YeinJee's Asian Journal » Soulja (Japanese Singer) http://yeinjee.com Popular blog about Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, trend, events, traditions and offbeat stuff. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:11:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Oricon top singles/albums in Japan 2008 http://yeinjee.com/2009/oricon-top-singles-albums-japan-2008/ http://yeinjee.com/2009/oricon-top-singles-albums-japan-2008/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:29:33 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=11036 Japan’s Oricon has released the Top 100 Japanese albums/singles charts for 2008.

Pop band EXILE dominates the album chart with three albums in the Top 10, while the singles chart is ruled by the Johnny’s boybands, i.e. Arashi and KAT-TUN etc.

Pop group TVXQ is the only Korean artist(s) that made it into the singles chart, with “Beautiful You” at 73rd spot… known as Tohoshinki in Japan, the K-pop group has another two singles at 78th and 91st spots respectively.

Top 10 best selling Japanese albums of 2008

1. EXILE Love (EXILE)
2. Best Fiction (Namie Amuro)
3. 5296 (Kobukuro)
4. EXILE Catchy Best (EXILE)
5. Heart Station (Utada Hikaru)
6. EXILE Ballad Best (EXILE)
7. B’z The Best “Ultra Pleasure” (B’z)
8. A Complete: All Singles (Ayumi Hamasaki)
9. And I Love You (Dreams Come True)
10. A, Domo. Ohisashiburi Desu (GReeeeN)

Top 10 best selling Japanese singles of 2008

1. Truth (Arashi)
2. One Love (Arashi)
3. I Am Your Singer (Southern All Star)
4. Kiseki (GReeeeN)
5. Shuchishin (Shuchishin)
6. Hanabi (Mr. Children)
7. Soba ni Iru ne (Thelma Aoyama ft Soulja)
8. Don’t U Ever Stop (KAT-TUN)
9. Lips (KAT-TUN)
10. Beautiful Days (Arashi)

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English subbed music video of Koko ni Iru yo (the MV actress is not Aoyama btw)…

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Japanese actor Shun Oguri receiving MTV Japan Student Voice Awards 2008 Japanese actress Juri Ueno receiving MTV Japan Student Voice Awards 2008
Best actor and actress, Shun Oguri and Juri Ueno (Image from SVA Blog)

The winners (via Tokyograph)…

Best Artist: YUI
Best Dance Artist: AAA
Best Group: Ikimono Gakari
Best Actor: Shun Oguri
Best Actress: Juri Ueno
Best Love Song: “Soba ni Iru ne”, Thelma Aoyama feat SoulJa
Best Lyrics: “Home”, Shōta Shimizu
Best Party Karaoke: “Polyrhythm”, Perfume
Best Ringtone: “Kiseki”, GReeeeN
Best Movie: “Koizora”
Best Game: “Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G”
Best Athlete: Ryo Ishikawa
Best Comedian: Harumi Edo
Best Fashionista: Jun Hasegawa
Best Trend: “Wisshu~” (DAIGO)
Respect Award: AI

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