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

Beautiful Days [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]

Arashi

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

truth / Kaze no Muko e [w/ DVD, Limited Edition 2]

Arashi

NOTE: Arashi not only has the #1 song to enter the daily charts but their CD single release “One Love” from June 25th is at #10 and still hanging in on the Oricon top 10 Daily Charts. Great showing for Porno Graffiti and Buono! Last week’s #1, SMAP drops to #6.

1. Arashi - truth/Kaze no Muko e
2. Porno Graffiti - Gift
3. Buono! - Gachinko de Ikou!
4. May’n (Nakajima Megumi) - Lion (from Macross Frontier)
5. Southern All Stars - I AM YOUR SINGER
6. SMAP - Kono Toki, Kitto Yume Jyanai
7. Fujimaki Fujioka and Ohashi Nozomi - Ponyo on the Cliff
8. CHEMISTRY - LIFE GOES ON
9. sg WANNA BE+ - GET ALONG TOGETHER
10. Arashi - One Love
11. Mr. Children - GIFT
12. GARNET CROW - Yume no Hitotsu
13. Alladin - Hi wa, Mata Noboru
14. Plastic Tree - Replay/Dolly

As for the #1 Indies release on the Oricon Indies Daily Charts, it goes to SATSUGAI for “甘い恋人”.

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

It’s Wednesday and that  means news releases.  Which artist or group came out on top for the Oricon Charts top 10 CD Singles on the Daily Charts on new release day?

NOTE: Arashi takes the #1 position while last week’s other Johnny’s group TEGOMASU drops out of the top 10.  Pony Canyon comedy trio Shuchishin shows up strong once again on the top 10 and another great showing for the anime “Macross Frontier” with another CD single in the top 10.  Misono is back on the top 10 with her Nintendo DS theme song for the video game “Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of a New World”.

1. Arashi - One Love
2. Shuchishin - Nakanaide
3. Porno Graffiti - Itai Tachiichi
4. Yuzu - Yesterday and Tomorrow
5. Nakajima Megumi (Ranka Lee of Macross Frontier) - Seikan Hikou
6. Chatmonchy - Kaze fukeba koi
7. DREAMS COME TRUE - MERRY-LIFE-GOES-ROUND/TRUE.BABY TRUE.
8. TUBE - Paradiso - Ai no Meikyu
9. misono - Ninin Sankyaku
10. Karen Girl’s - Over the Future

Japantoday.com reported, “Pop group Arashi will make a 4-city tour of Asia starting in September, Johnny’s Jimusho said Sunday. The tour will kick off in Tokyo on Sept 5, and then visit Taipei for concerts on Oct 11 and 12, followed by Seoul on Nov 1 and 2, and finally Shanghai on Nov 15.”

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ARASHI’s Sakurai Sho (26) injured his hand and fractured his thumb after a fall during rehearsal on stage in Nagoya on June 1st.

Sakurai will continue to perform with Arashi in concert as planned.

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JapanToday.com reported, “Nippon Television Network (NTV) said Johnny’s idol group Arashi will host its annual charity program “24-hour TV” which will air Aug 30-31. Arashi will participate in the program for the second time since 2004. The theme of the program is “Vow – The Most Important Promise” and it will focus more on the global environment than it used to, producers said.”

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It’s new releases Wednesday. Which artists or group took the #1 position on the Oricon Album Daily Charts?

NOTE: Arashi takes the #1 position with their latest live album. BENNIE K’s best album at #2, Perfume stays strong, dropping from #1 to #3. EXILE remains strong in the top 10.

1. Arashi - Dream “A”live
2. BENNIE K - “BEST OF THE BESTEST”
3. Perfume - Game
4. HY - HeartY
5. Kiyokiba Shunsuke - Kiyokiba Matsuri 2007
6. EXILE- EXILE CATCHY BEST
7. Matsumoto Hitoshi, Takasu Mitsuyoshi - Hososhitsu 1
8. YUI - I LOVED YESTERDAY
9. Tamaki Nami - Don’t Stay
10. White Snake - Good To Be Bad

It’s new releases Wednesday.  Which artist or group will take the #1 position on the Oricon Daily Charts?

NOTE: Utada Hikaru denied by Johnny Jimusho group ARASHI for the #1 position.  Hirai Ken comes out strong at #3.  Great showing for Shimizu Shota and John-Hoon and Aoyama Thelma still hanging tough in the top 5.

1. ARASHI - Step and Go
2. Utada Hikaru - HEART STATION/Stay Gold
3. Hirai Ken - Canvas / Kimi wa su-te-ki
4. Aoyama Thelma feat. SoulJa - Sobani iru ne
5. Shimizu Shota - HOME
6. BoA - be with you
7. John-Hoon - SakuraTEARS
8. BENNIE K - Monochrome
9. ACIDMAN - Shikijitsu
10. Porno Graffiti - Anata ga koko ni itara