From the ORICON list.
When it comes to Japanese record rankings, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind should be the word "Oricon". That's right, this "Oricon" is equivalent to Japan's "billboard", where almost all albums on the market in Japan are gathered here. The only criterion for these albums to make a difference in the charts is sales. Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki, who are well-known to Chinese audiences, are both regulars on the Oricon list. Therefore, the Oricon list is actually Japan's most authoritative record sales list updated every week.
Overview:
Oricon is a Japanese company that provides music information services, including hot charts, etc. The current holding company of the group is ORICON Co., Ltd.
The current general manager, Hisashi Koike, is the eldest son of the founder, Satoyuki Koike. The company's name comes from Original Confidence (absolute trust).
The oricon ranking published by the same company is the most well-known music ranking in Japan. It not only provides daily, weekly, and monthly cumulative time, but also provides different types of rankings such as pop, enka, and Western music. There are also sales rankings of DVDs, games, etc., as well as TV commercial favorability provided by the monitoring club.
There is also a subsidiary, oricon entertainment, which publishes magazines such as "oricon style".
Oricon ranking:
Starting from November 2, 1967 (some say around May 1967), the first sales list was experimentally produced. The official start was January 4, 1968. The first number one on the singles chart was "Love You Tokyo" by Akira Kurosawa and Los Primos (but before that, "Two from the North Country" by Jackie Yoshikawa and Blue Comets achieved the number one spot on the experimental sales chart. One, called "Dream No. 1"), and the one that won the first place in LP was Shinichi Mori's "Flowers and Tears/Everything About Shinichi Mori".
Statistical method:
In principle, the oricon ranking is the cumulative sales of CDs, DVDs, books, etc. in the 7 days starting from 1st of each week, and then ends on Sunday, and ends on the following day. Published on Tuesday. (However, Tuesdays are only viewable on mobile phones and not on PCs, so only those who can read them are limited. Rankings of free websites are generally on Wednesdays.) However, the published values ??are only based on accumulated samples. The estimated sales volume, and the sales volume of comic books and laser discs were also counted in the past, but they are no longer counted.
The statistical period of the annual ranking:
The statistical period of the annual ranking is the cumulative sales starting from the first week of December of the previous year to the last week of November this year, so it is often popular The work was released in December to achieve a high position in the annual rankings. However, this method was modified in 2007 and changed to all cumulative sales starting from the 3rd week of December last year to the 4th week of December this year. Because of this, in the 2006 rankings, works starting from the first week of December 2005 to the third week of December 2006 were actually counted for one extra week.
POS system:
The statistical method is to obtain sales data in pre-specified sales stores. In the past, we relied on FAX, but after the popularization of POS systems in sales stores, we have recently compiled daily sales rankings based on the sales data in POS. Starting from March 2007, the top three daily rankings are published in the form of indexes. As for the statistical objects, in recent years, online stores such as Amazon.co.jp and large animation stores such as Animate, Gamers, and Tiger's Den have also been included in the statistical scope. Despite this, there are still some songs that are not sold through these stores and are not included in the rankings. For example, NEWS's debut single "NEWS NIPPON" was only sold in 7-11 convenience stores, so it was not included in the Oricon rankings. In terms of DVDs, the most representative one is "What About Wednesday Complete DVD Collection". Although some of these works sold through special channels occupy positions in the Oricon rankings, if they are sold in Lawson convenience stores or certain online stores, even if they gain DVD sales per week, First, it will not be published on the Oricon list. (For example, "Fantasy No. 1" that year)
Cumulative sales:
The cumulative sales on the oricon rankings are simply the sum of the sales in the circles on the list (CD Charts used to be ranked within the 100th position of the weekly charts, but since December 2002, they have been changed to those within the 200th position of singles and within the 300th position of albums), and sales outside the circle are not included. (For the same ranking Plane, even if one piece is sold, it will be added to the cumulative sales volume).
In addition, because the quantity sold in rental stores, concert venues, events, etc., and other special channels are not added to the total, the sales volume on the list is generally less than the actual sales volume. Especially for long-term best-selling works, the gap between the number on Oricon and the actual sales is most obvious.
Akamaru:
On the Oricon rankings, songs that were first released and have increased sales will be shown in red fonts, which are called "Akamaru's sharp rise". These are not moves up the charts, but more titles sold than last week. What is particularly interesting is that this phenomenon occurs even if the ranking drops.
Left page:
Until July 2004, because Oricon’s CD ranking page used a 2-page display method, the left page was arranged from top to bottom from 1 to 50th, the page on the right is arranged from top to bottom from 51st to 100th, so the "left page" is used in the industry to refer to works ranked within 50th. However, according to the update in July 2004, due to the change in the representation method of the rankings, such language is no longer used.
