Singles/Albums that SHOULD have hit #1
 

So what album/single do you think should have went to #1? and by #1 I mean #1 on the weekly chart.

Singles
I BELIEVE- Tomomi Kahala
I'm Proud- Tomomi Kahala
SWEET PAIN- globe
CANDY GIRL- Hitomi
vogue- Ayu
butterfly- Kuu
4 hot wave- Kuu
BUT/Aisho- Kuu
Koi no Tsubomi- Kuu
Respect the Power of Love- Namie
NEVER END- Namie

zz can't think of anymore right now.

Albums
Queen of Hip-Hop- Namie
Secret- Kuu
10 YEARS BEST WE R&B - DOUBLE
DOLCE- Ami Suzuki :P

your tuuurn.

Singles:
Koda Kumi - BUT / Aishou
Koda Kumi - Butterfly
Koda Kumi - 4 Hot Wave
Leah Dizon - Love Paradox
V6 - Chou

Albums:
Koda Kumi - secret
Hamasaki Ayumi - GUILTY
aiko - Himitsu
Amuro Namie - Queen of Hip-Pop
Suzuki Ami - DOLCE

Album:
80*PAN: 8 CARAT PRINCESS

Single:
ONE WAY - Aoyama Thelma

Completely agree with these singles.

I'll add some more, I'll try to limit it per artist because there are just so many...:
BoA - Kiseki/No.1
BoA - Valenti
BoA - Winter Love
MISIA - Hatenaku Tsudzuku Story
MISIA - Royal Chocolate Flush
Ayumi Hamasaki - Far Away
Ayumi Hamasaki - appears
Namie Amuro (And the "Super Monkeys" technically) - Taiyou no SEASON
Rina Aiuchi - Navy Blue
Rina Auichi - Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense
Mai Kuraki - Love, Day After Tomorrow
Mai Kuraki - Perfect Crime/Can't Forget Your Love
Lena Park - Ai No Jealousy
Miliyah Kato - Never let go / Yozora
Miliyah Kato - 19 Memories
Koda Kumi - So Into You
Koda Kumi - Color of Soul
Morning Musume - Memory Seishun no Hikari
Morning Musume - Renai Revolution 21
Nanase Aikawa - Yume Miru Shoujo ja Irarenai
Nanase Aikawa - Nostalgia
Hikaru Utada - First Love
Hikaru Utada - Automatic
ZARD - IN MY ARMS TONIGHT
ZARD - Ai ga Mienai

I encourage listening to some of the above as I imagine no one knows all of them.

As for albums, all of Masami Okui's. The 5 or so I've heard (2 being greatest hits) were amazing from start to finish. Shame her music is so underrated, and hard to find too!

Just off the top of my head.

Suzuki Ami joins Yasutaka Nakata - FREE FREE / SUPER MUSIC MAKER
Hamasaki Ayumi - GUILTY

er let me think ...

singles :

V6 - Chou

Anna Tsuchiya - cocoon , BUBBLE TRIP / sweet sweet song

Koda Kumi's 4 hot wave , Koi no Tsubomi , Cherry Girl/Unmei , BUT/Aishou , Butterfly , Hot Stuff , Kiseki , Promise/Star

Ken Hirai's Bye My Melody , Elegy , Kimi no Suki na Toko , fake star , Canvas / Kimi wa su.te.ki , Missin' you ~it will break my heart~ , Strawberry Sex , Hitomi wo Tojite (basket why didn't this get no.1 ?!) , Kimi wa Tomodachi , KISS OF LIFE , LAKuEN , LIFE is... ~another story~

Kobukuro's Sakura , Aoku Yasashiku , Kimi to Iu Na no Tsubasa

ayaka x Kobukuro - WINDING ROAD

ayaka's Te wo Tsunagou / Ai wo Utaou & Okaeri

YUI's Rolling Star , CHE.R.RY

abingdon boys school's INNOCENT SORROW , HOWLING , Nephilim & BLADE CHORD

T.M.Revolution's INVOKE , BOARDING , vestige , ignited

albums :

Ken Hirai - FAKIN' POP , gaining through losing

ayumi - GUILTY

abingdon boys school's self titled debut album

er I think that should be it

of course ayu's GUILTY T.T

and also hitomi's single like love2000, samurai drive and JAPANESE GIRL~

ami suzuki's free free, and maybe ONE also^^

Ayu's GUILTY!!!

