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
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
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
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
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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