[B'z] C'mon down to the 2nd thread of B'z

[YuriChan]

^You should! Their older hits are really amazing! Especially the singles from '95 (like LOVE PHANTOM and Negai) on!

[KarenPang]

Both best albums have leaked out

B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 - http://www.j-mp3.info/2013/06/bz-bz-...1988-1998.html

B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012 - http://www.j-mp3.info/2013/06/bz-bz-...1999-2012.html

Setlist for B'z SHOWCASE 2013 -Pleasure 75- at Nago City Centre

http://setlist-live.com/bz/2683.html

[YuriChan]

These are the songs that B'z played on MSta.

Q&A


LOVE PHANTOM, Hadashi no Megami, ultra soul

(credit: Bro.(World Wide))

[KarenPang]

B'z dominate Oricon weekly album chart with 2 of their best-of albums

Popular rock unit B'z's 25th anniversary best-of albums "B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998" and "B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012" sold 386,000 copies and 377,000 copies during the first week respectively, and dominated No.1 and No.2 of the Oricon's weekly album ranking.

This is the first time for B'z to dominate the first and second places on the chart, including for both singles and albums. It proved B'z' long-sustained popularity, even after almost a quarter of a century since their debut on September 21st 1988.

With these albums, B'z updated their own records for "the number of chart topping albums," which is now 26 albums as well as 45,669,000 "total number of albums sold."

These 2 best-of albums are comprised of all of B'z' previous singles in released order and 4 new songs.

http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...best-of-albums

[YuriChan]

Congratulations, B'z! You guys deserved it!

[Surreal17]

wow! they certainly have great fans there in Japan! congrats!

[ILoveGeniuses]

I ordered my copies from CDJ last night

Go B'z!!

And Koshi, YOU WERE AWESOME IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR!!

[KarenPang]

Both DVD Rip + DVD ISO for both best albums been uploaded

B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 - http://jpfiles.blog138.fc2.com/blog-entry-4411.html

B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012 - http://jpfiles.blog138.fc2.com/blog-entry-4412.html

Packaging for both Taiwan presses of both best albums

B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998 - http://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/Japan-BZ-...item461056f47a

B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012 - http://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/Japan-BZ-...item461056faec

[YuriChan]

^Ahh... So in a way, it's similar to B'z The Best ULTRA PLEASURE and ULTRA Treasure. Oh and here's the PV for HEAT!
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTcxODM1MjAw.html

[KarenPang]

Oricon Music DVD Ranking for the first half of 2013

1. "ARASHI AraFes" - Arashi : (785,949)
2. "ARASHI LIVE TOUR Popcorn" - Arashi : (680,798)
3. "namie amuro 5 Major Domes Tour 2012 ~20th Anniversary Best~" - Amuro Namie : (213,085)
4. "KANJANI8 LIVE TOUR!! 8EST ~Minna no Omoi wa Dounandai? Bokura no Omoi wa Mugendai!!~" - Kanjani8 : (208,949)
5. "YOSHIO -new member-" - Kis-My-Ft2 : (140,948)
6. "Mr.Children TOUR POPSAURUS 2012" - Mr.Children : (93,613)
7. "NEWS LIVE TOUR 2012 ~Utsukushii Koi ni Suruyo~" - NEWS : (86,129)
8. "BUMP OF CHICKEN GOLD GLIDER TOUR 2012" - BUMP OF CHICKEN : (71,736)
9. "Twinkle Twinkle A.B.C-Z" - A.B.C-Z : (70,393)
10. "B'z LIVE-GYM 2005 -CIRCLE OF ROCK-"- B'z : (69,291)
11. "BIGBANG ALIVE TOUR 2012 IN JAPAN SPECIAL FINAL IN DOME -TOKYO DOME 2012.12.05-" - BIGBANG : (64,621)
12. "B'z LIVE-GYM 2001 -ELEVEN-" - B'z : (62,130)
13. "EXILE ATSUSHI PREMIUM LIVE ~Inochi wo Utau~" - EXILE ATSUSHI : (61,898)
14. "Sandaime J Soul Brothers LIVE TOUR 2012 '0~ZERO~'" - Sandaime J Soul Brothers : (61,021)
15. "Document of Endless SHOCK 2012 -Asu no Butai e~" - Domoto Koichi : (60,358)
16. "WORLD TOUR 2012 LIVE at MADISON SQUARE GARDEN" - L'Arc~en~Ciel : (49,724)
17. "Perfume WORLD TOUR 1st" - Perfume : (49,719)
18. "GIFT of SMAP CONCERT' 2012" - SMAP : (46,608)
19. "B'z LIVE-GYM 2008 -ACTION-" - B'z : (43,130)
20. "SHINee THE FIRST JAPAN ARENA TOUR 'SHINee WORLD 2012'" - SHINee : (39,569)
21. "TOMOHISA YAMASHITA LIVE TOUR 2012 ~EroP~" - Yamashita Tomohisa : (39,527)
22. "'Momoclo Natsu no Bakasawagi SUMMER DIVE 2012 Seibu Dome Taikai' LIVE DVD" - Momoiro Clover Z : (37,421)
23. "aiko Live DVD '15'" - aiko : (36,093)
24. "Dai 2-kai AKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Uta Gassen" - AKB48 : (35,995)
25. "UVERworld Yokohama Arena" - UVERworld : (35,363)

http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/specia....html#topphoto

[ILoveGeniuses]

Question. Are DVDs & Blurays sales collected on the same chart for this stuff? Or are they added up separately?

