Oricon Releases Its 2016 Midyear Charts

We’re about half way through 2016, and Oricon recently released its midyear charts for the year! AKB48 tops the single chart with “Tsubasa wa Iranai”, with 1,479,562 copies sold. Sandaime J Soul Brothers top the album chart with “THE JSB LEGACY”, with 619,158 copies sold. Sandaime J Soul Brothers also top the music DVD chart with “Sandaime J Soul Brothers LIVE TOUR 2015 ‘BLUE PLANET'”, with 482,980 copies sold. Arashi tops the music Blu-ray with “ARASHI BLAST in Miyagi”, with 264,199 copies sold. Sandaime J Soul Brothers also top the total sales revenue chart.

Check out the rest of the charts below!

Single

1. AKB48 – Tsubasa wa Iranai: 1,479,562

2. AKB48 – Kimi wa Melody: 1,289,671

3. Nogizaka46 – Harujion ga Saku Koro: 825,450

4. Arashi – I seek / Daylight: 805,751

5. Arashi – Fukkatsu LOVE: 540,910

6. Keyakizaka46 – Silent Majority: 349,233

7. SKE48 – Chicken LINE: 322,258

8. Hey! Say! JUMP – Maji SUNSHINE: 290,843

9. NMB48 – Amagami Hime: 281,513

10. HKT48 – 74 Okubun no 1 no Kimi e: 281,239

11 – 25 / 26 – 50

 

Album

1. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – THE JSB LEGACY: 619,158

2. Oda Kazumasa – Ano Hi Ano Toki: 337,962

3. Nogizaka46 – Sorezore no Isu: 300,008

4. Masaharu Fukuyama – Fuku no Oto: 299,480

5. E-girls – E.G.SMILE -E-girls BEST-: 276,198

6. Ikimonogakari – Chou Ikimonobakari ~Ten-nen Kinen Members Best Selection~: 269,154

7. BUMP OF CHICKEN – Butterflies: 264,514

8. KAT-TUN – KAT-TUN 10TH ANNIVERSARY BEST “10Ks!”: 204,969

9. BABYMETAL – METAL RESISTANCE: 197,029

10. Big Bang – MADE SERIES: 194,992

11 – 25 / 26 – 50

 

Music DVD

1. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Sandaime J Soul Brothers LIVE TOUR 2015 “BLUE PLANET”: 482,980

2. Arashi – ARASHI BLAST in Miyagi: 282,193

3. Sensations – Sayonara Sensation: 214,913

4. Hey! Say! JUMP – Hey! Say! JUMP LIVE TOUR 2015 JUMPing CARnival: 191,775

5. Kis-My-Ft2 – 2015 CONCERT TOUR KIS-MY-WORLD: 183,505

6. EXILE – EXILE LIVE TOUR 2015 “AMAZING WORLD”: 167,807

7. Kanjani8 – Kanjani8 Recital Omae no Heart wo Tsukandaru!! : 148,856

8. V6 – V6 LIVE TOUR 2015 -SINCE 1995~FOREVER-: 138,387

9. Namie Amuro – namie amuro LIVEGENIC 2015-2016: 96,004

10. Big Bang – BIG BANG WORLD TOUR 2015~2016[MADE]IN JAPAN: 69,891

11 – 25 / 26 – 50

 

Music Blu-ray

1. Arashi – ARASHI BLAST in Miyagi: 264,199

2. Sandaime J Soul Brothers – Sandaime J Soul Brothers LIVE TOUR 2015 “BLUE PLANET”: 145,487

3. Kis-My-Ft2 – 2015 CONCERT TOUR KIS-MY-WORLD: 72,815

4. Nogizaka46 – ALL MV COLLECTION ~Ano Toki no Kanojotachi~: 69,006

5. Mr.Children – REFLECTION {Live&Film}: 64,829

6. Mr.Children – Mr.Children Stadium Tour 2015 Mikan: 63,612

7. B’z – B’z LIVE-GYM 2015 -EPIC NIGHT-: 60,847

8. Kanjani8 – Kanjani8 Recital Omae no Heart wo Tsukandaru!! : 57,002

9. EXILE – EXILE LIVE TOUR 2015 “AMAZING WORLD”: 55,763

10. NEWS – NEWS LIVE TOUR 2015 WHITE: 45,218

11 – 20

 

Artist Total Sales Revenue

1. Sandaime J Soul Brothers: 7.69 billion yen

2. Arashi: 5.34 billion yen

3. AKB48: 3.87 billion yen

4. Nogizaka46: 3.7 billion yen

5. Kis-My-Ft2: 2.41 billion yen

6. Big Bang: 2.37 billion yen

7. Hey! Say! JUMP: 1.95 billion yen

8. Mr.Children: 1.95 billion yen

9. E-girls: 1.75 billion yen

10. V6 – 1.7 billion yen

 

Interesting bits from the accompanying article:

-Johhny’s, AKB48 group, and EXILE TRIBE are a triumvirate that controls the charts

-AKB48 tops the single chart and Sandaime J Soul Brothers top the album chart, just like last year

-Nogizaka46 has truly broken through, due in part to their appeal to females, a different style of music compared to AKB48, and heavy promotion

-Nogizaka46’s sister group, Keyakizaka46, debuted this year and bested all 3 of AKB48’s sister groups

-Sandaime J Soul Brothers are the success story of the first half of the year

-E-girls are on the rise, with Flower gaining special attention due in part to their cover of JUJU’s “Yasashisa de Afureru You ni”

-Johnny’s fans were bothered this year by the incidents involving SMAP and KAT-TUN

-Hey! Say! JUMP is gaining momentum, getting into the top 10 of the midyear single chart for the first time since 2010’s “Hitomi no Screen”

-Anime music is rising

-Oda Kazumasa is the oldest person to ever place in the top 10 of the midyear album chart, at the age of 68 years 9 months

-Several older artists did well on the midyear album chart besides Oda, including Himuro Kyosuke, Ohtaki Eiichi, and Seiko Matsuda

-BOYS AND MEN is an emerging force in the industry due to the success of their singles this year

-BABYMETAL has done well internationally, the best since Kyu Sakamoto over 50 years ago

-This is the first year in 5 years that an act besides AKB48 or Arashi is topping the Artist Total Sales Revenue chart (AKB48 in 2012 (7.9 billion yen) / 2014 (9.28 billion yen) and Arashi in 2013 (10.95 billion yen) / 2015 (5.94 billion yen))

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