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Originally Posted by Nackar_91
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.
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Oh, there was never a full album that was certified in Japan so I don't think it would help much.
The Japanese people download legally mainly full songs and ringtones. From time to time there are full singles who get certificated but never full albums.
Not a lot of singles as well, just a few in a year.