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Originally Posted by jbrat2219
Yeah, but that's for singles. What about albums? People would have to download a certain amount of tracks for it to be considered 1 album sale. And we all know her album tracks don't do as well. So merging the charts just for singles and keeping them separate for albums is pointless. Things might as well stay the way they are. And people referring to Oricon instead of weighing in all of the factors that contribute to popularity doesn't warrant a reason to merge the charts. Arashi is a great example. Since a lot of their stuff are not available for digital download, their ranking would plummet if the charts were fused. However, they're undeniably popular, one of the most popular acts in Japan. There are more things involved and two charts becoming one doesn't solve the problem.
Although having a chart for physical and full-track digital sales would make things a lot easier for "single" sales, it doesn't make things better all around, in my opinion.
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I don't really get what you're saying. If one downloads the entire album, it counts as one album sold. If one downloads a single song, it counts as a song download. Where's the issue? Add the physical album sales to the digital album sales, and you have the sales.
Also, I don't see the problem with Arashi. The SOLE reason Johnny's chose not to release their songs digitally is to dominate the charts. If the charts were to be merged I'm sure they'd change that, they're suckers for chart succes it appears.
Besides, this is the way it's done in the rest of the world so I don't see why it wouldn't work in Japan. Also, if you're worried about accurate representations of popularity, other charts factor in airplay as well, which can fix that. It's not like the current charts are very clear about popularity either. Galileo Galilei's song Hamanasu no Hana was a big download hit that received a lot of airplay, but it only reached no. 15 on the Oricon charts.