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.