The following are the top 10 albums in America from the Billboard 200 Charts:

NOTE: The Twilight original soundtrack takes the #1 position.  AC/DC who has held the #1 spot for weeks, drops to #2.  High School Musical 3: Senior Year continues strong in the top 3.  Andrea Bocelli breaks into the top 10.

BUY THE #1 ALBUM IN THE U.S.:

1. Beyonce - I Am… Sasha Fierce!\
2. Nickelback - Dark Horse
3. David Cook - David Cook
4. Taylor Swift - Fearless
5. Il Divo - The Promise
6. Twilight Soundtrack
7. Various Artists - Now 29
8. High School Musical 3 Soundtrack
9. Enya - And Winter Came
10. AC/DC - Black Ice

The following are the top 10 songs from the Billboard Hot 100 Charts:

NOTE: T.I. continues to dominate at the #! and #2 positions.  No new entries in the top 10, almost staying consistent with last week’s but with Kanye West dropping to the #8 position.

BUY THESE CD SINGLES:

1. T.I. featuring Rihanna - Live Your Life
2. Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
3. Beyonce - If I Were a Boy
4. T.I. - Whatever You Like
5. Katy Perry - Hot n Cold
6. Kanye West - Love Lockdown
7. Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis - Just Dance
8. PINK - So What
9. Ne-Yo - Miss Independent
10. Akon - Right Now (Na Na Na)

The following top 10 charts are from BBC Radio 1’s Official UK Top 40 CD singles:

BUY THESE SINGLES:

NOTE: Beyonce jumps from the #3 spot to the #1 spot, X-Factor Finalists drop to #2.  The Killers also move up in the charts. But nearly an exact copy of last week with no new entries in the top 10.

1. Take That - Greatest Day
2. Beyonce - If I Were a Boy
3. T.I. feat. Rihanna -Live Your Life
4. The Killers - Human
5. Katy Perry - Hot n’ Cold
6. Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing
7. Britney Spears - Womanizer
8. Akon - Right Now (Na Na Na)
9. X-Factor Finalists - Hero
10. Girls Aloud - The Promise

For BBC Radio 1’s Album Charts, click here!

On new release Wednesday. Which artist or band took the #1 spot for Japan’s Oricon CD Single Daily Charts?

Last Christmas [Limited Release]

EXILE

NOTE: EXILE gets another #1 hit with their Christmas song “LAST CHRISTMAS”, w-inds. comes strong at #2 and Acid Black Cherry comes strong and L’Arc~en~Ciel’s first single in awhile that didn’t debut at #1 or in the top 3.

1. EXILE - LAST CHRISTMAS
2. w-inds. - Everyday/CAN’T GET BACK
3. Acid Black Cherry - Jigsaw
4. L’Arc~en~Ciel - Hurry Xmas
5. Mai Kuraki - 24 Xmas time
6. JUJU feat. Spontania - Sunao ni Naretara/I can be free
7. C-ute - FOREVER LOVE
8. UVERWORLD - Hakanaku mo Eikyu no Kanashi
9. Kurumi Enomoto - Boken Wakusei
10. Diggy-MO’ - Bakusou Yumeuta

As for the #1 Indies release on the Oricon Indies Daily Charts, it goes to Kariyushi for “NANA”.

For Oricon Weekly Chart Rankings, please click here.

SOURCE: Data was translated from Oricon CD Single Daily Charts

For rankings comparison, please compare to Oricon’s NINKI Poll predictions for Album Sales.

Which artist or band came #1 on the Oricon Album Daily Charts for new release Wednesday?

Voice [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]

Mika Nakashima

NOTE: Mika Nakashima takes the #1 spot.  Almost all new releases in the top ten this week with the exception of flumpool.  Shota Shimizu comes strong this week at #2.  And the popular “Ai no Uta” soundtrack debuts at #3 with the second in the love song series.  Also, a good showing for the Studio Ghibli collection.

1. Mika Nakashima - VOICE
2. Shota Shimizu - UMBRELLA
3. Various Artists - Ai no Uta 2
4. flumpool - UNREAL
5. BREAKERZ! - BIG BANG!
6. SUM41 - The Best of Sum 41
7. Studio Ghibli no Uta
8. GUNS N’ ROSES - Chinese Democracy
9. SEAMO - SCRAP & BUILD
10. Minori Chihara - Parade

or Oricon Weekly Chart Album Rankings, please click here.

SOURCE: Data was translated from Oricon Album Daily Charts

For rankings comparison, please compare to Oricon’s NINKI Poll predictions for Album Sales.

