Last year, H!P released 25 singles, 6 albums, 2 groups and 2 collaborative singles.
They have sold nearly 500,000 copies of their singles and nearly 60,000 copies of their albums.
I know it’s not much in comparison to Idol Projects like Johnny’s and OOO48, But this is the Idol company that got me hooked on the whole Idol culture to begin with, and i’ll keep supporting them. Plus this post is all about them.
So a few weeks ago, i started the Best song of 2010, here are the results in order of release date
C-ute Shock
Released: January 6
Total Sales: 23,389
Weekly Chart Ranking: 5
No. of Votes: 3
Guardians 4 Going On!
Released: January 27
Total Sales: 11,677
Weekly Chart Ranking: 8
No. Of Votes: 2
Buono! Our Songs
Released: February 3
Total Sales: 15,692
Weekly Chart Ranking: 8
No. Of Votes: 2
Morning Musume Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai
Released: February 10
Total Sales: 44,035
Weekly Chart Ranking: 5
No. Of Votes: 2
Mano Erina Hare no Arashi
Released: February 24
Total Sales: 15,392
Weekly Chart Ranking: 10
No. Of Votes: 1
Berryz Koubou Otakebi Boy WAO!
Released: March 3
Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda
Total Sales: 35,0002
Weekly Chart Ranking: 3
No. Of Votes: 5
S/mileage Otona ni Narytte Muzukashii!!!
Released: March 14
No. of Votes: 2
C-ute Campus Life
Released: April 28
Total Sales: 23,932
Weekly Chart Ranking:5
No. Of Votes: 1
Mano Erina Onegai Dakara
Released: May 12
Total Sales: 13,982
Weekly Chart Ranking: 10
No. Of Votes: 4
S/mileage Yume Miru 15sai
Released: May 26
Total Sales: 24,938
Weekly Chart Ranking: 5
No. Of Votes: 4
Morning Musume Seishun Collection
Released: June 9
Total Sales: 40,865
Weekly Chart Ranking: 3
No. Of Votes: 2
LilPri Little Princess Lilpri
Released: June 16
Total Sales: 2,749
Weekly Chart Ranking: 48
No. Of Votes: 1
Berryz koubou Maji Bomber!
Released: July 14
Total Sales: 22,641
Weekly Chart Ranking: 6
No. Of Votes: 2
S/mileage OO Ganbaranakutemo Eenennde!!
Released: July 28
Total Sales: 24,489
Weekly Chart Ranking: 6
No. Of Votes: 3
C-ute Dance de Bakoom!
Released: August 25
Total Sales: 23,664
Weekly Chart Ranking:8
No. Of Votes: 4
Mano Erina Genkimono de Ikou!
Released: September 15
Total Sales:
Weekly Chart Ranking: 7
No. Of Votes: 4
S/mileage Onaji Jikyuu de Hataraku Tomodachi no Bijin Mama
Released: September 29
Total Sales: 27,972
Weekly Chart Ranking: 5
No. Of Votes: 3
Kitagawa Mimi (CV Ogawa Mana) Oshare My Dream
Released: October 13
Himuro Ibu (CV Sugaya Risako) Elegant Girl
Total Sales: 8,758
Weekly Chart Ranking: 8
No. Of Votes: 1
Muten Musume Appare! Kaiten Zushi!
Released: October 27
Total Sales: 7,336
Weekly Chart Ranking: 13
No. Of Votes: 4
Berryz Koubou Shining Power
Released: November 10
Total Sales: 25,822
Weekly Chart Ranking:7
No. Of Votes: 1
Morning Musume Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game
Released: November 17
Total Sales: 47,204
Weekly Chart Ranking: 6
No. Of Votes: 7
LilPri Idolulu
Released: November 17
Total Sales:
Weekly Chart Ranking:
No. Of Votes: 2
Oha Girl Maple with S/mileage My School March
Released: November 24
Total Sales: 3,330 (1st week sales)
Weekly Chart Ranking: 41
No. Of Votes: 0
C-ute Aitai Lonely Christmas
Released: December 1
Total Sales: 23,682 (1st week sales)
Weekly Chart Ranking: 6
No. Of Votes: 8
So the best song of 2010 is C-ute's Aitai Lonely Chistmas. something that i was expecting really. but what really got me was how many votes LilPir got for both their songs...and how many votes Seishun Collection got. I really didn't expect those songs to even gain a vote.
