The Oricon “2010 Single Ranking”
The year of 2010 for Jpop is about to end, and to give a scope of who sold the most for singles on this year, Oricon released their ‘Single Ranking’ Check it out!
<2010 Oricon Yearly ranking TOP 50 : Singles>
1. “Beginner” – AKB48 : (954,283)
2. “Heavy Rotation” – AKB48 (713,275)
3. “Troublemaker” - Arashi : (698,542)
4. “Monster” – Arashi : (696,022)
5. “Ponytail to Shushu” – AKB48 : (659,959)
6. “Hatenai Sora” – Arashi : (656,343)
7. “Løve Rainbow” – Arashi : (620,057)
8. “Chance no Junban” – AKB48 : (596,769)
9. “Dear Snow” – Arashi : (591,207)
10. “To be free” – Arashi : (516,142)
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11. “Love yourself~Kimi ga Kirai na Kimi ga Suki~” – KAT-TUN : (439,736)
12. “Sakura no Shiori” – AKB48 : (390,957)
13. “This is Love” – SMAP : (350,322)
14. “Mata Kimi ni Koi Shiteru/Asia no Kaizoku” – Sakamoto Fuyumi : (311,215)
15. “LIFE~Me no mae no Mukou e~” – Kanjani 8 : (305,478)
16. “BREAK OUT!” – Tohoshinki : (289,412)
17. “Going!” – KAT-TUN : (282,901)
18. “Wonderful World!!” – Kanjani 8 : (275,891)
19. “Hatsukoi” – Fukuyama Masaharu : (269,765)
20. “CHANGE UR WORLD” – KAT-TUN : (254,150)
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21. “Hitomi no Screen” – Hey!Say! JUMP : (250,206)
22. “Hotaru/Shonen” - Fukuyama Masaharu : (239,768)
23. “I Wish For You” – EXILE : (236,456)
24. “Shamisen Tabigarasu” – Hikawa Kiyoshi : (236,218)
25. “Sakura Girl” – NEWS : (232,752)
26. “Toki wo Tomete” – Tohoshinki : (228,448)
27. “Motto Tsuyoku” – EXILE : (228,189)
28. “XIAH (Intoxication)” – XIAH junsu : (225,638)
29. “One in a million” – Yamashita Tomohisa : (204,561)
30. “Yukai Tsu-kai Kaibutsu-kun” – Kaibutsu-kun (Kaibutsu Taro) : (196,258)
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31. “Family~Hitotsu ni naru koto~” – KinKi Kids : (179,927)
32. “Fighting Man” – NEWS : (173,206)
33. “Arigatou” – Ikimonogakari : (165,507)
34. “Onara Hazukashikunaiyo/Pirameki Taiso” – Hannya, Fruits Punch : (164,203)
35. “Nijiiro no Bayon” – Hikawa Kiyoshi : (160,683)
36. “HAPPY” – BUMP OF CHICKEN : (157,324)
37. “Maho no Ryouri ~Kimi kara Kimi e~” – BUMP OF CHICKEN : (152,501)
38. “My Soul, Your Beats!/Brave Song” – Lia, Tada Aoi : (147,479)
39. “GO!GO! MANIAC” – Houkago Tea Time : (147,355)
40. “Hontou wa Kowai Ai to Romance” – Kuwata Keisuke : (145,354)
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41. “1!2!3!4! Yoroshiku!” – SKE48 : (144,973)
42. “Ryusei” – Kobukuro : (144,874)
43. “GIFT~Midori~(Yuki wo Kudasai/One day in winter/Snow White)” (Limited Edition) – Kanjani 8 : (136,508)
44. “GIFT~Shiro~(Fuyukoi/Kimi no Uta wo Utau)” (Limited Edition) – Kanjani 8 : (136,003)
45. “Okay” – Inaba Koshi : (134,381)
46. “GIFT~Aka~(I wish/Minus 100 do no Koi)” (Limited Edition) – Kanjani 8 : (133,978)
47. “NO, Thank You!” - Houkago Tea Time : (133,922)
48. “Kokoro no Hane” – Team Dragon from AKB48 : (130,957)
49. “Gee” – Shoujo Jidai : (130,145)
50. “Listen!!” – Houkago tea Time : (130,137)
Source: Tokyohive
Perfume Will Invading The 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards
You know that after Korea sends a hallyu wave of artists like Girls’ Generation and KARA to Japan, the J-pop industry can’t help but get “even”.
And to do so this year’s Japanese participate J-pop artists in the 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards is Perfume!
