After a temporary delay, we here at AramaJapan have revived our Japanese Soundscan chart posts. For those who are unfamiliar with this chart, a primer:

While a physical chart like Oricon, Soundscan breaks down the sales of any one particular release by version and shows you exactly how much each of these versions have sold in a Top 20 format (for both Singles and Albums).

Of note, this chart doesn’t include copies sold by Avex’s Mu-mo shop, Pony Canyon’s shop, AKB48′s Chara-Ani, GLAY’s G-Direct (though Oricon doesn’t count these guys either), and the like. As such, it’s not necessarily as complete of a chart as Oricon, but it does provide an interesting look into what those who use conventional methods to purchase music within Japan are buying. Plus, there are rare moments where a release can sell a higher amount of copies on Soundscan as well.

Also of note is that because it’s version-based, one variant of a particular release can top a week’s Soundscan chart and not actually be the highest selling release overall (counting all charting versions) on Soundscan that week. As such, rather than just telling you about who topped the Soundscan chart one week, I might have to give a bit more background about how the chart shaped up.

With that being said, let’s see what this week’s charts were like.

On the single side, JYJ topped the chart with “WAKE ME TONIGHT”, with its only edition selling 86,115 copies. The top selling single though was KAT-TUN’s “Dead or Alive.” Its 3 versions took took spots 2 – 5, selling a combined total of 145,333 copies.

On the album side, AKB48 topped the chart with “Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe!”, with its highest selling edition selling 69,131 copies. It was the top selling album this week, selling 99,476 copies in total between its 3 editions.

Singles Chart:

1. [-] JYJ – WAKE ME TONIGHT (CD only): 86,115

2. [-] KAT-TUN – Dead or Alive (CD+DVD / Limited Edition Type 2): 56,163

3. [-] KAT-TUN – Dead or Alive (CD+DVD / Limited Edition Type 1): 49,748

4. [-] KAT-TUN – Dead or Alive (CD only / Regular Edition): 39,422

5. [-] B1A4 – Shiroi Kiseki (CD only / Regular Edition): 25,705

6. [-] back number – Heroine (CD+DVD / Limited Edition): 25,146

7. [-] Block B – VERY GOOD (CD only / Regular Edition): 19,011

8. [-] B1A4 – Shiroi Kiseki (CD+DVD / Limited Edition Type A): 17,728

9. [-] B1A4 – Shiroi Kiseki (CD+DVD / Limited Edition Type B): 17,482

10. [↓9] B’z – Uchouten (CD+DVD / Limited Edition): 16,862

11. [-] Akina Nakamori – Rojo -Tierra- (CD+DVD / Limited Edition): 14,692

12. [-] Block B – VERY GOOD (CD+DVD / Limited Edition Type A): 8,793

13. [↓11] Nana Mizuki – Eden (CD only): 6,804

14. [-] back number – Heroine  (CD only / Regular Edition): 6,446

15. [-] w-inds. – FANTASY (CD only / Regular Edition): 5,652

16. [-] Block B – VERY GOOD (CD+DVD / Limited Edition Type B): 4,686

17. [↓10] BiBi – Fuyu ga Kureta Yokan (CD only): 4,232

18. [-] w-inds. – FANTASY (CD+DVD / Limited Edition Type A): 3,945

19. [-] w-inds. – FANTASY (CD+DVD / Limited Edition Type B): 3,703

20. [-] Kobayashi Yutaka – Koisuru Sweets Resipe 3 ~Kimi ga Koi ni Ochiru Hitotsu no Hoho~ (CD+DVD / Regular Edition): 3,569

Album Chart:

1. [-] AKB48 – Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe! (2CD+DVD / Limited Edition Type A): 69,131

2. [same] SEKAI NO OWARI – Tree (CD only / Regular Edition): 58,543

3. [-] KANA-BOON – TIME (CD+DVD / Limited Edition): 30,584

4. [↓3] SEKAI NO OWARI – Tree (CD+DVD / Limited Edition): 26,669

5. [-] Hideaki Tokunaga – VOCALIST 6 (CD only / Limited Edition B): 24,532

6. [-] AKB48 – Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe! (2CD / Type B): 22,861

7. [-] CINDERELLA PROJECT – THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS ANIMATION PROJECT 00 ST@RTER BEST (CD only): 11,259

8. [-] AKB48 – Koko ga Rhodes da, Koko de Tobe! (2CD / Regular Edition Type A): 7,484

9. [-] Hideaki Tokunaga – VOCALIST 6 (CD+DVD / Limited Edition A): 7,408

10. [↓7] Hamada Shogo – Dream Catcher (CD only): 7,186

11. [↓2] E-girls – E.G. TIME (CD+3DVD / Regular Edition): 6,991

12. [-] Berryz Kobo – Kanjuku Berryz Kobo The Final Completion Box (3CD+2Blu-ray / Limited Edition A): 6,270

13. [-] KANA-BOON – TIME (CD only / Regular Edition): 6,230

14. [↓10] Nogizaka46 – Toumei na Iro (2CD+DVD / Type A): 6,147

15.  [↓5] E-girls – E.G. TIME (CD only / Regular Edition): 4,869

16. [-] the band apart – Nazo no Open World (CD only): 4,440

17. [-] Berryz Kobo – Kanjuku Berryz Kobo The Final Completion Box (3CD+2DVD / Limited Edition B): 4,391

18. [↓7] Ikimonogakari – FUN! FUN! FANFARE! (CD only / Regular Edition): 4,322

19. [-] Kizuki Minami – Sakura Nagashi (CD only): 4,234

20. [-] rairu – ballad (CD only): 4,174