Confusion in ORICON News Update

[maikaru]

Originally Posted by Kogepan_19

I understand that HEAVEN did get the number one spot weekly, but Ayu forum users around its release should remember that it did not get the number one daily on its first day of release.

"On the day of its release it reached the number-two position on the Oricon chart; the second day it was at number three. It reached stayed at the top position for the rest of the week, however. At the end of the week, the physical sales of "Heaven" was over 169,000 units, topping the weekly Oricon chart."

The above quote is from Wikipedia which I understand is an unreliable source, but it has been updated and kept track for releases pertaining to Ayu. I definitely remember how disappointed and worried everyone was on forums when it didn't get number 1 on its first day of release.

Thank you for your direct translation, but now it just makes me wonder how truly reliable ORICON is as a source for sales updates, even though it is the most widely recognized outlet in Japan.

P.S. I also noticed my mistake of confusing two and three in my first post. Sorry about that.

Then I would suggest that Oricon counts the fact that it DID achieve number 1, just not on the first day.

Also, I don't think many people in Japan actually care about Oricon charts anymore, because there's been scandal after scandal of rumours that companies use different tactics to skew the oricon charts, or that the Oricon doesn't chart some sales from small stores, etc...

So the total sales sold cannot be reflected accurately by the Oricon charts.

[Kogepan_19]

Originally Posted by maikaru

Then I would suggest that Oricon counts the fact that it DID achieve number 1, just not on the first day.

Also, I don't think many people in Japan actually care about Oricon charts anymore, because there's been scandal after scandal of rumours that companies use different tactics to skew the oricon charts, or that the Oricon doesn't chart some sales from small stores, etc...

So the total sales sold cannot be reflected accurately by the Oricon charts.

Then wouldn't the same have to apply to Matsuda Seiko as well, since there's no way she can achieve number 1 weekly for 24 singles without having any of them taking the number in daily sales?

I definitely agree that probably many people in Japan don't care about the ORICON charts anymore, but I definitely thought it was interesting to point out this contradiction. I would say that the popularity of charts and records are definitely still active on international Ayu forums though, and of course it's great for Ayu to achieve another record but it just feels kind of pointless sometimes.