Rock band GLAY took #1 on the charts this week with their self-titled album "GLAY," selling 94,000 copies. This is the band's first original album since launching their own label in June.
Kumi Koda ranked 3rd with her latest release, followed by Watarirouka Hashiritai's first album at #4. Miyuki Nakajima and BUCK-TICK ranked #5 and #6, respectively.
On the singles chart, BUMP OF CHICKEN ranked #1 with "Uchuu Hikoshi e no Tegami / Motorcycle," selling 93,000 copies. They now have a streak of 3 consecutive number-ones for the first time.
The rest of the top ten singles included new songs by fripSide (#4), Aqua Timez (#5), Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi (#6), Ken Hirai (#7), GIRL NEXT DOOR (#8), and Mana Ogawa and Risako Sugaya (#10).
On the DVD charts, the special edition of the second "Nodame Cantabile" movie sold 9,000 copies in its second week, ranking #1 overall. This is the first time that a DVD from the live-action series has ranked #1.
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Charts: BUMP OF CHICKEN, Hey! Say! JUMP
Wed, December 22, 2010 (10:58am EST)
Last week, BUMP OF CHICKEN released "COSMONAUT," their sixth album overall and their first in three years. It sold more than 207,000 copies over the week to rank #1 on the sales charts, giving the band their first number-one since album since "Yggdrasil" in 2004.
Sound Horizon's "Marchen" entered the charts at #2, slightly beating out Michael Jackson's posthumous album "Michael." The only other Michael Jackson albums to ever reach the Top 3 in Japan were "Thriller" (#1) in 1984 and "Bad" (#1) in 1987.
On the singles chart, Hey! Say! JUMP took the top spot with "Arigatou ~Sekai no Doko ni Itemo~," selling approximately 151,000 copies. All six of their singles since their debut have been chart-toppers.
Other new singles in the top ten were released by the GazettE (#2), VAMPS (#4), Superfly (#5), Hiroshi Kamiya (#6), the Teni Puri All Stars (#7), DaiKichi (#9), and Plastic Tree (#10).
In DVDs, Namie Amuro sold 95,000 copies of her "PAST < FUTURE tour 2010" release to achieve #1 in the music category. This is her second consecutive #1 music DVD, and her fourth overall.
On the overall DVD charts, however, she was edged out by the "Gintama" movie "Gekijoban Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen," selling roughly 96,000 copies. Meanwhile, the limited Blu-ray edition of "The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya" sold 77,000 copies to top the overall Blu-ray charts.