The following top 10 charts are from BBC Radio 1’s Official UK Top 40 CD singles:

BUY THESE SINGLES:

NOTE: Beyonce jumps from the #3 spot to the #1 spot, X-Factor Finalists drop to #2.  The Killers also move up in the charts. But nearly an exact copy of last week with no new entries in the top 10.

1. Beyonce - If I Were a Boy
2. X-Factor Finalists - Hero
3. The Killers - Human
4. TI feat. Rihanna - Live Your Life
5. Katy Perry - Hot n’ Cold
6. Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing
7. Girls Aloud - The Promise
8. Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008
9. Britney Spears - Womanizer
10. Leona Lewis - Forgive Me

For BBC Radio 1’s Album Charts, click here!

The following are the top 10 albums in America from the Billboard 200 Charts:

NOTE: The Twilight original soundtrack takes the #1 position.  AC/DC who has held the #1 spot for weeks, drops to #2.  High School Musical 3: Senior Year continues strong in the top 3.  Andrea Bocelli breaks into the top 10.

BUY THE #1 ALBUM IN THE U.S.:

1. Taylor Swift - Fearless
2. David Archuleta - David Archuleta
3. Various Artists - Now 29
4. T-Pain - Thr33 Rings
5. Twilight Soundtrack
6. AC/DC - Black Ice
7. High School Musical 3: Senior Year Soundtrack
8. Enya - And Winter Came
9. Christina Aguillera - Keep Gettin’ Better: A Decade of Hits
10. T.I. - Paper Trail

The following are the top 10 songs from the Billboard Hot 100 Charts:

NOTE: T.I. continues to dominate at the #! and #2 positions.  No new entries in the top 10, almost staying consistent with last week’s but with Kanye West dropping to the #8 position.

BUY THESE CD SINGLES:

1. T.I. featuring Rihanna - Live Your Life
2. T.I. - Whatever you like
3. Beyonce - If I Were a Boy
4. Katy Perry - Hot n Cold
5. PINK - So What
6. Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne - Let It Rock
7. Britney Spears - Womanizer
8. Akon - Right Now (Na Na Na)
9. Kanye West - Heartless
10. Jason Mraz - I’m Yours

Which artist or band came #1 on the Oricon Album Daily Charts for new release Wednesday?

color [Regular Edition]

NEWS

NOTE: YUI takes the #1 spot while last week’s #1, Miriya Kato drops to #2.  Beyonce and Christina Aguillera come strong on the charts with their new albums and Dir En Grey at #4.

1. NEWS - color
2. flumpool - Unreal
3. capsule - MORE! MORE! MORE!
4. Noriyuki Makihara - Personal Soundtracks
5. CHEMISTRY - Winter of Love
6. Ryu Siwon - Ryu Siwon Ballad Best Album
7. YUI - MY SHORT STORIES
8. mihimaru GT - mihimania II ~Collection Album~
9. Sara Brightman - Fuyu no Symphony
10. Miriya Kato - BEST DESTINY

or Oricon Weekly Chart Album Rankings, please click here.

SOURCE: Data was translated from Oricon Album Daily Charts

For rankings comparison, please compare to Oricon’s NINKI Poll predictions for Album Sales.

On new release Wednesday. Which artist or band took the #1 spot for Japan’s Oricon CD Single Daily Charts?

Hakanaku mo Eikyu no Kanashi [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]

UVERworld

NOTE: UVERWORLD takes the #1 position and Perfume at #2, it will be interesting which of these two will take the weekly Oricon chart rankings.  Strong showing for anime-based themes with ALI PROJECT and Hiroyuki Yoshino in the top 10.  Arashi continues strong in the top 10.

1. UVERWORLD - Hakanaku mo Eikyu no Kanashi
2. Perfume - Dream Fighter
3. GIRL NEXT DOOR - Jounetsu no Daisho/ESCAPE
4. IDOLING!!! - II=DOL.
5. GING NANG BOYZ - 17-sai
6. ALI PROJECT - Kitei no Tsurugi
7. Hiroyuki Yoshino come across ALLELUJAH HAPTISM - Taiyou/After Image
8. ARASHI - Beautiful Days
9. DREAMS COME TRUE - Tsurette Tsurette
10. SPEED - Ashita no Sora

As for the #1 Indies release on the Oricon Indies Daily Charts, it goes to heidi. for “Orange Drama”.

For Oricon Weekly Chart Rankings, please click here.

SOURCE: Data was translated from Oricon CD Single Daily Charts

For rankings comparison, please compare to Oricon’s NINKI Poll predictions for Album Sales.