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2007-07-11 07:19 |
FREE ranks 1st on 'Oricon Weekly Ranking'
Source:
http://www.erika-sawajiri.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=c0925772249651bf0e28f2ed84b3d61f&topic=601.0
Now it's finally official that Erika placed first on latest weekly Oricon ranking.
The Oricon site didn't update the ranking pages yet (they will do it on July 16th), but the official numbers have been released already.
Erika (ERIKA) ranks first with 50,287 sold copies of FREE in the first week.
This single has been on first place every day, except Sunday where it ranked third.
She has been able to build up a lead with more than 10,000 copies ahead of the the second place.
On second comes ayaka with Jewelry day and 38,635 sold copies. This single has been released on the same day like FREE.
The third place goes to Koda Kumi and her hit single FREAKY, which has been released one week before Erika's FREE. It still had high sales in second week with 35,028 sold copies. (Total: 143,377)
On the following places:
29,703 :: w-inds. - LOVE IS THE GREATEST THING
27,383 :: abingdon boys school - Nephilim
27,031 :: Ketsumeishi - Mata Kimi ni Aeru
17,000 :: Takamizawa Toshihiko - Sennen Romance
13,811 :: MISIA - ANY LOVE
13,573 :: GReeeeN - Ai Uta
13,093 :: GARNET CROW - Namida no Yesterday
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Erika the 2nd artist in history to have her first two singles on #1
Erika Sawajiri's new single, "FREE," reached #1 with only more than 50,000 sold copies on the singles chart against little competition.
This was her first release under her new artist name ERIKA, but last year she already had another #1 release. She sang "Taiyou no Uta" under the name of "Kaoru Amane" in the dorama of the same name.
This means that Erika reached the first rank for her first two singles. In the whole history of Oricon (39 years and 7 months), only another artist was able to do the same (not counting artists who made solo debuts after being part of a group). The only other woman to do this was Hiroko Yakushimaru (Mother in 1Liter no namida dorama). In 1983 she released her second single "Tantei Monogatari" after taking a break for University. Two years earlier, 1981, she already had a debut with "Sailor fuku to Kikanjyu". Both singles ranked #1 in the first week.
Sources:
- Blog Oricon
- Wiki.ThePPN
- Oricon
- Tokyograph |
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