Oricon Charts - 5th to 11th of May, 2008
SINGLES**1 201,266 NEWS
**2 *55,233 Aqua Timez
**3 *42,714 シェリル・ノーム starring May’n
**4 *33,737 羞恥心
**5 *26,246 SEAMO
**6 *12,886 坂本真綾
**7 *12,152 The THREE
**8 *11,217 D
**9 *11,040 米寿司
*10 **9,868 Base Ball Bear
*11 **8,534 MilkyWay
*12 **8,023 LGYankees
*13 **7,395 ジェロ
*14 **7,189 mihimaru GT
*15 **6,551 谷村奈南
*16 **6,402 安室奈美恵
*17 **6,160 愛内里菜
*18 **6,103 いきものがかり
*19 **6,049 B’z
*20 **5,811 MONKEY MAJIK
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*26 **3,416 MEG
*27 **3,334 浜崎あゆみ
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*44 **1,783 MISIA
So FINALLY MEG has got a top 30 single, LOL. Poor girl, she usually sells 2~3k first week and only because it’s such a slow week that this happened. Ayu’s still going strong, her total sales for “Mirrorcle World” are now up to 184,778 !! And poor MISIA, Yes Forever, her first 10th anniversary single hasn’t even reached 10k yet 
**1 33,508 Madonna
**2 25,229 BENNIE K
**3 24,770 Perfume
**4 23,581 宇多田ヒカル
**5 20,902 Leona Lewis
**6 19,898 EXILE
**7 16,639 HY
**8 15,246 YUI
**9 15,008 嵐
*10 12,827 青山テルマ
*11 11,017 マライア・キャリー
*12 *9,582 柴咲コウ
*13 *9,010 徳永英明
*14 *8,561 『R35 Sweet J-Ballads』
*15 *7,623 加藤ミリヤ
*16 *7,501 ゆず
*17 *7,378 『V.I.P.presents ダンスホール・ラヴァーズ シーズン5』
*18 *6,764 平井堅
*19 *6,181 リル・ママ
*20 *6,006 DJ和
Wow, so Madonna has topped the charts yet again. This week must have been one of the lowest selling weeks ever on Oricon, with the number one only getting a mere 33k. poor BENNIE K deserved the top spot, but really missed out because of Madonna’s low-index numbers. Perfume are still going strong (causing a surge of sales in Nakata Yusataka other releases? ie MEG) and Utada is only 3k behind ULTRA BLUE’s 8th week sales, with HEART STATION’s current sales of 841,916 (and all 8 weeks it has placed inside the top 10!). Will she pass the 1million barrier? Maybe Prisoner of Love will help (which is being released next week.) Finally, Miliyah Kato is still in the top 20 too - which is pretty amazing! Total sales = ~171k.