I can't think of anything else XD

Singles:
Ayumi Hamasaki - Daybreak
aiko - Hoshi no Nai Sekai / Yokogao

Albums:
chatmonchy - Seimeiryoku [Backstreet Boys, wtf?!]
Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
aiko - Himitsu

From the top of my head, some things that reached only #2. It's pointless to list things that were #82 since they didn't have the slightest chance anyway, methinks. D:

GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY
Daybreak
A BEST II BLACK

WISH - Yuna Ito

Okaeri - Ayaka
te wo tsunagou - Ayaka

DOLCE - Ami Suzuki
FREE FREE
PBS

WANT ME WANT ME - Namie Amuro
Girl talk/speed star
WoWa
Alarm

BUT/aishou - koda kumi

Kanon Wakeshima~ still doll


-____-
Better than half the releases I've heard this year.

Singles:

Kanon Wakeshima - still doll
Koda Kumi - LOVE&HONEY
Koda Kumi - 4 hot wave
Namie Amuro - SO CRAZY/Come
Namie Amuro - WANT ME, WANT ME
Namie Amuro - White Light/Violet Sauce
Namie Amuro - CSCEIM/Ningyo
Namie Amuro - Baby Don't Cry


Albums:

Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
Namie Amuro - STYLE
Namie Amuro - Queen of Hip-Pop

Whta a coincidence. I see you like both Ayumi & Hikki. It was actually Hikki who stopped appears from reaching the top spot with Addicted To You. :P

Singles
Kuroi Namida - Anna Tsuchiya
FUNKY TOWN - Namie Amuro
HEART STATION / Stay Gold - Utada Hikaru
Kanon Wakeshima - still doll
Rolling Star - YUI
CRY NO MORE - Mika Nakashima
MY SUGAR CAT - Mika Nakashima
Mienai Hoshi - Mika Nakashima


Albums
GUILTY - Ayumi Hamasaki
The Lost Lolli - OLIVIA
The Cloudy Dreamer - OLIVIA
STYLE - Namie Amuro
Taste My Beat - Anna Tsuchiya

Too many material deserved to have the #1 spot!

SINGLES
Utada Hikaru - Passion
Utada Hikaru - Prisoner of Love
Utada Hikaru - First Love
Do As Infinity - Rakuen
Do As Infinity - Shinjitsu no Uta
Do As Infinity - Fukai Mori
Do As Infinity - TAO
BONNIE PINK - Last Kiss
BONNIE PINK - Nemurenai Yoru
Mika Nakashima - Yuki no Hana
Mika Nakashima - Sakurairo Mau Koro
Mika Nakashima - Hitori
Ai Otsuka - Kingyo Hanabi
Ai Otsuka - Daisuki da yo.
Koda Kumi - 4 hot wave
Namie Amuro - SO CRAZY/Come
Namie Amuro - CSCEIM/Ningyo
alan - Ashita e no Sanka
Amano Tsukiko - Chou
Amano Tsukiko - Koe
Ami Suzuki joins Nakata Yasutaka - FREE FREE/SUPER MUSIC MAKER
ayaka - I believe
ayaka - Jewelry day
Ayuse Kozue - One
BENNIE K - Monochrome
BoA - Dakishimeru
BoA - QUINCY
CASSIS - LOVE AUTOMATIC
CHARA - Crazy for you
CHARA - Boku no Koto wo Shitte
Chihiro Onitsuka - infection
Chihiro Onitsuka - everyhome
Cocco - Countdown
DOUBLE - angel
Eri Nobuchika - Lights
HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - Amazing
HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - FLASHBACK
HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - Ichirin no Hana
HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - Days
Miliyah Kato - Love is...
Miliyah Kato - Sotsugyou
Miliyah Kato - LALALA / FUTURECHECKA
Perfume - Polyrhythm
Perfume - Computer City
Perfume - Linear Motor Girl
Stephanie - Friends
YeLLOW Generation - Tobira no Mukou He
YUI - Goodbye Days...
YUKI - JOY
YUKI - Prism
YUKI - Dramatic
ZONE - Secret Base

ALBUMS / MINI-ALBUMS
BONNIE PINK - Even So
Mika Nakashima - Oborodzukiyo ~Inori
Akeboshi - Stoned Town
OLIVIA - The Lost Lolli
OLIVIA - Cloudy Dreamer
Aya Kamiki - Ashita no Tame ni ~Forever More~
Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
Chihiro Onitsuka - SINGLES 2000-2003
Eri Nobuchika - Nobuchikaeri
Miliyah Kato - Diamond Princess
Perfume - Perfume ~Complete Best~
Yuna Ito - WISH
YOSHIKA - Timeless

albums
Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
Koda Kumi - Secret
melody. - READY TO GO!
Hitomi Shimatani - tsuioku+LOVE LETTER
sifow - & YOU REVOLUTION, CLARITY, Love Spell

singles
there's too many singles that I think should have been #1 but I'll just say

Ayumi Hamasaki - Daybreak

Albums:

Hajime Chitose - Hanadairo
the album is incredible. i have no idea how it only ended up with #4.

