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Oricon

Company nameOricon Inc.
株式会社オリコン
Company typeHolding company, owner of Oricon Entertainment Inc.
IndustryBroadcast of music entertainment
FoundedNovember 1967 (as Original Confidence)
October 1, 1999 (as Oricon Direct Digital)
June 2001 (as Oricon Global Entertainment)
July 2002
HeadquartersRoppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Key peopleKo Koike: CEO
Employees222 (except part time workers, As of March 31, 2007)
ParentOricon Entertainment Inc. (October 1999 � June 2001)
SubsidiaryOricon Entertainment Inc. (June 2001 � present)

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|} (Hercules: 4800), established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as

|}, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.

They are compiled using data drawn from some 25,120 retail outlets (as of December 2009) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in Oricon Style by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website.

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Love Hina Author Says Harem And Moe Manga Are Dead - Siliconera (blog) Tweet this news
Siliconera (blog)---Oricon- comic rankings show most of the top titles are women-oriented. 3. Male viewers can now empathise with female characters The number of male fans who ... - Date : Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:38:01 GMT+00:00
Nishikawa Takanori is Visiting his Home Grou・・・ - MusicJapanplus Tweet this news
MusicJapanplus--Within the -ORICON- raking, too, he surpassed the fourth rank of the previous record, entering the Top 3. Moreover, On September 18th and 19th, over two days ... - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:26:21 GMT+00:00
Japanese singer Ayumi Hamasaki to release back-to-back singles - What's on Xiamen Tweet this news
What's on Xiamen--If both songs reach number one on the -Oricon- pop charts, Hamasaki will become the first artist on her label in 22 years to record 24 number one hits in a ... - Date : Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:59:43 GMT+00:00
Girl idol group about mass exposure, fans - The Japan Times Tweet this news
The Japan Times--AKB has released four CD singles and one album since last October, and all made the top -Oricon- ranking in the first week after release, Murase said. ... - Date : Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:55:16 GMT+00:00
Kara blazes new trail in Japan - JoongAng Daily Tweet this news
JoongAng Daily--Kara became the first foreign Asian girl group to make the top 10 on the Japanese -Oricon- charts. -Oricon- is the most influential music statistics publisher ... - Date : Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:01:36 GMT+00:00
S.Korean pop princess BoA plans Hollywood debut - AFP Tweet this news
AFP---...- million-selling albums in Japan, a rarity for foreign artists there, and had six consecutive number one albums in the country's -Oricon- pop charts. ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:15:31 GMT+00:00
Bakemonogatari's Last BD Ranks #1 with 51000 Copies - Anime News Network Tweet this news
Anime News Network--The marketing survey firm -Oricon- reports that the sixth and final Blu-ray Disc volume of the Bakemonogatari anime series sold 51000 copies to rank #1 on the ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:48:11 GMT+00:00
Miwa Goes Electric - Gibson Tweet this news
Gibson---...- Japanese music scene this year, after her first single, “Don't Cry Anymore,” hit the Top 20 on the -Oricon- singles chart and #1 on the download chart. ... - Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:52:30 GMT+00:00
KARA clowns around after their handshake event - allkpop Tweet this news
allkpop--They are all cutely posing while wearing animal shaped headbands. Meanwhile, KARA's Japanese debut track, Mister, currently ranks 5th on the -Oricon- Chart.--- - Date : Sun, 15 Aug 2010 09:24:29 GMT+00:00
The latest "ONE PIECE" Volume Leads the Sales Once again! - MusicJapanplus Tweet this news
MusicJapanplus---...- manga "ONE PIECE" has been released and surpassed 1853000 volumes in sale in five days, which led to a top ranking within the -ORICON- comic book ranking. ... - Date : Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:24:15 GMT+00:00

Past charts :
2 1972 Onna no Michi Shiro Miya and Pinkara Trio 3.256m
3 2000 Tsunami Southern All Stars 2.934m
4 1999 Dango 3 Kyodai Kentarō Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori,
Himawari Kids, Dango Gasshōdan
2.918m
5 1992 Kimi ga Iru Dake de Kome Kome Club 2.895m
6 1991 Say Yes Chage & Aska 2.822m
7 1994 Tomorrow Never Knows Mr. Children 2.766m
8 1991 Oh Yeah/Love Story wa Totsuzen ni Kazumasa Oda 2.587m
9 2003 Sekai ni Hitotsu dake no Hana SMAP 2.573m
10 1995 Love Love Love/Arashi ga Kuru Dreams Come True 2.488m

Past charts :
Rank Year Title Artist Sales
1 1999 First Love Hikaru Utada 7,650,215
2 1998 B'z The Best "Pleasure" B'z 5,135,922
3 1997 Review Glay 4,875,980
4 2001 Distance Hikaru Utada 4,469,135
5 1998 B'z The Best "Treasure" B'z 4,438,742
6 2001 A Best Ayumi Hamasaki 4,301,353
7 1996 Globe Globe 4,136,460
8 2002 Deep River Hikaru Utada 3,604,588
9 2000 Delicious Way Mai Kuraki 3,530,000
10 1998 Time to Destination Every Little Thing 3,520,330

Record charts (List of)

AmericasArgentina * Brasil * Canada * (CHUM Chart (1957-63) * RPM (1964-2000)) * Mexico * United States
EuropeAustria * Belgium * Czech Republic * Denmark * Finland * France * Germany * Greece * Hungary * Ireland * Italy * Netherland * Norway * Poland * Portugal * Romania * Russia * Slovenia * Spain * Sweden * Switzerland * Turkey * Ukraine * United Kingdom
Asia, Oceania
and Africa
Australia * Japan * Indonesia * Israel * New Zealand * South Africa



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