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Old 8th September 2017, 09:20 PM
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I still remember that article against massive selling tricks like AKB48 does:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture...usic-gimmicks/

In fact, since 2015 Oricon doesn't count these releases that includes bonus content in order to avoid inaccurate charts:
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/about/

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Originally Posted by Oricon
※合算集計対象外となる商品について
・ミュージックカードに代表される、楽曲をダウンロードするためのIDパスワード付カード商品(平成27年 4月6日以降の発売作品より適用)
・コンサートチケットとのセット販売CD(平成27年6月29日以降の発売作品より適用)

※ For items that will not be subject to summing up
· Card products with ID password for downloading music, as typified by music cards (applied from released works since April 6, 2015)
· Set sale CD with concert tickets (applied from released works since June 29, 2015)
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