HALCALI - Ongaku no Susume
they're best album yet. but no one knows it exists. ;__;

CORE OF SOUL - 3
number 134 on oricon? what the hell is that about? this album is amazing!

Nobuchika Eri - nobuchikaeri
'nuff said

orange pekoe - Organic Plastic Music
fantastic album. fresh, invigorating, relaxing and fun! these guys are far too neglected.

Singles:

Takasugi Satomi - Hyaku Renka/Tooku Hanarete mo
Stunningly gorgeous ballad, beautiful covers, good other a-side, fantastic music video, a breath-taking remix, and #20 on Oricon? ROBBED!

Bonnie Pink - A Perfect Sky
Its a great single, and she was so hot and so on for all of the promotion. #5 is good, but #1 is better!

and so many more for sure., but this is what i can think of right now.

CORE OF SOUL was great band indeed!! Unfortunately their oricon numbers were always terrible...I dunno why =\

Haha yeah, it's weird how they like to pit the females against each other sometimes. I remember Ayu and Mai Kuraki going against each other with singles constantly and Ayu dominating everytime, leaving Mai with like 10 #2 singles.

Ayu also kept that one Morning Musume single from getting #1.

Agreed~ :yes
That's really the only single I can think of that deserved a spot like that.

She has stopped big bands too! Ayu kept Mr Children from having a #1 album with Duty...and I think she stopped Kinki Kids #1 Album streak with Rainbow.

Ayu powerrrr :luv2

Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY
I can't believe her best album since MY STORY stalled at #2! This makes me wonder if there is in fact a huge disparity between what Ayu's overseas and Japanese fans like.

Suzuki Ami - DOLCE
This was, with the exception of a few tracks toward the end, unbelievably solid. She should be right up there with Ayu, Utada, Namie and Koda, but she's sadly not.

Namie Amuro - The Queen of Hip-Pop
Speaking of Namie, she should have returned to prominence with this album instead of waiting for PLAY to put her back in the spotlight. I still like PLAY better, but this was great too. On another note, I also think it's a travesty that Put 'Em Up flopped. If she was an American artist, she would have had a smash hit with that.

Otsuka Ai - Kingyo Hanabi (Single)
How could this NOT have topped the charts?!

MISIA - Eighth World
It wasn't perfect, but it sure is better than some things that have gone to #1.

sifow - & YOU REVOLUTION
sifow - CLOVER
sifow - LOVE & PEACE
sifow - CLARITY
sifow - Carat
sifow - RULE
sifow - NATSU HANABI
sifow - LOVE SPELL

EMYLI - Rain
EMYLI - Flower of Life

Emi Hinouchi - GOODIE MEMORIES
Emi Hinouchi - AI DAKE GA

LISA - LISABEST

SOULHEAD - BEST OF

Yuna Ito - losin'

LOL she did??? :laugh

Albums

ayu - GUILTY
ayu - A BEST 2 -BLACK- (as well)
kumi - grow into one
kumi - affection
Namie - Style

Singles

ayu - Fly high
ayu - Daybreak
ayu - vogue
kumi - m.a.z.e
hikki - Passion

I want to add somemore :

Singles :

otsuka ai - Kingyo Hanabi , Renai Shashin , Freigner , Yumekui

Yuna Ito - ENDLESS STORY , Precious , Truth

Mika Nakashima - Hitorio , CRY NO MORE , ALL HANDS TOGETHER , Eien no Uta

Albums :

Yuna Ito - WISH

Mika Nakashima - YES , THE END

Aiko's Himitsu D= ~! (Biggest let down of this year T^T)
Aiko's Futari
Aiko's Hoshi no Nai Sekai/ Yokogao
Aiko's Shiawase
Ai Otsuka's LOVE PUNCH
Ai Otsuka's Sakuranbo
Ai Otsuka's Frienger
Ai Otsuka's Ren'ai Shashin
Ai Otsuka's CHU-LIP
Ayumi Hamasaki's vogue
Ayumi Hamasaki's Audience
Utada Hikaru's Passion
Utada Hikaru's keep Tryin'
Ami Suzuki's Free Free/Super Music Maker
Namie Amuro's Queen of Hiphop
Namie Amuro's Want Me Want Me
Namie Amuro's Can't Eat Can't Sleep, I'm Sick
Mika Nakashima's Legend

Amuro Namie - Baby Don't Cry
Amuro Namie - White Light (/Violet Sauce? I never did know if this was double A-side or what)
Otsuka Ai - LOVE PUNCH (Ai's best album ever :D)
Hamasaki Ayumi - GUILTY (Of course :rolleyes)
BoA - LOSE YOUR MIND
GOLF & MIKE - nippon ai ni iku yo (Because I swear I've never talked to a girl who knows that song and doesn't love it? <<)

Tons of w-inds. releases, tons of AAA releases, so on and so forth. :yes

I wish CORE OF SOUL sold better. It's too bad they disbanded - I loved their music!

