Company name | Oricon Inc.株式会社オリコン |
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Company type | Holding company, owner of Oricon Entertainment Inc. |
Traded as | JASDAQ: 4800 |
Foundation | November 1967 (as Original Confidence)October 1, 1999 (as Oricon Direct Digital)June 2001 (as Oricon Global Entertainment)July 2002 |
Location | Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Ko Koike: CEO |
Industry | Broadcast of music entertainment |
Num employees | 222 (except part time workers, As of March 31, 2007) |
Parent | Oricon Entertainment Inc. (October 1999–June 2001) |
Subsid | Oricon Entertainment Inc. (June 2001–present) |
Homepage | Official Site of Oricon Inc.Official Site of Oricon Charts |
Footnotes | }} |
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.
They are compiled using data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website.
Like the preceding Japanese music charts provided by Tokushin Music Report which was started in 1962, early ''Original Confidence'' was an exclusive information magazine only for the people who worked in the music industry. However, in the 1970s, Koike willingly advertised his company's charts to make its existence prevail among Japanese public. Thanks to his intensive promotional efforts on the multiple media including television programs, the hit parade became known by its abbreviation "Oricon" by the late 1970s.
The company shortened its name to Oricon in 1992 and was split into a holding company and several subsidiaries in 1999. Since Sōkō Koike's death, Oricon has been managed by the founder's relatives.
Oricon does not include download sales. In Japan, Single sales decreased sharply in 2000s while download sales hit 3 or 4 times of Single sales.
!Rank | !Year | !Title | !Artist | !Sales |
Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun | Masato Shimon | 4.547m | ||
Onna no Michi | Shiro Miya and Pinkara Trio | 3.256m | ||
Southern All Stars | 2.934m | |||
Dango 3 Kyodai | Kentarō Hayami, Ayumi Shigemori, Himawari Kids, Dango Gasshōdan | 2.918m | ||
Kimi ga Iru Dake de | Kome Kome Club | 2.895m | ||
2.822m | ||||
Mr. Children | 2.766m | |||
Oh! Yeah!/Love Story wa Totsuzen ni | Kazumasa Oda | 2.587m | ||
Sekai ni Hitotsu dake no Hana | SMAP | 2.573m | ||
Love Love Love/Arashi ga Kuru | 2.488m | |||
Year !! Title !! Artist !! Sales | |||||
align="center" | 1 | 1999 in music>1999 | First Love (Hikaru Utada album)First Love || | Hikaru Utada | 7,650,215 |
align="center" | 2 | 1998 in music1998 || | B'z The Best "Pleasure" | B'z | 5,135,922 |
align="center" | 3 | 1997 in music1997|| | Review (album)>Review | Glay (band)>Glay | 4,875,980 |
align="center" | 4 | 2001 in music2001|| | Distance (Hikaru Utada album)>Distance | Hikaru Utada | 4,469,135 |
align="center" | 5 | 1998 in music1998|| | B'z The Best "Treasure" | B'z | 4,438,742 |
align="center" | 6 | 2001 in music2001 || | A Best | Ayumi Hamasaki | 4,301,353 |
align="center" | 7 | 1996 in music1996 || | Globe (album)>Globe | Globe (band)>Globe | 4,136,460 |
align="center" | 8 | 2002 in music2002 || | Deep River (Utada Hikaru album)>Deep River | Hikaru Utada | 3,604,588 |
align="center" | 9 | 2000 in music2000|| | Delicious Way | Mai Kuraki | 3,530,000 |
align="center" | 10 | 1998 in music1998|| | Time to Destination | Every Little Thing (band)>Every Little Thing | 3,520,330 |
Category:Companies listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange Category:Companies of Japan Category:Japanese music Category:Japanese record charts
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