Japanese Charts-The Archives

[nelson]

Billy The Best-Billy Joel          758,002 [LP]239,690
                                           [CT] 95,370
                                           [CD]422,942

What is the English title?
The Japanese released date was 11/22/1989.
I checked the US Album chart, in 11/04/1989, the album "Storm Front" peaked at #1.
Is it this one?
Thanks.

[mario]

Billy The Best-Billy Joel          758,002 [LP]239,690
                                           [CT] 95,370
                                           [CD]422,942

What is the English title?
The Japanese released date was 11/22/1989.
I checked the US Album chart, in 11/04/1989, the album "Storm Front" peaked at #1.
Is it this one?
Thanks.

The English title of the album is "Greatest Hits Vol.1 & 2."
November 22, 1989 is the date of re-release.

[mario]

For abacab,

Francis Lai
Albums and Singles sales and chart positions in Japan.

[Albums]
1970/03/10 Le Passager De La Pluie # 34 , 21 weeks, 23,000 [LP]
1970/09/10 Best Album(Japan Only) # 25 , 32 weeks, 39,000 [LP]
1971/02/10 Double De Luxe(Japan Only) # 6 , 24 weeks, 50,000 [LP]
1971/04/01 Francis Lai Plays # 6 , 21 weeks, 49,000 [LP]
1971/05/10 Live In Japan # 53 , 6 weeks, 6,000 [LP]
1971/05/10 Max20(Japan Only) # 2 , 38 weeks, 122,000 [LP]
1971/09/10 The Best Of Francis Lai (Japan Only) # 2 , 14 weeks, 40,000 [LP]
1971/12/01 Com-Pack # 41 , 9 weeks, 11,000 [LP]

[Singles]
1968/01/15 Vivre Pour Vivre # 85 , 6 weeks, 11,000
1968/10/01 13 Jours En France # 8 , 39 weeks, 309,000
1969/03/25 La Lecon Particuliere # 33 , 26 weeks, 93,000
1970/03/25 Le Passager De La Pluie # 8 , 29 weeks, 248,000
1970/06/01 Un Homme Qui Me Plait # 68 , 8 weeks, 20,000
1970/07/01 Du Soleil Plein Les Yeux # 31 , 17 weeks, 78,000
1971/01/25 Love Story # 6 , 23 weeks, 292,000
1971/02/01 Le Voyou # 23 , 18 weeks, 78,000
1971/03/20 Love Story[Re] # 51 , 7 weeks, 22,000
1971/05/01 La Fontaine # 89 , 2 weeks, 4,000
1971/12/05 13 Jours En France[Re] # 63 , 6 weeks, 15,000

[Monni]

Could you post Suede please?

[mario]

Could you post Suede please?

Suede
Albums sales and chart positions in Japan.

1993/04/01 Suede # 31 , 7 weeks, 49,710
1994/10/20 Dog Man Star # 39 , 2 weeks, 14,000
1996/09/02 Coming Up # 27 , 3 weeks, 23,280
1999/04/28 Head Music # 29 , 2 weeks, 11,590
2002/09/26 A New Morning # 59 , 2 weeks, 9,560
2003/10/29 Singles # 67 , 3 weeks, 5,596

Singles did not enter.

[nelson]

Hello, Mario, could you please post Billy Joel and Boyz II Men? Thanks.

And what about the full list of all international albums sold over 100,000? Thanks.

[mario]

Hello, Mario, could you please post Billy Joel and Boyz II Men? Thanks.

And what about the full list of all international albums sold over 100,000? Thanks.

Billy Joel
Albums and Singles sales and chart positions in Japan.