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by SoldierofSilence

Question. Are DVDs & Blurays sales collected on the same chart for this stuff? Or are they added up separately?

I think they're calculated separately, based on what I saw with Ayu's.

[KarenPang]

Oricon Weekly - Albums (17/6/2013~23/6/2013)

*1 82,572 468,332 B'z - B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
*2 79,784 457,074 B'z - B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012
*3 63,874 *63,874 GReeeeN - Ii ne!（´・ω・｀）☆
*4 46,418 *46,418 May J. - Summer Ballad Covers
*5 12,088 *12,088 Otomo Yoshihide - 「Amachan」 Original Soundtrack
*6 11,493 *11,493 RED SPIDER - Gyakugire Ouch!!
*7 11,303 *11,303 _(Under Bar) - EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Freebum ~Freedom ni Utattemita~
*8 *9,331 **9,331 MIYAVI - MIYAVI
*9 *8,458 *32,774 CHRIS HART - Heart Song
10 *7,047 **9,946 Black Sabbath - 13

In the albums chart, popular rock unit, B'z have achieved no.1 and no.2 rankings for the second consecutive week with their 25th anniversary best albums, "B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998" and "B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012" respectively. The last time an artist has reached the top 2 spots in the albums chart for two weeks in a row was one year and one month ago with Mr.Children who achieved it with "Mr.Children 2005-2010" and "Mr.Children 2001-2005" respectively. As for B'z, the last time they reached no.1 for two weeks in a row was 14 years and 8 months ago when "B'z The Best "Treasure"" (September 1998) topped the chart for three consecutive weeks.

[KarenPang]

As expected from B'z's #1 fanboy 8D



http://yaplog.jp/brzshinpei/archive/2669

[KarenPang]

Oricon Weekly - Albums (24/6/2013~30/6/2013)

*1 126,074 126,074 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Nanda Collection
*2 *56,215 *56,215 SHINee - Boys Meet U
*3 *50,290 *50,290 Various Artists - Produced by Masaharu Fukuyama 「Galileo+」
*4 *40,615 508,947 B'z - B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
*5 *39,169 496,243 B'z - B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012
*6 *38,940 *38,940 ClariS - SECOND STORY
*7 *37,955 *37,955 Sada Masashi - Appare ~All Time Best~
*8 *28,065 *74,483 May J. - Summer Ballad Covers
*9 *24,844 *88,718 GReeeeN - Ii ne!（´・ω・｀）☆
10 *22,194 *22,194 9mm Parabellum Bullet - Dawning

[KarenPang]

Oricon Weekly - Albums (1/7/2013~7/7/2013)

*1 172,712 172,712 BUMP OF CHICKEN - BUMP OF CHICKEN I <1999-2004>
*2 168,262 168,262 BUMP OF CHICKEN - BUMP OF CHICKEN II <2005-2010>
*3 *45,165 171,239 Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Nanda Collection
*4 *20,985 *20,985 Yanagi Nagi - euaru
*5 *19,156 528,103 B'z - B'z The Best XXV 1988-1998
*6 *18,954 515,197 B'z - B'z The Best XXV 1999-2012
*7 *18,538 *93,021 May J. - Summer Ballad Covers
*8 *16,942 *16,942 GACKT - BEST OF THE BEST vol. 1 -MILD-
*9 *16,326 *16,326 GACKT - BEST OF THE BEST vol. 2 -WILD-
10 *15,826 *53,781 Sada Masashi - Appare ~All Time Best~

RIAJ has certified both best albums Double Platinum for shipment of 500K copies each

http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201306.html

[YuriChan]

^Still going strong... Good for them!

[KarenPang]

NEOBK-1545595
Akira Saeki/B'z Miracle Chronicle 1988-2008 1988-2008 Right Edition BOOK
1857 yen US$19/97.87 Release Date:2013/08/30
Description:Second official book of B'z features their 20-year history, interview with them, discography from 2003 to 2008, set lists of their concerts, and more.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=NEOBK-1545595

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NEOBK-1545596
Akira Saeki/B'z Glory Chronicle 1988-2013 BOOK
3800 yen US$39/97.87 Release Date:2013/09/21
Description:Third book features B'z features their history for quarter of a century. Also includes interview with them put on the magazine "What's In" from 2008 to 2013, discography for 25 years, set lists of their concerts, and more.
URL - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=NEOBK-1545596

[YuriChan]

^Glad that CDJapan's selling it. I'm not quite sure if YesAsia is selling it... :\

[KarenPang]

I'm sure YesAsia will sell the books in due time , I don't see why they will not do that

Just that it will take sometime for them to get them listed on their site for order