Influence:
In the world of music rankings, although there is also 'Nikkan RECORD Special Letter' and 'MUSIC Lab' (which ceased publication and was renamed Denpa News), 'MUSIC research ' (discontinued), 'Planet', 'Sound Scan Japan' and other companies' charts, but Oricon is definitely the most influential, a pioneer that plays an indicator role in the music industry just like the American Billboard chart.
The reason why oricon has become an authority in the industry is largely due to the founder Koike's head office. Koike published Oricon's rankings in many media, which greatly increased his popularity.
On the other hand, from the late 1970s to the 1980s, for the general audience, it could be said that the rankings were referred to as "The Best Ten". Oricon came to the public's attention because of her role in the program "Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu one", through which Oricon inspired the popular girl group Naiko Kira. (One of the factors that made oricon successful at that time was that oricon was also one of the companies that provided data for "The Best Ten" at that time).
In the report on the Oricon chart, the number of debuts is more emphasized than the total sales. Record companies also understand that they make money by selling more copies than in the first week of release. Because of this, the basic ranking will drop very quickly (this phenomenon has become more obvious in recent years). On the contrary, artists who have a small decline in the rankings, and whose rankings are not high in the first week, but whose rankings rise after the second week, are actually more favored by fans, and their strength is gradually recognized later.
Statistical objects:
(Official start ~ end)
Singles ranking January 4, 1968 - present
LP Ranking list January 5, 1970 - November 27, 1989
CT ranking list December 2, 1974 - November 27, 1995
Card holder ranking list 1974 December 2, 1984 - April 24, 1978
CD rankings February 6, 1984 - April 21, 1997
Album (combined) rankings, 1987 October 5 - present
MD rankings around 1994 (undisclosed quantity)
Long hitting (baseball), albums, merchandise rankings April 2, 2001 - present (The results of the album's rankings 2 years after its release.
However, unlike Billboard, albums that enter the product rankings rarely enter the usual album rankings)
Karaoke rankings December 26, 1994 - present
Track rankings Chart September 6, 2004 – now
PC music download ranking October 2006 – now
Mobile phone download ranking October 2006 – now
Mobile phone download (complete) rankings October 2006 - now
LD rankings February 6, 1984 - January 31, 2000
Cassette video rankings 1984 February 6, 2005 - May 30, 2005
DVD rankings April 5, 1999 - present
VHD rankings February 6, 1984 - 11, 1989 July 27
Book (total book, comics) rankings April 3, 2008 - present
Comics rankings February 6, 1995 - March 2001 26
Game software rankings from February 20, 1995 to November 28, 2005
New media (SACD, DVD-Audio) rankings from January 2004 to 2005 Left and Right
Ranking of all categories (CD "singles, albums", comics, videos, DVDs, games, LD) from May 24, 1999 to April 2, 2001
Changes in statistical methods:
Due to the decrease in sales, the LP ranking list was changed to the top 50 on December 5, 1988, and was changed to the top 50 on June 5, 1989 of the following year. 20, nevertheless, closed service on November 27, 1989 of the same year. For the same reason, the CT rankings have only published the top 50 since January 11, 1993. After the LP and CT rankings ended, they were added to the CD rankings. At the beginning, only the top 30 CD rankings were published. On April 1, 1985, it was changed to the 50th ranking. On April 7, 1986, it was changed to the top 100 ranking. The CD rankings from December 3, 1995 to April 21, 1997, including all the same categories.
Starting from May 7, 2001, different forms according to the content are also included in the calculation.
Starting from December 2, 2002, the singles chart was counted to 200th place, and the album chart was counted to 300th place. Prior to this, although the numbers from 101 to 200 were announced, the number sold was not announced.
Starting from December 2, 2002, the singles chart and album chart will be changed from 10 albums to 1 album. Moreover, the CD rankings from February 6, 1984 to April 27, 1987 are also calculated in units of one.
Starting from February 10, 2003, all the works that have been re-released as 12CM singles on the singles chart in the past 8CM will be counted together.
Starting from December 1, 2003, imported albums will be included in the album rankings. Before this, the statistics of ordinary albums and individual foreign-funded shop rankings (from January 10, 1994 to April 23, 2001), and imported album rankings (from April 30, 2001 to the present).
In recent years, with the popularity of music downloads, it has become increasingly difficult to predict the future results of physical rankings and whether they will be popular. The download rankings began in October 2006. This is achieved through the business cooperation between oricon and NetRatings. However, it is not as well-known as CDs and other rankings, and it is far from the rankings of individual distribution websites. Free distribution of music sources is not included at all. On mobile download and other services, the same song is on the rankings, which is different from the actual rankings. The number of downloads has quite different problems.
Official website: http://www.oricon.co.jp/
Album ranking: http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/d /
Singles ranking: http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/
You can check the latest ranking at any time.