This week’s guests were Morning Musume. ’15 and May J. with Chris Hart.

Morning Musume. ’15 x Kanjani8 – What is LOVE?

May J. with Chris Hart x Kanjani8 – Bijotoyaju

On the single side, Kis-My-Ft2 topped the chart with “AAO”, with its CD+DVD Limited Edition selling 61,241 copies. The 2 editions of “AAO” took the top 2 spots on the chart. Between these 2 editions, “AAO” sold 104,185 copies, making it the best selling single this week.

On the album side, ZHIEND topped the chart with “ECHO”, with its one 2CD edition selling 10,156 copies. However, the best selling album this week is French Kiss’ “French Kiss.” Three of the 6 editions of this album charted. Between these 3 editions, “French Kiss” sold 11,977 copies, making it the best selling single this week.

We’re back with this week’s edition of Oricon Flashback. This is where we look back on what topped Oricon this week 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago. Think of it as a way to reminisce and learn about the past of Japanese music.

This week’s guests were Nishiuchi Mariya and Funky Kato.

Nishiuchi Mariya – Save me

Funky Kato – MUSIC MAGIC

This week’s episode of SONGS was dedicated to X JAPAN. The episode explores the band’s history. It features 3 performances from X JAPAN’s concerts.

X JAPAN – Forever Love (at Tokyo Dome 12/31/97) / Without You (at Tokyo Dome 3/28/08) / Forever Love (at New York City’s Madison Square Garden 10/11/14)

This week’s episode of Music Fair was a special episode dedicated to Seiko Matsuda in honor of her 35th anniversary.

Seiko Matsuda – Himitsu no Hanazono / Jikan no Kuni no Alice / Rock’n Rouge (from 2/19/84’s episode) / Komugi Iro no Mermaid (from 9/10/05’s episode) / Akai Sweet Pea (from 9/10/05’s episode) / Hitomi wa Diamond (from 9/10/05’s episode) / Wakusei ni Naritai / Eien no Motto Hate Made

Yesterday, some international fans of Japanese music discovered that several YouTube channels for various labels / acts were suddenly unavailable. It was then realized that this restriction was limited to the United States. The supposed culprit: YouTube RED. YouTube RED is YouTube’s new subscription service. For $9.99 a month, subscribers are given ad-free access to YouTube, access to Google Play Music, and other incentives.

The launch of YouTube RED has not been without controversy though. It was widely reported yesterday that ESPN has pulled nearly all of its content from YouTube due to “rights and legal issues.” YouTube says that companies that do not sign off on YouTube RED will find their videos unavailable to viewers. Since YouTube RED is only available in the US as of now, this blockage is limited to the US, for now.

With the theme of “energy!” (genki), Kanjani8 will be releasing their new album Kanjani8 no Genki ga Deru CD!! on November 11.

In addition to their released singles, new songs were provided by OKAMOTO’S, KANA-BOON, and Sambomaster. The album also features songs written and composed by the members, new unit songs and more.

Included in the album is the track Genki ga Deru SONG written and composed by the members and arranged by Nishikido Ryo. The three unit songs as well as the much talked-about new KING (Murakami Shingo) and Kanjani8 collaborative song “LOVE & KING” are included on the regular edition.

Check out the tracklist, and a preview of their new song Nantoka Naru Sa composed by KANA-BOON below.