Oricon 6 month Top 30 single and album rankings

***nmskalmn*** · #1 30th June 2005, 11:29 AM

Oricon has published the top 30 single, album, and DVD sales for the period 1 December 2004 to 31 May 2005.

CD singles sales
01. "Sakura" - Ketsumeishi - 910,990 sold
02. "Asterisk" - ORANGE RANGE - 617,922 sold
03. "Anniversary" - KinKi Kids - 525,905 sold
04. "FANTASTIPO" - Toraji Haiji - 424,965 sold
05. "NO MORE CRY" - D-51 - 396,906 sold
06. "ai to yokubo no hibi/Lonely Woman" - Southern All Stars - 371,706 sold
07. "tomodachi e ~Say What You Will~" - SMAP - 365,011 sold
08. "hana" - ORANGE RANGE - 322,235 sold
09. "STEP you/is this LOVE?" - Ayumi Hamasaki - 313,538 sold
10. "gekkoka" - Janne Da Arc - 313,535 sold

CD albums sales
01. "musiQ" - ORANGE RANGE - 2,507,087 sold
02. "SENTIMENTALovers" - Ken Hirai- 1,624,976 sold
03. "PERFECT BEST" - EXILE - 1,382,937 sold
04. "MY STORY" - Ayumi Hamasaki - 1,107,500 sold
05. "BEST OF SOUL" - BoA - 1,02,662 sold
06. "Def Tech" - Def Tech - 992,562 sold
07. "KinKi Single Selection II" - KinKi Kids - 532,620 sold
08. "DIAMOND15" - DREAMS COME TRUE - 514,746 sold
09. "THE CIRCLE" - B'z - 514,198 sold
10. "MUSIC" - Mika Nakashima - 508,169 sold

http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/050629_01_3.html

JinHamasaki · #2 30th June 2005, 11:59 AM

O_o I'm pretty sure "STEP you/is this LOVE?" sold 330,000. Well, the charts don't include June numbers.

ouch on B'z and Mika, they used to be stronger. BoA is catching up, but it was a best album. Thanks for the info!

~AyUsIcK~ · #3 30th June 2005, 01:03 PM

wooh... the boys r doing very well this time...

ayu_fan929 · #4 30th June 2005, 01:24 PM

sadly ayu dropped to 5th w/ "MY STORY". "Def Tech" is still selling well (ie: btwn 30-50K/week n it was released in january!) n past BoA n ayu.

Raleigh · #5 30th June 2005, 01:54 PM

Not bad I guess.. Orange Range seem to have high chances of winning best sellers again.

Qt Mashi · #6 30th June 2005, 01:56 PM

wow kool~!~! Ayu actually did better than some other artists i thought would be above AYu~~

kool thansk for the info, ayu is still strong~!~

luminaire · #7 30th June 2005, 02:09 PM

Bah. Why aren't B'z and DREAMS COME TRUE selling better.

And I guess you guys might have realised by now, but the figures get more and more pathetic each year.

AyuGAME · #8 30th June 2005, 03:12 PM

i think ayu still the best sales for female artist
i hope fairyland can sales more than STEP you
thx for the info

elepop · #9 30th June 2005, 03:27 PM

That's very good for Ayu! But didn't STEP you/is this LOVE? sold more?

Coelacanth · #10 30th June 2005, 05:10 PM

The Japanese music industry is in trouble...

Congrats to Ayu, Ketsumeishi, and B'z!

#11 30th June 2005, 05:29 PM

ORANGE RANGE is crazy, man. I can't believe "Hana" is still selling that much.

I'm shocked that "Best of Soul" made it that high for BoA. Although there were 2 different tracklistings for it. Avex's schemes seem to do the trick, I suppose.

Mirai Noah · #12 30th June 2005, 05:31 PM

Not bad... Thanks for the info!

Echiko · #13 30th June 2005, 06:09 PM

Hmm interesting. I'm suprised that Janne de Arc's single caught up so much to Ayu's STEP you/is this LOVE? single numbers..=] i hope ayu will do better!

mui-gei-tal · #14 30th June 2005, 06:31 PM

ooo...thanks for the info!
i'm glad that ayu is on the chart! i hope she would do even better!

Kazuko · #15 30th June 2005, 06:32 PM

awww.. step you/ is this love is only 9th... oh well.. go ORANGE RANGE!! haha but My story is a lot better =D haha and musiQ is #1! *_* hahaha GO AYU!!

#16 30th June 2005, 06:40 PM

Hm, Ayu's sales aren't that great. Maybe it's not the Japanese music industry afterall.

**Corybobory** · #17 30th June 2005, 06:41 PM

I dont know any of those other singles... hm... I should maybe cheack them out

TeamAyu · #18 30th June 2005, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by y2687

Hm, Ayu's sales aren't that great. Maybe it's not the Japanese music industry afterall.

It is, the industry sucks in general. Poor Japan ;_; and #9 is pretty good compared to her rankings from last year. However I would have never thought 'Hana' would still be selling so well... but that song is awesome so I don't mind it selling better than 'STEP you/is this LOVE?'.

Coelacanth · #19 30th June 2005, 08:35 PM

I wonder why sales are so low in general... Is it downloading? Or do they think the music just sucks?

#20 30th June 2005, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeamAyu

It is, the industry sucks in general. Poor Japan ;_; and #9 is pretty good compared to her rankings from last year. However I would have never thought 'Hana' would still be selling so well... but that song is awesome so I don't mind it selling better than 'STEP you/is this LOVE?'.

I was pointing my comment towards how Ayu crazed fans blame the poor industry for her sales, yet- you sell all these artists above her on the chart with far more sales than she has.