[Charts & Rankings] The Official Oricon Thread ~Colours~

[matt9210]

Originally Posted by My Rainbow

Looking at the current sales for single females, Ayu is doing really good. I don't think Ayu is not popular in Japan (of course not as much as she used to) I think it's just nowadays Idol bands are the thing. For instance, Kyary's sales aren't way higher than Ayu's and she's more recent. Namie's the exception.

Maybe I'm missing somebody. Is there any popular solo female singer in Japan right now apart from Namie, Kana Nishino or Kyary?

Aswell as the examples brener gave of miwa and aiko, there's Mizuki Nana and ayaka. Whilst not as popular as Namie or Kana, their latest albums have sold around 100k, and their singles sell well; Mizuki typically does better with physical copies, ayaka typically does better with digital copies. JUJU's album released this year also sold around 100k.

I know they're not a solo artist, but ikimonogakari (only the female member sings, I've heard there is one or two album tracks/b-sides where one of the male members sings out of 6 albums and 27 singles) are popular.