[Albums]
1978/01/21 The Stranger # 3 , 75 weeks, 301,000 [LP]
1978/11/01 52Nd Street # 9 , 83 weeks, 370,000 [LP]
1980/03/14 Glass Houses # 6 , 45 weeks, 241,470 [LP]
1981/09/13 Songs In The Attic # 3 , 29 weeks, 228,760 [LP] 56,860 [CT]
1982/10/03 The Nylon Curtain # 2 , 29 weeks, 257,730 [LP] 98,330 [CT]
1983/08/07 An Innocent Man # 3 , 53 weeks, 348,760 [LP] 160,980 [CT]
1983/12/21 Cold Spring Harbor # 44 , 8 weeks, 14,970 [LP]
1985/07/27 Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 # 4 , 26 weeks, 239,690 [LP] 95,370 [CT] 391,265 [CD]
1986/08/27 The Bridge # 2 , 14 weeks, 103,360 [LP] 36,380 [CT] 117,832 [CD]
1987/11/21 Kohyept - Live In Leningrad # 16 , 10 weeks, 10,990 [LP] 7,450 [CT] 30,450 [CD]
1988/08/26 Star Box[Japan Only] # 20 , 8 weeks, 35,520 [LP]
1989/11/09 Storm Front # 8 , 15 weeks, 109,470 [CD]
1989/11/22 Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 # 78 , 7 weeks, 24,460 [CD]
1993/08/05 River Of Dreams # 3 , 17 weeks, 226,480 [CD]
1995/01/02 Jorney To The River Of Dreams # 70 , 3 weeks, 14,900 [CD]
1997/08/22 Greatest Hits VolumeIII # 15 , 9 weeks, 99,570 [CD]
2000/05/10 2000 Years The Millennium Concert # 17 , 4 weeks, 28,020 [CD]
2000/12/20 The Ultimate Collection # 21 , 10 weeks, 73,682 [CD]
2003/11/06 Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 # 174 , 7 weeks, 6,179 [CD]
2004/11/03 Songs In The Attic # 298 , 1 week, 670 [CD]
2004/11/03 Glass Houses # 215 , 1 week, 948 [CD]
2004/11/03 52Nd Street # 175 , 1 week, 1,157 [CD]
2004/11/03 Piano Man # 251 , 1 week, 828 [CD]
2004/11/03 The Stranger # 160 , 2 weeks, 1,952 [CD]
2004/11/03 Turnstiles # 286 , 1 week, 707 [CD]
2004/12/01 Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2 # 229 , 1 week, 1,038 [CD]
2004/12/01 An Innocent Man # 205 , 1 week, 1,160 [CD]
2004/12/01 The Nylon Curtain # 217 , 1 week, 1,086 [CD]
2005/01/01 Piano Man-The Very Best Of Billy Joel # 17 , 17 weeks, 94,645 [CD]

[Singles]
1978/05/21 Stranger # 2 , 35 weeks, 471,000
1978/12/05 My Life # 37 , 16 weeks, 76,000
1979/03/21 Honesty # 53 , 22 weeks, 75,000
1980/03/21 You May Be Right # 60 , 7 weeks, 20,000
1982/10/03 Pressure # 78 , 2 weeks, 5,000
1983/07/03 Tell Her About It # 58 , 15 weeks, 45,000
1983/10/21 This Night # 88 , 10 weeks, 29,000
1983/11/21 Uptown Girl # 64 , 14 weeks, 46,000



Boyz II Men...Oh,Have you forgotten?
https://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... 308#444308

And what about the full list of all international albums sold over 100,000? Thanks.

I cannot promise when comes...

[nelson]

Boyz II Men...Oh,Have you forgotten?
https://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... 308#444308
I cannot promise when comes...

Oops! I forgot, I asked it because I can't find "The Ballad Collection" (2000) and "Full Circle" and "Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection" and "Throwback Vol. 1" (2004). Thanks.

Isn't "Nathan Michael..." sold 164,630?

[mario]

Boyz II Men...Oh,Have you forgotten?
https://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... 308#444308
I cannot promise when comes...

Oops! I forgot, I asked it because I can't find "The Ballad Collection" (2000) and "Full Circle" and "Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection" and "Throwback Vol. 1" (2004). Thanks.

Isn't "Nathan Michael..." sold 164,630?

I missed again.

Boyz II Men (Ver.2)
Albums sales and chart positions in Japan.

