[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread -A Classical- ~Intro to 2013~

[ayumisrael]

1st Week
Position: #1
Official Total Sales: 25,049

2nd Week

1st Day
Position: #12

[norwegian blue]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

1st Week
Position: #1
Official Total Sales: 25,049

Am I the only person who thinks it's weird that in a country of 130,000,000 people, a cd can be number 1 even if only 25,049 people buy it?

[BlackSilence]

^^lol it's just as surprising with the whole world i think xD

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by norwegian blue

Am I the only person who thinks it's weird that in a country of 130,000,000 people, a cd can be number 1 even if only 25,049 people buy it?

Japan's best selling album sold 7 million... "only" 5% of the population bought it... It's not like most of the population ever bought music.

[calltome]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Japan's best selling album sold 7 million... "only" 5% of the population bought it... It's not like most of the population ever bought music.

i've always wondered that, 7 million copies only?? I've always heard that japan has a bigger population than that.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by calltome

i've always wondered that, 7 million copies only?? I've always heard that japan has a bigger population than that.

Didn't understand you on this one...

[calltome]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Didn't understand you on this one...

I was talking about how come the best selling album in jpop history only sold 7 million copies. I personally think that 7 million is not enough considering Japans total population.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by calltome

I was talking about how come the best selling album in jpop history only sold 7 million copies. I personally think that 7 million is not enough considering Japans total population.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_L...ru_Utada_album)

When you get the total population of any music market, the best selling album of that country always sold little compared to the total population.^^

[KarenPang]

Oricon Weekly - Albums (7/1/2013~13/1/2013)

*1 25,049 *25,049 Hamasaki Ayumi - A Classical
*2 21,344 *21,344 Shinomiya Natsuki (Taniyama Kisho) & Miyano Mamoru (Ichinose Tokiya) - Uta no☆Prince Sama♪ Shuffle Unit CD Natsuki & Tokiy
*3 20,692 216,488 Sandaime J Soul Brothers - MIRACLE
*4 20,550 199,667 Ikimonogakari - Baradon
*5 18,721 *18,721 AK-69 - THE INDEPENDENT KING
*6 18,668 140,128 EXILE - EXILE - EXILE BEST HITS -LOVE SIDE/SOUL SIDE- (Total since 5 Dec 2012: 639,603)
*7 15,828 *15,828 Shoujo Jidai – I Got A Boy
*8 15,783 129,222 FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - FUNKY MONKEY BABYS 5
*9 14,250 140,649 Matsutoya Yumi - Matsutoya Yumi 40 Shunen Kinen Best Album Nihon no Koi to, Yuming to。 (Total since 20 Nov 2012: 690,190)
10 11,664 *11,664 2AM - VOICE

In the albums chart, singer Hamasaki Ayumi has reached the no.1 spot with her classical album in 7 years and 9 months, "A Classical." It has been 12 years and 4 months for a classical album, "image" (August 2009) to top the chart. The last time Hamasaki has topped Oricon for single or album was with the mini-album, "FIVE" (August 2011), a year and 4 months ago. Her previous classical album, "MY STORY Classical" (March 2005) peaked at no.4. This is her 19th no.1 album, surpassing Matsuda Seiko (who she previously tied with 18) at 2nd place, behind Matsutoya Yumi with 22 no.1 albums.

http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/4568849.html

[TITANIC]

Originally Posted by calltome

I was talking about how come the best selling album in jpop history only sold 7 million copies. I personally think that 7 million is not enough considering Japans total population.

well you should see this. Japan has $32.3 value per person compared to US only $11.7. China and India have over 1 billion population and how many copies sold for their best selling album in those countries? not even 10 million copies i believe

From 2010, Japan is the largest music market in the world and surpassing USA. Japan has the largest total retail value while USA remains the largest total sales unit.
Japan also have the highest value purchase power per person

Source : RIAJ

[norwegian blue]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Japan's best selling album sold 7 million... "only" 5% of the population bought it... It's not like most of the population ever bought music.

I know that, that wasn't the point. The point was that even in my country with only 5 million people, 25 000 isn't a particularly good sales number.

[*Petit*]

Originally Posted by norwegian blue

I know that, that wasn't the point. The point was that even in my country with only 5 million people, 25 000 isn't a particularly good sales number.

thats not really true for norway platium is 30k for albums and 15k for gold. For singles its 5k and 10k . including downloads. And it's one of the countries where people spend most on music per person on average...