, at least Ayu's still somewhere in the top 30 :yes :)

thanks for the update.

Anybody besides me notice that the only ones that sold over a million were Best albums?

^ I notice it, too...the top 4 o_O

no it would still be second. 1st would still be ayaka's "I believe".

it's not really a BEST album. Since none of the songs on the album have been released on a CD before.

Thanks for this. I find it funny that B&D ranks as 30. xD

i don't know if Koda Kumi second session is really considered not as an original album though ... just because it had the word "best" on it ...

it just seem like it was like an album with all its track released as singles ahead of its release ...

Well...even Madonna has had her rocky years, but still remains strong. I think that's what will become of Ayu. All she needs is her own "Confessions of a Dancefloor"

Um, didn't think singles went over the million mark nowdays.. compared to albums

I just noticed that if (miss)understood does get a million, then she'll be tied with Yumi Matsutoya for female artists with albums that sold 1 million or more. (ayu has 8, Yumi has 9)

Technically, ayu only has 6 right now (7, if (m)u passes a million) since Memorial address is considered a "mini-album", Oricon doesn't count it as a full album. Plus, on my OS version of (m)u, they label it as her "7th Album".

not bad ^_^ thanks for the update ayufan

funny how she is so weak this year, yet she still manages to rank so-so

XD XD XD

Ayaka's "i believe" sold more than Startin'... XD XD

thats sad

at least she made it to the rank :)