Japan's Weekly CD Rankings for Feb 15 - 21

tsubasalover said:
CD Single
20.　*3,944　2,660,176　SMAP "Sekai ni Hitotsu dake no Hana" (Single Version)
34.　*2,009　*,**2,009　SADAME / Akisame Junjouka Limited Edition by Tsurezure-naru Ayatsuri Mugenan
44.　*1,639　*,*10,395　Schwarzesmarken OP "white forces" by fripSide
47.　*1,552　*,**8,645　Prince of Stride: Alternative ED "Be My Steady" by Galaxy Standard [Reiji Suwa (CV: Mamoru Miyano), Shizuma Mayuzumi (CV: Daisuke Hirakawa), Bantarou Chiyomatsu (CV: Takuya Eguchi), Tasuku Senoo (CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki), Asuma Mayuzumi (CV: Yuuki Ono), Kaede Okumura (CV: Toshiyuki Toyonaga)]
57.　*1,243　*,111,335　Osomatsu-san ED "SIX SAME FACES ~Konya wa Saikou!!!!!!~" by VOICE by Iyami feat. Osomatsu x Karamatsu x Choromatsu x Ichimatsu x Juushimatsu x Todomatsu (CV: Kenichi Suzumura, Takahiro Sakurai, Yuuichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Kamiya, Jun Fukuyama, Daisuke Ono, Miyu Irino)
79.　**,778　*,*31,350　"Ensemble Stars!" Unit Song CD Vol.8 "Trickstar" (Rebellion Star) by Trickstar [Hokuto Hidaka (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya), Subaru Akehoshi (CV: Tetsuya Kakihara), Mao Isara (CV: Yuki Kaji), Makoto Yuuki (CV: Showtaro Morikubo)]
83.　**,740　*,*11,490　Hakuouki SSL ~sweet school life~ The Movie Theme "Haruiro Bloom" by Blu－BiLLioN (Inclu. in "S.O.S")
84.　**,721　*,*10,591　Akagami no Shirayuki-hime 2nd Season OP "Sono Koe ga Chizu ni Naru" by Saori Hayami (incl. in "Installation / Sono Koe ga Chizu ni Naru")
88.　**,684　*,**7,665　Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu OP "Usura Koori Shinjuu" by Megumi Hayashibara

CD Album
*7.　21,889　*,*90,258　"ZARD Forever Best ~25th ANNIVERSARY~"
19.　*2,950　*,**2,950　Perfume Complete "LP" BOX
91.　**,744　*,*18,861　Sword Art Online Music Collection by Yuki Kajiura

32.　*2,166　*,**2,166　DIABOLIK LOVERS VERSUS SONG Requiem (2) Bloody Night Vol.5 Kou VS Yuuma by Ryouhei Kimura, Tatsuhisa Suzuki

tsubasalover said:
48.　*1,541　*,*68,929　Sakkaku no CROSSROADS by BiBi ~Eri Nanase (CV: Yoshino Nanjo). Maki Nashikino (CV: Pile). Niko Yazawa (CV: Sora Tokui) from μ's~

Mikan said:
It's Ayase* and Nishikino*

tsubasalover said:

*6.　13,972　*,*13,972　Yurika Kubo "Lovely Lovely Strawberry"

jayvee2016 said:
*6.　13,972　*,*13,972　Yurika Kubo "Lovely Lovely Strawberry"

glad for this (y) her debut week is higher than pile's dream trigger xD surprised that it is high though.. even higher than im@s single. Way to go Hanayo! Bring glory to the name of µ's! <3

Ejc said:


Very obvious that Yurika would outsell Idolmaster based on the daily rankings. However, if you had asked me who I would think would end up on selling best between Yurika and Emi, I would've expected Emi to... so i'm really happy for Yurika but sad for Emi.
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tsubasalover said:

48.　*1,541　*,*68,929　Sakkaku no CROSSROADS by BiBi ~Eri Ayase (CV: Yoshino Nanjo). Maki Nishikino (CV: Pile). Niko Yazawa (CV: Sora Tokui) from μ's~
85.　**,718　*,*62,732　Omoide Ijou ni Naritakute by lily white ~Umi Sonoda (CV: Suzuko Mimori), Rin Hoshizora (CV: Riho Iida), Nozomi Toujou (CV: Aina Kusuda) by from μ's~
98.　**,582　*,*64,161　WAO-WAO Powerful day! by Printemps ~Honoka Kousaka (CV: Emi Nitta), Kotori Minami (CV: Aya Uchida), Hanayo Koizumi (CV: Yurika Kubo) from μ's~

hpulley said:
I am also happy for Yurika but sad for Emi BUT there are a few interesting factors here.

First, Emi's CD was out of stock before the week was out. I don't think she lost a huge amount but perhaps some. We'll know next week though it just came back in stock so maybe it'll pick up a bit more at some point. I still think Yurika will win this week, looks like she already got another 1.5K.

Next, Emi's CD is a tie-up with Luck and Logic which is projected to sell 360 LE and 178 Amazon edition discs right now. A total flop. Rather than pushing up interest in her disc, it is probably an anchor to the bottom of the sea.

Yurika's producer was on her Anige Eleven talk show recently and he said that he wanted to produce a disc for her and he did NOT want it to be a tie up, that way they could have complete artistic freedom. They made several demos for Yurika to listen to and she choose Lovely Lovely Strawberry as the song. Good choice as it turns out.

On the other hand it seems that Meiyaku no Kanata didn't work out as well. Elements Garden is a great producer and usually they do well with anime tie ups but unlike Mimorin who can sell a ton of discs even for the OP of a show like Majimoji Rurumo and Light for Knight; Emi just isn't as popular. Too bad. Luckily for her she has a lot of projects on the go so it shouldn't be a fatal blow to her career.

Mimorin and Yurika are both at Pony Canyon and interestingly it looks like Yurika will have similar numbers to the very popular Mimorin. Emi has her own label with Bushiroad Music, probably not as good for marketing.

jayvee2016 said:
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Or emitsun is just experimenting which marketing style will better suit her. Hopefully she learned something from this xD quite a surprise though, first it was Rippi then now Shikaco.. is there an advantage for being a gravure model before? LOL! I am not impressed in the singing voice of hanayo so this is really new for me. It would be really interesting though if Pile, Mimorin and Nanjolno will release a single within the same week.. I consider them the top singers of muse so the results will be pretty wild!

Ejc said:
Love Live Best Album Best Live collection II is "Animation Album of the Year".

Source: https://twitter.com/LoveLive_staff/status/703240258305990656

hpulley said:
It is cool and all that Emitsun has her own label at Bushiroad Music but... too many failed experiments would be bad for her so I really do hope she's learned her lesson.

Having them all in the same week would be bad. Most LoveLivers like me probably follow the seiyuu now that they're pretty much done with Muse (final NicoRinPana show on March 23rd). Having 4 singles in a week would be bad, would stretch us thin. It's been a rough few weeks for Muse fans:

I don't have it yet because I was stupid with my orders but I'll have Rippi's Rippi Rippi Rippi Rough Ready R5 (sounds like an AV title, perhaps hinting at her gravure past?) on Monday. I wonder how her concert disc will sell? Pile's album on the 16th. Emitsun's concert disc comes out in May along with Mimorin's next single. Expensive hobby...

hpulley said:
Good thing I never got into figures.

The end is nigh for LoveLive Muse fans as their final single Moment Ring comes out March 2nd. An end of an era. Three copies coming, one from Neowing and HMV for the posters and game serial codes. Sales should be good.