After AKB48 did an excellent job its only natural Japan’s other no.1 idol group would be taking the spotlight this year.
Lets just hope all the anti J-pop K-netizens can keep their traps shut!
Perfume’s new single for November!
Perfume will be releasing their third single of 2010 in 10th November, titled Nee (Hey in English). This song has already been shown in their new CM for NATURAL BEAUTY BASIC.
Covers ~Regular and Limited version~ (They’re bigger)
Tracklist
1. ねぇ (Nee)
2. FAKE IT
3. ねぇ -Original Instrumental-
4. FAKE IT -Original Instrumental-
Perfume Releases Their New CM For Natural Beauty Basic
After giving us a short preview of their next single NEE and revealing the track would used to promote Natural Beauty Basic, today the full CM was released which of course with such a lovely electronic pop song and the girl’s looking beautiful as always who can’t help but run to nearest store to buy the product?
And to make things more interesting a behind scenes look shows the girl’s with their clones! And a close look gives hint that the same setting from the CM will also be used for the PV like they did for Natural Ni Koishite!
Check out the CM & behind the scenes look after the cut (more…)
Perfume Releases ‘Nee” Preview
With the group ready to release their 17th single next month the song will be used to promote NATURAL BEAUTY BASIC (this being their 2nd one)
Check out a short preview of the title track Nee
Music Station Performances: Kana Nishino, Perfume, Arashi, Oh my!
After being gone for a few weeks Music Station returned today with the pros taking over the stage from Kana Nishino performing her hit single IF, to Perfume bopping it out to their old hit Computer City, veteran group Spitz as well as rising star group flumpool, kanjani8, and even Arashi who will be releasing a new single, next week!!
Check out all their performances after the cut (more…)
KARA Will Confront Perfume Again, In Their Next Singles
Even though Kara did the K-pop world proud, by breaking records with their 1st J-pop single Mister the group was no match for the powerhouse trio that is Japan’s idol group Perfume with their last single that charted no.2 compared to Kara’s no.5 spot that week of their releases. (more…)
Big Bang Performs At Music Station, Today’s Rankings & More
Today was a fun day at Music Station as not only did a lot of popular and veteran J-rock groups appear on the show but Big Bang also appeared to promote their latest single Beautiful Hangover which although it didn’t fair too well on the charts it was able to crack Muisc Station’s Top 10 singles at no.7 while Kanjani8 stole the stage with LIFE ~Menomae no Mukou e~ which is set to become the no.1 single of the week! on ORICON.
Today’s performances included Perfume, Kanjani8, Weaver, Big Bang, Yuzu, andTokyo Jihen
Kara Hits Top 10, Perfume Ain’t Making No.1, & More In Today’s Music Station
Today was a good day for Kara as they were able to hit it up at no. 9 on Music Station’s singles rankings as the girls have been hitting it off real nicely on Oricon making Top 10 all week! In the meantime idol group Perfume have pulled it off nicely with their new single sliding into No.2 so far. Veteran group Tokio have also pulled it off nicely with their 43rd single NaNaNa hitting Top 5. And finally it seems that this week’s Oricon champion will be none other than chart topping veteran artist Fukuyama Masaharu who has easily swiped the no.1 spot on Oricon.
Today’s performances included Perfume popping out their auto tune with Voice, Funky Monkey Babys with their hit Ato Hitotsu, Arashi with Movin On & Troublemaker, TOKIO with their new single Nanana, SMAP with This Is Love, and finally Fukuyama Masaharu with Hotaru.
source:aramatheydidnt
Perfume Lets Their “VOICE” Be Heard In New Single
Beloved j-pop idols Perfume will be releasing a new single this Tuesday titled VOICE following their T0p 5 hit Fushizen na Girl / Natural ni Koishite from 4 ,months ago, this will be a busy week for many artists but Perfume is set to hit to at least hit Top 5 again or score gold with a no.1 single. The pv has been out though which is below and as a bonus i’m also uploading the 2nd song from the single that hasn’t been released yet 575 so enjoy!
Perfume Teaches Arashi How To Dance To “Chocolate Disco”
Perfume made an appearance on Arashi’s variety show “Himitsu no Arashi-chan” which was bradcasted on the 22nd.
The corner in which Perfume appeared on was “VIP ROOM”, and in the show, Perfume taught Arashi members how to dance to their song “Chocolate Disco”.
Check out the collaboration of Arashi and Perfume as a special unit “Arashi ∞ Perfume”
source: jpopasia
