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For example, the debut single of NEWS, a pop group, was released only through 7-Eleven stores, which are not covered by Oricon, and its sales were not reflected in the Oricon charts. Oricon's rankings of record sales are therefore not completely accurate. Before data was collected electronically, the charts were compiled on the basis of faxes ...
In the 2010s, the Oricon Singles Chart lost popularity to the Billboard Japan Hot 100. Since Oricon's chart only accounted for CD sales, groups like AKB48 (pictured) topped the chart by selling many copies, even if the songs were not the most listened-to. The Combined Singles Chart was subsequently established.
The following is a list of Oricon number-one singles of 2020. Chart history. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref. January 6 "Gattan Gotton Go!" Boys and Men [1]
The following is a list of Oricon number-one albums of 2021, which uses data from combined (physical, digital, and streaming) and physical sales. Chart history [ edit ]
The following is a list of Oricon number-one singles of 2019. Chart history. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref. January 7
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number-one on the Oricon Singles Chart, the preeminent singles chart in Japan, which was created in 1967, and monitors the number of physical single purchases of the most popular singles.
The following is a list of Oricon number-one singles of 2021. Chart history. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref. January 4 "Beautiful / Chinchaumakka / Canaria"
Oricon supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It is also the first year where the combined albums chart was introduced, which is based on physical and digital sales, as well as streaming. The first number-one album on the combined chart was Radwimps' Anti Anti Generation on December 24. [1]