Japanese Pop Music: 4 Week : Oricon Chart

I write about Oricon Chart aggregate a music ranking in Japan in this week.

There is a company called Oricon Corporation. Oricon is the abbreviation from of Original Confidence. Founder is Soko Koike. And President Hisashi Koike is the his eldest son.

"Oricon chart" this company announced is the most high-profile music charts in Japan. Different aggregation period, such as month, week, day, announced the sales ranking, such as Western, Enka, Pops music. Also announce sales ranking of books and DVD, as well favorability rating of CM Monitor survey. Chart has been produced experimentally from November 2, 1967. The official start date of January 04, 1968. Oricon chart aggregates the sales of CD · DVD and books during the period of seven days counting from every Monday. Aggregations closed on Sunday, the chart will be announced on Monday.

And a variety of year chart also make up. This is totaled in the date the third week of December from until the date the fourth week of December of the previous year.

Aggregation method, shall receive sales data from the retailer, which is determined in advance. Previously, it had relied on such as FAX. Recently, the spread of POS system at the retailer , the daily chart are aggregated by sales data of *POS.

*POS is an abbreviation of Point Of Sale. POS system was introduced in the United States since the 1970s. This has developed proactively introduced in order to prevent the selling wrong price or fraud prevention sales at the cash register. It is introduced in the chain stores, such as supermarkets, convenience stores, kiosk, restaurant industry, gas stations, hotels, drug stores primarily.

In March 2007, the daily chart has published in general index to third place. In the last few years, are contained in the target store online, such as Amazon.co.jp, also Animate and Gamers and other major animation shops. However, there are some cases that are not ranked in the Oricon music charts in only sales of the special routes that are not part of them. Aggregate results can be seen in and the official site of the Oricon and magazine "ORI ☆SUTA" issued every Monday. Price is 480 yen including tax.

ORI ☆SUTA this week (2013 1/7.14)

This week ORI ☆ SUTA Huge New Year issue. Including featured of the artist Arashi, Oricon annual ranking of the year 2012 and the 63rd NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen and so on. ORI ☆ SUTA provides new information every week in this way. Sometimes issue the extra edition that featured a particular artist.

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