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Originally Posted by inthezone
I think it's kinda dumb to compare the japanese market to the US one, considering singles and albums don't usually have any longevity in Japan. Plus Oricon is based on physical sales only. No singles chart is really relevant anymore in Japan tbh.
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The only thing that actually makes singles chart relevant on Billboard is that they actually take airplay and streaming in consideration, so, they actually can measure a song popularity, not only how many times the fanbase bought the audio file.
Also, the longevity in Japan depends a lot of the artist and on how much casual listeners they atract... Most Avex pop projects like Ayu, Koda, Ai, or most idols don't have much, you are right about that... But acts known out of the idol realm, like Hikki, tend to have pretty good longevity, as they actually atract casual listerners.