1992/11/01 Cooleyhighharmony [+5] # 26 , 19 weeks, 127,290
1993/04/01 Cooleyhighharmony [+6] # 91 , 1 week, 3,220
1993/11/01 Let It Snow # 12 , 10 weeks, 106,680
1994/09/10 II # 9 , 31 weeks, 344,880
1995/09/25 Remix Collection # 6 , 8 weeks, 197,950
1996/05/22 Extras # 29 , 6 weeks, 52,500
1997/09/20 Evolution # 8 , 22 weeks, 284,940
2000/05/17 The Ballad Collection # 8 , 34 weeks, 305,710
2000/08/30 Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya # 6 , 14 weeks, 172,410
2001/10/20 Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection # 7 , 9 weeks, 109,630
2002/05/29 Full Circle # 11 , 10 weeks, 167,120
2004/04/07 Throwback Vol. 1 # 30 , 12 weeks, 38,148

Singles did not enter.

[mario]

For Abacab,

Procol Harum
Singles sales and chart positions in Japan.

1967/06/02 A Whiter Shade Of Pale # 47 , 22 weeks, 53,000
1968/04/15 Homburg # 86 , 2 weeks, 4,000
1971/01/01 Skip Softly # 83 , 4 weeks, 7,000
1988/12/16 A Whiter Shade Of Pale # 88 , 4 weeks, 6,430

Albums did not enter.

[mario]

For Abacab,

USA For Africa
Album and Single sales and chart positions in Japan.

[Album]
1985/05/03 We Are The World #1, 27weeks, 309,700[LP] 161,600[CT] 170,700[CD]

[Single]
1985/04/12 We Are The World[12 Inch] #2, 20weeks, 310,720
1985/04/12 We Are The World #10, 23weeks, 177,630

[KuyaMeztizo]

I think I posted this in the other thread which is the wrong one. I didn't realize there were two of these. LOL...

Mario, can you post the sales totals and chart positions of ...Baby One More Time, Oops!... I Did It Again, Britney, In The Zone, and My Prerogative: Greatest Hits when you get time?

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

[mario]

For Abacab,

Tears For Fears
Album and Single sales and chart positions in Japan.

[Albums]
85/04/01 Songs From The Big Chair # 13 , 34 weeks, 108,000 [LP] 50,300 [CT] 61,320 [CD]
85/07/10 Urban Edition(Japan Only) # 27 , 8 weeks, 15,820 [LP]
89/09/25 The Seeds Of Love # 13 , 8 weeks, 3,230 [CT] 41,710 [CD]
92/03/25 Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) # 48 , 4 weeks, 27,740 [CD]
93/06/10 Break It Down Again[Ep] # 57 , 2 weeks, 11,370 [CD]


[Singles]
85/04/01 Shout # 51 , 9 weeks, 30,240
85/05/21 Everybody Wants To Rule The World # 74 , 9 weeks, 20,810

[mario]

I think I posted this in the other thread which is the wrong one. I didn't realize there were two of these. LOL...

I'm also sometimes mixed up.

Mario, can you post the sales totals and chart positions of ...Baby One More Time, Oops!... I Did It Again, Britney, In The Zone, and My Prerogative: Greatest Hits when you get time?

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

Coming soon!

[nelson]

Whitney Houston Albums sales in Japan

85/04/01 Whitney Houston         4 76  210,400  162,180   186,643
86/11/01 Dancing Special        14 12   16,710   10,390    19,480 
87/06/01 Whitney                 2 26   91,040  128,770   240,580

[date,Title,peak POS.,weeks on chart,LP sales,CT sales,CD sales]

Hi, Mario, I have my own which is different from yours...
Would you please tell me why there's such a difference? Thanks in advance.

85/04/01 Whitney Houston         4 76  210,400  162,000   156,420

maybe you add CDs up with the re-release in 1996 Aug with 32,400??

86/11/01 Dancing Special        14 12   28,220   16,970    35,870 

87/06/01 Whitney                 2 26   90,970  128,770   189,580

Why are sales of CDs vary that much?

Since you include the CDs' sales for "Like A Virgin", is there any CDs' sales for first album "Madonna" which was released in 1984?

Since when did Oricon abandon Top 100 LP chart and replace Top 100 Albums chart?

[nelson]

Hi, Mario, can you post the charts and sales of A-ha? Thanks.

[mario]

Mario, can you post the sales totals and chart positions of ...Baby One More Time, Oops!... I Did It Again, Britney, In The Zone, and My Prerogative: Greatest Hits when you get time?

