[NEWS] Billboard charts introduced in Japan

[ayu_fan929]

Billboard launches Japan music charts
Billboard, best known for its music charts in the U.S., announced on Thursday that it has started providing charts for the Japanese music industry. Rankings will be released on Wednesdays, based on data from more than 3,000 CD shops and 33 radio stations. The charts will be managed by Billboard's partner in Japan, the Osaka-based Hanshin Contents Link.

There are 4 charts in all: Hot 100, Top Albums, Hot 100 Airplay, and Hot Singles Sales. The charts can be publicly viewed at the Billboard Japan site (top 10) or at Tsutaya Online (top 20).

The first set of charts already shows several differences from Oricon's rankings. In particular, the Hot 100 charts do not correspond to any of Oricon's charts, since they are not based only on sales.

Source | Tokyograph (English Translation) / Sports Hochi (Original article in Japanese)

creds: LNany @ JPM

This week's top 10 of the Hot 100 are:

01 "Step and Go" - Arashi
02 "HEART STATION" - Utada Hikaru
03 "HOME" - Shimizu Shota
04 "Soba ni Iru ne" - Aoyama Thelma feat. SoulJa
05 "Canvas" - Hirai Ken
06 "Madly" - Tristan Prettyman
07 "Monochrome" - BENNIE K
08 "be with you." - BoA
09 "Umiyuki" - Jero
10 "I" - Nishono Kana

[TITANIC]

go ARASHI

[njanjayrp]

Have to admit that this seems more reasonable ^^

edit:But the single sales are pretty much the same:
1 - 嵐 / Step and Go
JST / JACA5088 / 2008 02 20 1
2 2 青山 テルマ feat SoulJa / そばにいるね
UJ / UPCH5524 / 2008 01 23 5
3 - 宇多田 ヒカル / HEART　STATION
TO / TOCT40200 / 2008 02 20 1
4 - 清水 翔太 / HOME
SMR / SRCL6731 / 2008 02 20 1
5 - ジェロ / 海雪
V / VICL36394 / 2008 02 20 1
6 - 平井 堅 / キャンバス／君はス・テ・キ
DEF / DFCL1400 / 2008 02 20 1
7 6 湘南乃風 / 黄金魂
TF / TFCC89236 / 2008 02 13 2
8 5 氷川きよし / 玄海船歌
C / COCA16061 / 2008 02 13 2
9 3 KAT-TUN / LIPS
JST / JACA5085 / 2008 02 06 3
10 - BENNIE K / モノクローム
FL / FLCF4221 / 2008 02 20

[fanmail]

so Hikki is at #2 according to Billboard?

[Coelacanth]

Awesome. I have a feeling Ayu in particular is gonna have trouble on Billboard, I don't think she gets played on the radio that much, does she? =O

[visionfactory]

yay for the airplay chart!

[Zachery!]

I think Ayumi does more than people say ...

Because I think she is known more for her lyrics and music rather than her appearence (as opposed to ARASHI or other Johnny's bands)

[happiholic★]

This sounds like a great idea. Glad to see Kana Nishino doing well.

[Calico]

Originally Posted by Coelacanth

Awesome. I have a feeling Ayu in particular is gonna have trouble on Billboard, I don't think she gets played on the radio that much, does she? =O

Well, (don't) leave me alone was the top requested radio song (for either week or month, I can't remember x.x) so she's definitely getting some airplay.

[KuroixShiroi_Namida]

Awesome XD!

[Neo Daydream]

YAY ARASHI AND UTADA! ^^

[AyuGAME]

cool!!! thanks for the info
looking forward for this charts

[minna]

GO ARASHIII!

Ｗｈａｔ？　Ｈｏｗ　ｉｓ　Ｋａｎａ　Ｎｉｓｈｉｎｏ　ａｔ　＃１０　ｏｎ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｗｅｉｒｄ　ｎｅｗ 　Ｂｉｌｌｂｏａｒｄ　ｔｈｉｎｇ　ｂｕｔ　ｅｎｄｅｄ　ｕｐ　ａｔ　＃１５５　ｏｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｅｅｋｌ ｉｅｓ？　：ｓ

[AyUta]

Go Hikki!

[reixminako]

Originally Posted by Zachery!

I think Ayumi does more than people say ...

Because I think she is known more for her lyrics and music rather than her appearence (as opposed to ARASHI or other Johnny's bands)

She might be known just as much or even more for her appearance...she is a Japanese fashion icon, after all.

[Jwiz]

Originally Posted by Calico

Well, (don't) leave me alone was the top requested radio song (for either week or month, I can't remember x.x) so she's definitely getting some airplay.

Feels great to hear that

[happiholic★]

Originally Posted by austin. ♥

Ｗｈａｔ？　Ｈｏｗ　ｉｓ　Ｋａｎａ　Ｎｉｓｈｉｎｏ　ａｔ　＃１０　ｏｎ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｗｅｉｒｄ　ｎｅｗ 　Ｂｉｌｌｂｏａｒｄ　ｔｈｉｎｇ　ｂｕｔ　ｅｎｄｅｄ　ｕｐ　ａｔ　＃１５５　ｏｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｅｅｋｌ ｉｅｓ？　：ｓ

Thats what I was wondering... Maybe people just want to hear the song, and not buy the single?