[Charts & Rankings] Oricon & Billboard Year End Charts

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Originally Posted by kawaii otaku

well Billboard is new this year, but it is more accurate (in terms of singles, at least) being that it uses Soundscan, etc and factors in radio play.

i'm assuming it will eventually factor in digital sales as well (which would give even songs like Daikkirai Demo Arigatou by Thelma Aoyama much higher positions, as it is currently the #1 digital track on iTunes Japan.)

I guess if you include airplay and digital sales, it'll be another story. Personally I don't believe in airplay because it can be controlled by the radio station (yeah trust me, the people in higher positions can control what songs having higher rotations). But I agree that they should add digital downloads as well. I dunno how digital downloads can fuse with physical purchases... A cd may contain more than 1 songs, but usually people only download the most important track of that single online. Nonetheless, there must be a way to include digital downloads (just full song please, no ringtones) into the oricon charts.

I think Oricon have a bold statue in Japan, which Billboard cannot destroy it easily. I really have no idea why they set up Billboard in this country..