I can't think of any singles off the top of my head, but I definitely know that GUILTY should have hit #1.

Ayu's 'GUILTY' album rofl....
JUNGLE DANCE - Nana Tanimura
Ashita e no Sanka - Alan
Hitotsu - Alan
Yukiboshi - Satomi Takasugi
Issho ni - Satomi Takasugi
Koiiro - AZU

...and I can't think of anything else lol...and yes, these are biased :D.

then Kobukuro stop ayu :dead2
ughhhh...

Not in my opinion. That's the only reason I didn't list GUILTY. It still got #1 weekly sales, just not for oricon. That's good enough for me.

Albums:

Ayumi - A Best 2 Black (it should have been released a week before/after White)
Ayumi - Guilty
Namie - Queen of Hip-Pop

Singles:

Ayumi - Daybreak
Ayumi - Far Away
Ayumi - Vogue
BoA - Valenti
Kumi - 4 Hot Wave
Kumi - Moon
Kumi - So into You
Utada - Automatic
Utada - First Love

Beautiful World/Kiss & Cry... that single was #3 its first week and #2 the second week... and it was in the top 20 yearly, but it never hit #1!

Koda Kumi - MOON
for surrreee

I forgot that Hikki one and Beautiful World it's great! 2007 was like a great year for Utada, with the monster success of Flavor of Life.

Anna Tsuchiya Feat AI - Crazy World

Japan's crazy not to make this single no.1 , it's ace !

モーニング娘。- みかん
モーニング娘。- リゾナント ブルー
Berryz工房 - ジンギスカン
ºC-ute - 涙の色
High-King - C\C (シンデレラ\コンプレックス)
Anna Tsuchiya - cocoon
BoA - LOVE LETTER
Wakeshima Kanon - still doll
aiko - Futari
Shiina Ringo - Kono Yo no Kagiri

Singles :

WANT ME WANT ME - Namie Amuro
Baby Don't Cry - Namie Amuro
BUT/Aishou - Kumi Koda
MOON - Kumi Koda

Albums :

Queen of Hip-Pop - Namie Amuro
LOVE ENHANCED♥ single collection - Namie Amuro

everything Tenjo Chiki released.

Ayu - GUILTY
Shion - Candy Girl
Bonnie Pink - Thinking Out Loud
Chara - honey
moumoon - Flowers
moumoon - love me?
moumoon - Do you remember?
moumoon - Tiny Star
Genki Rockets - Heavenly Star/Breeze
Genki Rockets - Star Line/Smile
Aira Mitsuki - Colorful Tokyo Sounds NO. 9
Aira Mitsuki - China Discotica
Mika Nakashima - YES
Kimura Kaela - +1
Ami Suzuki - Free Free
Ami Suzuki - Dolce

Tackey & Tsubasa - Koi Uta / PROGRESS
T.M.Revolution - reasonance

Leah Dizon - Love Paradox :(

album ~

break the rules - Namie Amuro

single ~

Baby Don't Cry - Namie Amuro

Ayumi Hamasaki - Far away
Ayumi Hamasaki - GUILTY

eh how about vogue ?

Leah Dizon - Vanilla :(
Although the numbers aren't final, ayaka's Sing to the Sky SHOULD be number 1 so if it doesn't get it, it deserves a place on this list.

that too :(

Tegomass - Kiss ~Kaeri Michi no Love Song~

I prefer that over Miso Soup anytime !

Alot of people mentioned the ones I would say but some others..

Goto Maki - How to use SEXY (or at least top 10!!)
Namie Amuro- body feels EXIT
Ami Suzuki- Alone In My Room
hitomi- CANDY GIRL, Sexy, In The Future, By my self, LOVE 2000, Japanese Girl, SAMURAI DRIVE

Koda Kumi :

- Gentle Words
- Kiseki
- hands
- Hot Stuff
- Butterfly
- Promise / Star

I agree about Maki's How to use SEXY!!! That was a friggin NUMBER 1 ALBUM!
Pretty much every Kumi single lol