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Originally Posted by hsienko
Almost every chart does that except Oricon. They are soo old fashion. Most charts are digital sales+regular sales for albums. And digital sales+physical sales+radio airplay for singles.
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There is a very good reason Oricon still counts them seperately though.
Why?
In Japan, 56 million PHYSICAL SINGLES were sold in 2008. The no. 2 in the WORLD was the US, with
just 2 million.
See the difference there? XD. All other countries merged the two charts because the physical singles chart was just too pathetic, the amounts sold were neglible. In Japan, they still make a big difference and it's a very good way to showcase amongst which group an artist is popular.
Also, this is more fair to Enka artists whose fans are generally old people who barely download.
Personally, I like the fact that they keep it this way. Besides, people should remember that Japan is the only country in the WORLD that releases day by day sales information. That's worth something too!