[Title,debut date,peak POS,weeks on chart,total sales,debut week sales,chart-runs]

...Baby One More Time
1999/03/08 #9, 21weeks, 279,740 (20,270 )
17-19-18-22-25-31-29-26-18-9-10-13-19-29-41-43-53-71-89-*-86-91

Oops!...I Did It Again
2000/05/15 #67, 1week, 3,350 (3,350)
67

Britney
2001/11/12 #4, 18weeks, 191,130 (66,860)
4-10-17-24-33-51-56-61-63-57-75-*-66-58-58-43-75-75

In the Zone
2003/11/24 #3, 49weeks, 406,716 (59,128)
3-7-14-17-23-25-23-23-22-29-32-35-39-43-53-47-48-52-70-64-54-55-53-45-36-46-54-68-67-76-58-67-61-75-77-113-99-90-55-59-73-88-98-119-145-156-175-179


Greatest Hits:My Prerogativeup to 2005/10/3
2004/11/15 #1, 47weeks, 705,177 (173,145)
1-2-5-8-9-14-11-13-8-14-16-24-24-36-44-60-66-71-73-108-100-93-84-93-109-81-108-120-126-121-131-142-178-134-125-108-155-146-165-129-124-174-176-158-158-222

[mario]

85/04/01 Whitney Houston 4 76 210,400 162,000 156,420

maybe you add CDs up with the re-release in 1996 Aug with 32,400??

Yes, I added these sale.

I also want to know why the sales of Dancing Special and Whitney differ.
Where did you quote those numbers from?

Since you include the CDs' sales for "Like A Virgin", is there any CDs' sales for first album "Madonna" which was released in 1984?

CD sale in 1984 is not understood. However, I think that there are very few sales.

Since when did Oricon abandon Top 100 LP chart and replace Top 100 Albums chart?

1987/10/7

[mario]

Hi, Mario, can you post the charts and sales of A-ha? Thanks.

A-ha
Album and Single sales and chart positions in Japan.

[Albums]
1985/08/25 Hunting High And Low # 8 , 40 weeks, 189,980 [LP] 78,450 [CT] 36,163+ [CD]
1986/02/25 45 R.P.M. Club(Japan Only) # 6 , 12 weeks, 62,900 [LP] 17,700 [CT] 1,584 [CD]
1986/06/25 12 Inch Club(Japan Only) # 21 , 9 weeks, 20,140 [LP] 11,020 [CT] 961 [CD]
1986/11/28 Scoundrel Days # 6 , 14 weeks, 70,580 [LP] 22,560 [CT] 48,210 [CD]
1987/05/25 Scoundrel Club Picture(Japan Only) # 27 , 4 weeks, 4,990 [LP]
1987/05/25 Scoundrel Club (Japan Only) # 29 , 4 weeks, 4,610 [LP] 2,930 [CT] 9,560 [CD]
1988/05/25 Stay On These Roads # 5 , 12 weeks, 19,060 [LP] 25,400 [CT] 59,470 [CD]
1988/08/25 Roads Club (Japan Only) # 42 , 5 weeks, 16,800 [CD]
1990/11/10 East Of The Sun West Of The Moon # 20 , 5 weeks, 42,670 [CD]
1991/11/18 Headlines And Deadlines - The Hits Of A-Ha # 16 , 4 weeks, 35,810 [CD]
1993/06/25 Memorial Beach # 27 , 4 weeks, 31,490 [CD]
2000/05/10 Minor Earth Major Sky # 53 , 2 weeks, 8,160 [CD]
2002/04/24 Lifelines # 99 , 1 week, 3,430 [CD]

[Singles]
1985/07/25 Take On Me # 25 , 25 weeks, 91,230
1985/11/28 The Sun Always Shines On T.V. # 81 , 6 weeks, 11,750
1986/10/25 I've Been Losing You # 76 , 5 weeks, 10,510
1986/11/10 I've Been Losing You(12 Inch) # 88 , 2 weeks, 3,960
1987/08/01 The Living Daylights # 42 , 6 weeks, 16,460
1988/05/25 Stay On These Roads # 65 , 4 weeks, 10,890

[nelson]

I also want to know why the sales of Dancing Special and Whitney differ.
Where did you quote those numbers from?