The votes can say one thing, but in terms of sales, C-ute's highest sales landed them in 6th place amoungst H!P. MM claimed the top 3 spots with all of their singles, while Berrys Koubou's Otakebi Boy came 4th and S/Mileage 5th with Bijin Mama. (I've been making a Database with all H!P singles and their sales figures and stuff...i know i'm really sad but at least i can say to an employer that i can set up and run a database, pratice makes perfect). Heres a break down of how the main groups/soloist faired this year
Morning Musume - Sold over 130,000 copies of their singles, highest chat position was #3 for Seishun Collection
C-ute - Sold nearly 100,000 copies of their singles, highest chart position was #5 for both Campus Life and Shock
Berryz Koubou - Sold over 80,000 copies of their singles, highest chart position was #3 for Otakebi Boy WAO!
S/Mileage - Sold nearly 80,000 copies of their major and indie singles, highes chart position was #5 for both Bijin Mama and Yume Miru 15sai
Mano Erina, Sold over 40,000 copies of her singles, highest chart position was #7 for Genkinmono de Ikou!
Video's from various Youtube channels, Sales figures and whatnots from J-ongaku.org
OK so the results are in and the charts have announced who's this weeks number one.
So out of 36 votes, Muten Musume got 20 and AKB got 16.
The Oricon chart says that AKB are hold the #1 spot with 826,989 copies sold, while Muten Musume aren't even in the top ten. They rank #13 with 7,336 copies sold.
I'm surprised that they even made the top 20 what with the lack of promotion that was done.
To tell the truth, i expected these results. As a H!P fan, i still have this undying hope that H!P can achieve #1 singles but i know that untill management start living in the present and not in the past that this is what is likely to happen in the future.
Take the last time AKB went up against MM, it was River vs Kimagure Princess. AKB won with over 100,000 copies to get their first number 1 while MM had to satisfiy with the 4th spot, even tho this was Koha's last release with the group.
I hate to say this but it makes me really upset that H!P won't listen to what the market is saying. The market is asking for edgy, youthful idols and all H!P can do is spend all their time promoting a new group and not promote their flagship group.
I know i'm not the 48's biggest fan, thats mainly based on me having the attention span of a new born baby, but i do admit that they are the number one idol group right now. I am trying to get to know them more, i have been reading Mina's reviews on their stages and i have been (but failing) to try to get to know all the girls aside from the front girls . . . . and Amina, but i can't deny that little bit of pain i feel in my heart when i see a magazine cover with AKB on the front, or when i see the #1 position go to AKB, i can't help but feel a little jealous of their current success and have those evil thoughts like "it won't last long","they only media whores","they can't sing live" etc, etc, etc.
To be honest, Muten Musume's song is one of the songs that i shut myself off from after 30 secs, something that happens quite often with most 48 singles and even a lot of H!P singles (can't help it, attention span of a baby there, hence the rant) mostly C-ute's and Mano's releases.
I've completely forgotten what the hell i was talking about. mmmmmmmmm. Nope it's gone, i can't remember what i was trying to say about this poll.
Anyway, i voted for AKB and as it turns out, the other 15 voters who voted with me were right. Give yourselves a slap on the back for being unbias (and bias if you are an AKB fan)
Congrats to AKB for their 5th #1 in a row
and
UFA, Tsunku, you should be ashamed of yourselves. DO MORE TO PROMOTE YOUR ARTISTS!!!!
Now the last time AKB48 went up against Morning Musume was with River/Kimagure Princess, and AKB won, although it was a better song by far and deserved to win the no#1 spot....Unlike Ponytail to Shushu and even Heavy Rotation to a point. KP was a good song too but it just wasn't as good as River. But how can MM Beat AKB this time?