We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped the charts this week 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.
This is the first post of 2021, and this year we will be covering 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, and 2016.
12/31/90
Album:
PRINCESS PRINCESS – PRINCESS PRINCESS (first week sales 689,250)
Single:
KAN – Ai wa Katsu (17th week sales: 229,250 / second consecutive week at #1)
1/1/96
Album:
Yoshida Miwa – beauty and harmony (first week sales: 678,280)
Single:
Celine Dion with KRYZLER & KOMPANY – TO LOVE YOU MORE (tenth week sales: 136,770 / fourth non-consecutive week at #1)
1/1/01
Album:
LUNA SEA – PERIOD ~THE BEST SELECTION~ (first week sales: 168,400)
Single:
Ayumi Hamasaki – M (second week sales: 185,290 / second consecutive week at #1)
1/2/06
Album:
Kobukuro – NAMELESS WORLD (first week sales: 252,975)
Single:
KinKi Kids – SNOW! SNOW! SNOW! (first week sales: 230,384)
1/3/11
Album:
Ayumi Hamasaki – Love songs (first week sales: 180,048)
Single:
URATA NAOYA feat. ayumi hamasaki – Dream ON (first week sales: 40,069)
Billboard Hot 100:
Kaela Kimura – A winter fairy is melting a snowman
RIAJ Digital Track Chart:
EXILE – I Wish For You (second non-consecutive week at #1)
1/4/16
Album:
Masaharu Fukuyama – Fuku no Oto (first week sales: 178,428)
Single:
AKB48 – Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby (third week sales: 905,490 / second non-consecutive week at #1)
Billboard Hot 100:
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