A source gave me this detail info...
Maybe you didn't take Yearbook as a source and took from weekly magazines??

LINK

On 1986 Yearbook
Whitney Houston LP 18,841
Whitney Houston C  13,097
Whitney Houston CD 12,940
Dancing Special LP  1,551
Dancing Special C     658
Dancing Special CD  1,639

On 1987 Yearbook
Whitney         LP  9,020
Whitney (PH)    C  10,967
Whitney (BV)    C      85
Whitney         CD 18,443
Whitney Houston LP  1,595
Whitney Houston C   2,949
Whitney Houston CD  2,484
Dancing Special LP  1,671
Dancing Special C   1,039
Dancing Special CD  1,948

On 1988 Yearbook
Whitney (BV)    CD    515
Whitney (BV)    C   1,769
Whitney (PH)    C      56
Whitney (BV)    LP     40
Whitney (PH)    LP     37
Whitney Houston C     172

[KuyaMeztizo]

Oops!...I Did It Again
2000/05/15 #67, 1week, 3,350 (3,350)
67

Thanks for posting that Mario.

Was Oops!... I Did It Again only on the chart for one week? That seems a bit odd considering that her album before and after this one sold relatively well.

Thanks again for posting! I really appreciate it!

[mario]

I also want to know why the sales of Dancing Special and Whitney differ.
Where did you quote those numbers from?

A source gave me this detail info...
Maybe you didn't take Yearbook as a source and took from weekly magazines??

LINK

On 1986 Yearbook
Whitney Houston LP 18,841
Whitney Houston C  13,097
Whitney Houston CD 12,940
Dancing Special LP  1,551
Dancing Special C     658
Dancing Special CD  1,639

On 1987 Yearbook
Whitney         LP  9,020
Whitney (PH)    C  10,967
Whitney (BV)    C      85
Whitney         CD 18,443
Whitney Houston LP  1,595
Whitney Houston C   2,949
Whitney Houston CD  2,484
Dancing Special LP  1,671
Dancing Special C   1,039
Dancing Special CD  1,948

On 1988 Yearbook
Whitney (BV)    CD    515
Whitney (BV)    C   1,769
Whitney (PH)    C      56
Whitney (BV)    LP     40
Whitney (PH)    LP     37
Whitney Houston C     172

Oh,Sorry.
I was not adding the sales in 1986 about Dancing Special.
On 1986 Yearbook
Dancing Special LP 1,151

1986 11,510[LP] 6,580[CT] 16,394[CD]
1987 16,710[LP] 10,390[CT] 19,480[CD]

Total:81,064

[MJDangerous]

Hi Mario, can you please update the Artist Index in Page One ?

[mario]

For Abacab,

Beach Boys & Brian Wilson
Album and Single sales and chart positions in Japan.

[Albums]
Beach Boys
1976/08/10 15 Big Ones # 49 , 6 weeks, 8,000 [LP]
1985/07/01 The Beach Boys # 26 , 10 weeks, 26,480 [LP] 13,640 [CT]
1988/12/01 Pet Sounds # 100 , 1 week, 1,260 [CD]
1989/04/08 The Beach Boys Box[Japan Only] # 42 , 2 weeks, 330 [LP]
1989/09/13 Still Cruisin' # 26 , 5 weeks, 860 [CT] 14,520 [CD]
1993/02/01 Summer In Paradise # 91 , 1 weeks, 3,550 [CD]
1997/08/08 Good Vibrations # 60 , 3 weeks, 13,360 [CD]
2005/06/08 Sights And Sounds Of Summer # 189 , 2 weeks, 1,931 [CD]
2005/06/08 The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds Of Summer # 99 , 9weeks, 11,247[CD]

Brian Wilson
1998/06/24 Imagination # 45 , 3 weeks, 14,550
2004/07/22 Getting' In Over My Head # 107 , 4 weeks, 5,606
2004/10/06 Smile # 27 , 8 weeks, 25,281

[Single]
1988/11/10 Kokomo # 54 , 8 weeks, 19,560

[mario]

Hi Mario, can you please update the Artist Index in Page One ?

OK, Coming soon!